World_Hot_Air_Ballooning_Championships
The World Hot Air Ballooning Championships are the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Hot Air Balloon Championship and the FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship. These biennial events for hot air ballooning are conducted under the direction of the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA or Comité International d'Aérostation).[1]
FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship
More information Year, City ...
| Year | City | Country | Date | Winners | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973[2] | Albuquerque |  United States |
February 10–17 |
|
32 | 14 |
| 1975[2] | Albuquerque | United States |
October 2–12 |
|
34 | 15 |
| 1977[2] | Castle Howard |  Great Britain |
September 10–18 |
|
51 | 22 |
| 1979[2] | Uppsala |  Sweden |
January 3–9 |
|
33 | 16 |
| 1981[2] | Battle Creek | United States |
June 20–28 |
|
82 | 21 |
| 1983[2] | Nantes |  France |
August 28 – September 7 |
|
70 | 20 |
| 1985[2] | Battle Creek | United States |
July 12–20 |
|
98 | 23 |
| 1987[2] | Schielleiten/Stubenberg |  Austria |
September 5–12 |
|
71 | 24 |
| 1989[2] | Saga |  Japan |
November 18–27 |
|
102 | 25 |
| 1991[2] | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |  Canada |
August 10–18 |
|
101 | 26 |
| 1993[2] | Larochette |  Luxembourg |
August 12–22 |
|
101 | 32 |
| 1995[2] | Battle Creek | United States |
June 30 – July 8 |
|
86 | 32 |
| 1997[2] | Saga | Japan |
November 15–27 |
|
112 | 38 |
| 1999[2] | Bad Waltersdorf | Austria |
August 28 – September 5 |
|
90 | 35 |
| 2002[2] | Châtellerault | France |
August 23 – September 1 |
|
99 | 36 |
| 2004[2] | Mildura |  Australia |
June 26 - July 3 |
|
87 | 32 |
| 2006[2] | Tochigi | Japan |
November 18–25 |
|
62 | 31 |
| 2008[2] | Hofkirchen | Austria |
September 13–20 |
|
102 | 33 |
| 2010[2] | Debrecen |  Hungary |
October 2–10 |
|
118 | 31 |
| 2012[2] | Battle Creek | United States |
August 17–25 |
|
99 | 30 |
| 2014[2] | Rio Claro |  Brazil |
July 17–27 |
|
59 | 21 |
| 2016[2] | Saga | Japan |
October 30 – November 7 |
|
105 | 31 |
| 2018[3] | Groß-Siegharts | Austria |
August 18–26 |
|
105 | 38 |
| 2022[4] | Murska Sobota |  Slovenia |
September 18–22 |
|
103 | 31 |
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FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship
More information Year, City ...
| Year | City | Country | Date | Winners | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014[2] | Leszno |  Poland |
September 8–13 |
|
38 | 16 |
| 2016[2] | Birštonas |  Lithuania |
July 5–10 |
|
42 | 20 |
| 2018[5] | Nałęczów | Poland |
August 7–11 |
|
33 | 10 |
| 2023[6] | Northam | Australia |
September 4–9 |
|
30 | 13 |
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- Updated after the 2023 World Championships.
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 15 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 2 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 |  Germany | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Lithuania | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
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- "About Us". FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA). Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- "Results: World Hot Air Balloon Championship: 1973–2016". wydera.de. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- "Results: 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Gross-Siegharts, Austria". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- "Results: 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Gross-Siegharts, Austria". Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- "Results: 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Naleczow, Poland". Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- "Results: 4th FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Northam, Australia". Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA)
- 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship
- 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship
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