World Hot Air Ballooning Championships

Skyline of Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil, during the 21st World Hot Air Balloon Championship.

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
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Dennis Flodden (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bill Cutter (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Janne Balkedal (SWE)
 32 14
1975[2] Albuquerque United States October 2–12
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  David Schaffer (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Janne Balkedal (SWE)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Peter Vizzard (AUS)
 34 15
1977[2] Castle Howard Great Britain September 10–18
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Paul Woessner (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bruce Comstock (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Michael Scudder (USA)
 51 22
1979[2] Uppsala Sweden January 3–9
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Paul Woessner (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sid Cutter (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Olivier Roux-Devillas (FRA)
 33 16
1981[2] Battle Creek United States June 20–28
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Bruce Comstock (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  David Bareford (GBR)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Jan Balkedal (SWE)
 82 21
1983[2] Nantes France August 28 – September 7
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Peter Vizzard (AUS)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Olivier Roux-Devillas (FRA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  David Bareford (GBR)
 70 20
1985[2] Battle Creek United States July 12–20
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  David Levin (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Crispin Williams (GBR)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Bill Cunningham (USA)
 98 23
1987[2] Schielleiten/Stubenberg Austria September 5–12
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Al Nels (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Josef Starkbaum (AUT)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Leopold Hauer (AUT)
 71 24
1989[2] Saga Japan November 18–27
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Benedikt Haggeney (GER)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Al Nels (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Bruce Comstock (USA)
 102 25
1991[2] Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Canada August 10–18
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Al Nels (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Uwe Schneider (GER)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Uwe Claussen (GER)
 101 26
1993[2] Larochette Luxembourg August 12–22
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Alan Blount (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Owen Keown (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Joe Heartsill (USA)
 101 32
1995[2] Battle Creek United States June 30 – July 8
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Joe Heartsill (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Phil Glebe (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  David Levin (USA)
 86 32
1997[2] Saga Japan November 15–27
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  David Bareford (GBR)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Janne Balkedal (SWE)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Joe Heartsill (USA)
 112 38
1999[2] Bad Waltersdorf Austria August 28 – September 5
90 35
2002[2] Châtellerault France August 23 – September 1
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  David Bareford (GBR)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Steve Jones (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Jan Balkedal (SWE)
 99 36
2004[2] Mildura Australia June 26 - July 3
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Markus Pieper (GER)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Uwe Schneider (GER)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Paul Gibbs (AUS)
 87 32
2006[2] Tochigi Japan November 18–25
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  John Petrehn (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Joe Heartsill (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Uwe Schneider (GER)
 62 31
2008[2] Hofkirchen Austria September 13–20
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Francois Messines (FRA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Alexey Medvedsky (RUS)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Stephane Bolze (FRA)
 102 33
2010[2] Debrecen Hungary October 2–10
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Johnny Petrehn (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Nick Donner (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Stefan Zeberli (SUI)
 118 31
2012[2] Battle Creek United States August 17–25
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Nick Donner (USA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Johnny Petrehn (USA)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Yudai Fujita (JPN)
 99 30
2014[2] Rio Claro Brazil July 17–27
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yudai Fujita (JPN)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Uwe Schneider (GER)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Lupercio Lima (BRA)
 59 21
2016[2] Saga Japan October 30 – November 7
105 31
2018[3] Groß-Siegharts Austria August 18–26
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Dominic Bareford (GBR)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Stefan Zeberli (SUI)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sergey Latypov (RUS)
 105 38
2022[4] Murska Sobota Slovenia September 18–22
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Stefan Zeberli (SUI)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yudai Fujita (JPN)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Nicolas Schwartz (FRA)
 103 31
2024[5] Szeged Hungary September 8–13
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Clément Seigeot (FRA)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Tomasz Filus (POL)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Nicola Scaife (AUS)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ann Herdewyn (BEL)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Cheri White (USA)
 42 20
2018[6] Nałęczów Poland August 7–11
33 10
2023[7] Northam Australia September 4–9
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Nicola Scaife (AUS)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Stephanie Hemmings (GBR)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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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