Water Ski World Championships

Water Ski World Championships
StatusActive
GenreGlobal sports event
FrequencyBiannual
Inaugurated1949 (1949)
Organised byInternational Waterski & Wakeboard Federation and Cable Wakeboard World Council (CWWC)

The Water Ski World Championships is a bi-annual water ski competition that has taken place since 1949 by International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation. Held near the end of the competition season, the World Championships are one of the sport's oldest major championships along with the Masters Water Ski Tournament (since 1959) and the U.S. National Water Ski Championships (since 1939).

Types of Water Ski World Championships

  1. Slalom, Trick, Jump Skiing since 1949
  2. Slalom, Trick, Jump Skiing (Junior) since 1986
  3. Slalom, Trick, Jump Skiing (U21) since 2003
  4. Slalom, Trick, Jump Skiing (+35) since 2010
  5. Barefoot Skiing since 1978
  6. Barefoot Skiing (Junior) since 1995
  7. Cable Skiing since 1988 or 1998
  8. Cable Wakeboarding since 2001
  9. Adaptive Skiing since 1993
  10. Ski Racing since 1979
  11. Racing since 2019

Results

  • "History Of Results – IWWF Waterski Europe". www.waterskieurope.eu. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  • "Historie - Menü". www.sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  • "Index of ./". www.iwsf.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  • "iwwfed-ea.org - Waterski competition results". www.iwwfed-ea.org. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  • "iwwfed-ea.org - Waterski competition results". www.iwwfed-ea.org. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  • "Sportarten". www.sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  • "IWSF World Champions". Archived from the original on 12 February 2006.

Medals by country

IWSF Titles and Medal List

World Championships for Water Skiing (1949-2019)

IWSF Titles and Medal List

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 165 99 107 371
 FRA 29 43 37 109
 AUS 17 40 36 93
 DEN 31 25 29 85
 GBR 15 19 21 55
 ITA 6 16 12 34
 BLR 7 8 14 29
 VEN 8 10 6 24
 MEX 7 6 6 19
 AUT 2 6 9 17
 SUI 4 6 5 15
 BEL 3 3 6 12
 CZE 3 4 2 9
 RUS 6 3 0 9
 SWE 4 3 2 9
 GRE 3 4 1 8
 URS 3 3 1 7
 ARG 1 3 2 6
 CHI 2 1 2 5
 LUX 2 2 1 5
 GER 0 1 4 5
 LEB 0 4 1 5
 HOL 1 1 1 3
 DEN 0 2 1 3
 LIB 0 2 1 3
 NZE 0 2 1 3
 SAF 0 0 3 3
 ESP 1 0 1 2
 FIN 0 2 0 2
 NZL 0 1 1 2
 TCH 0 1 1 2
 COL 0 0 2 2
 FRG 0 1 0 1
 PER 0 1 0 1
 ISR 0 0 1 1

World Championships for Barefoot (1978-2016)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 AUS 59 66 59 184
 USA 66 60 51 177
 GBR 16 7 17 40
 NZL 4 12 10 26
 RSA 9 6 8 23
 DEN 1 1 5 7
 NOR 0 2 3 5
 FRA 1 0 3 4
 GER 1 1 2 4
 ITA 0 2 1 3
 SUI 0 0 1 1

Junior World Championships for Barefoot (1995-2016)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 AUS 59 66 59 184
 USA 66 60 51 177
 GBR 16 7 17 40
 NZL 4 12 10 26
 RSA 9 6 8 23
 DEN 1 1 5 7
 NOR 0 2 3 5
 FRA 1 0 3 4
 GER 1 1 2 4
 ITA 0 2 1 3
 SUI 0 0 1 1

Senior World Championships for Barefoot (2010-2016)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 5 18 22 45
 AUS 19 7 4 30
 GER 5 7 6 18
 NZL 5 2 3 10
 DEN 1 1 2 4
 FIN 0 1 1 2
 GBR 1 0 0 1

