World Hot Air Ballooning Championships

The World Hot Air Ballooning Championships are the 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
2020 Murska Sobota  Slovenia September 20–26

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[4] Nałęczów  Poland August 7–11
33 10

All-time medal table
Updated after the 2018 World Championships.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)1510732
2 Great Britain (GBR)3216
3 Australia (AUS)3036
4 Germany (GER)2428
5 France (FRA)1124
6 Japan (JPN)1012
7 Poland (POL)1001
8 Sweden (SWE)0235
9 Lithuania (LTU)0224
10 Austria (AUT)0213
11  Switzerland (SUI)0123
12 Russia (RUS)0112
13 Belgium (BEL)0101
14 Brazil (BRA)0011
Totals (14 nations)26262678
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See also

References
  1. "About Us". FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA). Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  2. "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: 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Naleczow, Poland". Retrieved 2018-12-16.


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