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]

Championships

FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Year City Country Date Winners No. of
Athletes 		No. of
Nations
1973[2] Albuquerque United States February 10–17
  •  Dennis Flodden (USA)
  •  Bill Cutter (USA)
  •  Janne Balkedal (SWE)
 32 14
1975[2] Albuquerque United States October 2–12
  •  David Schaffer (USA)
  •  Janne Balkedal (SWE)
  •  Peter Vizzard (AUS)
 34 15
1977[2] Castle Howard Great Britain September 10–18
  •  Paul Woessner (USA)
  •  Bruce Comstock (USA)
  •  Michael Scudder (USA)
 51 22
1979[2] Uppsala Sweden January 3–9
  •  Paul Woessner (USA)
  •  Sid Cutter (USA)
  •  Olivier Roux-Devillas (FRA)
 33 16
1981[2] Battle Creek United States June 20–28
  •  Bruce Comstock (USA)
  •  David Bareford (GBR)
  •  Jan Balkedal (SWE)
 82 21
1983[2] Nantes France August 28 – September 7
  •  Peter Vizzard (AUS)
  •  Olivier Roux-Devillas (FRA)
  •  David Bareford (GBR)
 70 20
1985[2] Battle Creek United States July 12–20
  •  David Levin (USA)
  •  Crispin Williams (GBR)
  •  Bill Cunningham (USA)
 98 23
1987[2] Schielleiten/Stubenberg Austria September 5–12
  •  Al Nels (USA)
  •  Josef Starkbaum (AUT)
  •  Leopold Hauer (AUT)
 71 24
1989[2] Saga Japan November 18–27
  •  Benedikt Haggeney (GER)
  •  Al Nels (USA)
  •  Bruce Comstock (USA)
 102 25
1991[2] Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Canada August 10–18
  •  Al Nels (USA)
  •  Uwe Schneider (GER)
  •  Uwe Claussen (GER)
 101 26
1993[2] Larochette Luxembourg August 12–22
  •  Alan Blount (USA)
  •  Owen Keown (USA)
  •  Joe Heartsill (USA)
 101 32
1995[2] Battle Creek United States June 30 – July 8
  •  Joe Heartsill (USA)
  •  Phil Glebe (USA)
  •  David Levin (USA)
 86 32
1997[2] Saga Japan November 15–27
  •  David Bareford (GBR)
  •  Janne Balkedal (SWE)
  •  Joe Heartsill (USA)
 112 38
1999[2] Bad Waltersdorf Austria August 28 – September 5
90 35
2002[2] Châtellerault France August 23 – September 1
  •  David Bareford (GBR)
  •  Steve Jones (USA)
  •  Jan Balkedal (SWE)
 99 36
2004[2] Mildura Australia June 26 - July 3
  •  Markus Pieper (GER)
  •  Uwe Schneider (GER)
  •  Paul Gibbs (AUS)
 87 32
2006[2] Tochigi Japan November 18–25
  •  John Petrehn (USA)
  •  Joe Heartsill (USA)
  •  Uwe Schneider (GER)
 62 31
2008[2] Hofkirchen Austria September 13–20
  •  Francois Messines (FRA)
  •  Alexey Medvedsky (RUS)
  •  Stephane Bolze (FRA)
 102 33
2010[2] Debrecen Hungary October 2–10
  •  Johnny Petrehn (USA)
  •  Nick Donner (USA)
  •  Stefan Zeberli (SUI)
 118 31
2012[2] Battle Creek United States August 17–25
  •  Nick Donner (USA)
  •  Johnny Petrehn (USA)
  •  Yudai Fujita (JPN)
 99 30
2014[2] Rio Claro Brazil July 17–27
  •  Yudai Fujita (JPN)
  •  Uwe Schneider (GER)
  •  Lupercio Lima (BRA)
 59 21
2016[2] Saga Japan October 30 – November 7
105 31
2018[3] Groß-Siegharts Austria August 18–26
  •  Dominic Bareford (GBR)
  •  Stefan Zeberli (SUI)
  •  Sergey Latypov (RUS)
 105 38
2022[4] Murska Sobota Slovenia September 18–22
  •  Stefan Zeberli (SUI)
  •  Yudai Fujita (JPN)
  •  Nicolas Schwartz (FRA)
 103 31
2024[5] Szeged Hungary September 8–13
  •  Clément Seigeot (FRA)
  •  Tomasz Filus (POL)
  •  Joe Heartsill (USA)
 118 28
2026 Krosno Poland

Team competition (since 2018)

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2018 Austria

Groß-Siegharts

Russia

Sergey Latypov Ivan Menyaylo Evgeny Chubarov Andrey Kulkov

640,4 Belgium

David Spildooren Steven Vlegels

640,3 Australia

Nicola Scaife Matthew Scaife Sean Kavanagh Andrew Robertson

638,2
2022 Slovenia

Murska Sobota

France

Nicolas Schwartz Jean-Philippe Odouard Clément Seigeot Laure De Coligny

642,2 Japan

Yudai Fujita Shiro Katahira Sansei Tomizawa Satoshi Ueda

614  Switzerland

Stefan Zeberli Marc Blaser René Erni Cedric Gauch Roman Hugi Nicole Vogel

598
2024 Hungary

Szeged

United States

Bruce Wood Cameron Wall Chase Donner Jeremy Rubin Joe Heartsill Joe Zvada Johnny R. Petrehn Lucas Heartsill Nick Donner Rhett Heartsill

644,1 France

Clément Seigeot Paul Cuenot Etienne Mercier Jean-Philippe Odouard Nicolas Philippe Michel Bourbier Nicolas Schwartz

619,8 Belgium

Arthur Alleman David Spildooren Kenian Dekein Maarten Deleersnyder Steven Vlegels Thomas Spildooren

595,4

FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship

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
  •  Nicola Scaife (AUS)
  •  Ann Herdewyn (BEL)
  •  Cheri White (USA)
 42 20
2018[6] Nałęczów Poland August 7–11
33 10
2023[7] Northam Australia September 4–9
  •  Nicola Scaife (AUS)
  •  Stephanie Hemmings (GBR)
  •  Sanne Haarhuis (NED)
 30 13

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2024 World Championships (excluding team competitions).
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1510833
2 Australia4037
3 Great Britain3317
4 Germany2428
5 France2136
6 Switzerland1124
7 Japan1113
8 Poland1102
9 Sweden0235
10 Lithuania0224
11 Austria0213
12 Russia0112
13 Belgium0101
14 Brazil0011
Netherlands0011
Totals (15 entries)29292987

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Us". FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA). Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Results: World Hot Air Balloon Championship: 1973–2016". wydera.de. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  3. ^ "Results: 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Gross-Siegharts, Austria". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  4. ^ "Results: 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Murska Sobota, Slovenia". Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Results: 25th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Szeged, Hungary". Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Results: 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Naleczow, Poland". Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  7. ^ "Results: 4th FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Northam, Australia". Retrieved 2023-09-09.


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