World Championships for Adaptive (1993-2019)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 165 119 89 373
 GBR 148 55 45 248
 AUS 89 61 56 206
 ITA 53 47 18 118
 FRA 19 29 23 71
 SUI 16 21 19 56
 BEL 22 16 5 43
 NOR 7 15 13 35
 DEN 8 8 16 32
 NED 19 6 4 29
 DEN 10 11 7 28
 IRL 9 8 8 25
 MEX 16 4 0 20
 SWE 1 8 10 19
 NZL 3 9 1 13
 ARG 4 1 0 5
 DAN 2 2 1 5
 RSA 1 3 1 5
 GER 1 2 1 4
 HOL 1 2 1 4
 BRA 0 0 2 2
 ESP 1 0 0 1
 JOR 0 0 1 1
 SIN 0 0 1 1

U21 World Championships for Water Skiing (2003-2019)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 35 19 16 70
 DEN 12 16 7 35
 FRA 8 11 15 34
 AUS 10 6 5 21
 GBR 7 1 3 11
 CZE 0 7 3 10
 BLR 1 4 4 9
 ITA 0 3 6 9
 UKR 3 2 3 8
 CHI 2 1 4 7
 GER 1 2 2 5
 SWE 1 0 4 5
 SUI 0 2 2 4
 PER 1 1 0 2
 AUT 0 2 0 2
 NOR 0 1 1 2
 POL 0 1 1 2
 ESP 0 0 2 2
 COL 0 1 0 1
 DOM 0 1 0 1
 DEN 0 0 1 1
 GRE 0 0 1 1
 MEX 0 0 1 1

Junior World Championships for Water Skiing (1986-2018)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 72 45 38 155
 DEN 19 22 18 59
 FRA 17 17 21 55
 GBR 8 13 12 33
 AUS 11 12 4 27
 ITA 2 4 8 14
 COL 1 3 6 10
 ARG 2 1 6 9
 UKR 3 2 3 8
 BLR 2 3 2 7
 CZE 2 4 1 7
 GER 2 3 2 7
 MEX 2 2 3 7
 CHI 2 1 3 6
 GRE 1 3 2 6
 SWE 0 2 4 6
 URS 0 3 3 6
 AUT 0 2 3 5
 NZE 1 1 2 4
 NZL 0 0 3 3
 RSA 1 1 0 2
 ESP 0 1 1 2
 PER 0 1 1 2
 DOM 1 0 0 1
 SUI 0 1 0 1
 TCH 0 1 0 1
 UAE 0 1 0 1
 CZR 0 0 1 1
 DEN 0 0 1 1
 POL 0 0 1 1

University World Championships for Water Skiing (2004-2016)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 20 10 4 34
 CZE 2 5 7 14
 FRA 1 3 3 7
 BEL 1 2 3 6
 CHI 3 1 2 6
 AUS 1 3 1 5
 DEN 1 2 2 5
 ITA 2 1 1 4
 GER 1 2 0 3
 RUS 0 2 1 3
 BLR 1 0 1 2
 GBR 0 0 2 2
 SVK 0 0 2 2
 DOM 0 1 0 1
 NZE 0 1 0 1
 FIN 0 0 1 1
 MEX 0 0 1 1
 NZL 0 0 1 1
 PER 0 0 1 1

World Championships for Cableski (1998-2018)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 BLR 51 43 35 129
 GER 9 17 10 36
 AUT 10 4 5 19
 SVK 2 4 12 18
 ISR 5 5 5 15
 CZE 1 3 5 9
 POL 0 3 4 7
 RUS 1 1 4 6
 GBR 2 1 0 3
 HUN 0 0 1 1

World Championships for Ski Racing (1979-2011)

Some medals unknown in database.

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 AUS 43 39 20 102
 USA 28 28 26 82
 GBR 3 8 15 26
 BEL 4 2 5 11
 ITA 1 3 7 11
GB 2 1 4 7
 NZL 2 1 3 6
 AUT 1 0 3 4
NZ 0 1 1 2
 NED 0 1 0 1

World Championships for Wakeboard (2001-2018)

Some medals unknown in database.

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 AUS 25 19 19 63
 USA 26 20 10 56
 ITA 8 9 13 30
 SUI 7 5 3 15
 FRA 5 5 4 14
 GBR 2 6 5 13
 RSA 4 4 3 11
 ARG 3 1 4 8
 KOR 2 3 3 8
 NZL 3 0 5 8
 BEL 2 4 0 6
 CHN 1 2 3 6
 NED 1 1 3 5
 RUS 0 2 3 5
 MEX 0 3 1 4
 SWE 0 1 3 4
 BRA 0 0 3 3
 JPN 1 1 0 2
 DEN 0 2 0 2
 IRL 0 2 0 2
 GER 1 0 0 1
 HKG 0 1 0 1
 DEN 0 0 1 1
 ESP 0 0 1 1
 JAP 0 0 1 1
 KUW 0 0 1 1
 LAT 0 0 1 1
 SIN 0 0 1 1

World Championships for Racing (2019)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 AUS 6 5 3 14
 BEL 1 1 2 4
 USA 0 1 1 2
 GBR 0 0 1 1

World Championships for Cable Wakeboard (2001-2008)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 GER 21 11 9 41
 GBR 5 8 6 19
 NED 6 6 1 13
 AUS 4 0 7 11
 USA 0 5 5 10
 HUN 1 3 3 7
 FRA 1 1 1 3
 ISR 0 1 2 3
 SER 0 1 2 3
 RUS 1 1 0 2
 RSA 1 0 0 1
 AUT 0 1 0 1
 BUL 0 0 1 1
 ICE 0 0 1 1
 JAP 0 0 1 1

35+ World Championships for Water Skiing (2010-2018)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 16 20 15 51
 FRA 5 1 9 15
 GBR 3 4 4 11
 DEN 3 4 2 9
GEO 3 3 3 9
 BEL 3 1 1 5
 GER 1 0 4 5
 MEX 2 0 2 4
 CHI 1 2 0 3
 JPN 1 2 0 3
 SUI 1 2 0 3
 AUT 1 0 1 2
 DEN 1 0 1 2
 ESP 1 1 0 2
 FIN 0 2 0 2
 LTU 0 1 1 2
 POL 1 0 0 1
 SWE 1 0 0 1
 RSA 0 1 0 1
 COL 0 0 1 1

45+ World Championships for Water Skiing (2010-2018)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 23 25 20 68
 GBR 8 3 3 14
 GER 3 2 6 11
 MEX 1 1 3 5
 DEN 0 3 1 4
 AUT 1 1 1 3
 BEL 3 0 0 3
 RSA 1 0 1 2
 FIN 0 1 1 2
 FRA 0 2 0 2
 RUS 0 2 0 2
 NOR 0 0 2 2
 IRL 0 0 1 1
 ITA 0 0 1 1

55+ World Championships for Water Skiing (2010-2018)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 26 28 18 72
 DEN 6 5 8 19
 GBR 2 4 2 8
 AUT 5 0 0 5
 IRL 0 0 3 3
 SWE 1 0 1 2
 FRA 0 2 0 2
 GER 0 1 1 2
 AUS 0 0 2 2
 MEX 1 0 0 1
 DEN 0 0 1 1
 RSA 0 0 1 1

65+ World Championships for Water Skiing (2014-2018)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
 USA 10 17 16 43
 GER 9 4 3 16
 DEN 5 0 0 5
 DEN 0 1 2 3
 AUS 0 1 1 2
 SWE 0 0 2 2
 FRA 0 1 0 1

Tournament champions

Main article: List of Water Ski World Championships champions

See also

References

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