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Water skiing was introduced as a World Games sport at the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California.

Medalists

Current events

Men

Slalom

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Bob LaPoint (USA)	Andy Mapple (GBR)	Mike Neville (AUS)
1985 London	John Battleday (GBR)	Marco Merlo (ITA)	Andrew Rooke (GBR)
1989 Karlsruhe	Patrice Martin (FRA)	Marco Bettosini (SUI)	Shawn Bronson (GBR)
1993 The Hague	John Battleday (GBR)	John Levingston (AUS)	Neil Ritchie (AUS)
1997 Lahti	Javier Julio (ARG)	Jason Seels (GBR)	Michael McCormick (USA)
2013 Cali	Thomas Degasperi (ITA)	Aaron Larkin (NZL)	Karl Johan Efverstrom (SWE)

Tricks

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Patrice Martin (FRA)	Carl Roberge (USA)	Sammy Duvall (USA)
1985 London	Patrice Martin (FRA)	John Battleday (GBR)	Bernd Jung (FRG)
1989 Karlsruhe	Patrice Martin (FRA)	Paul Studd (GBR)	Andrew Rooke (GBR)
1993 The Hague	Patrice Martin (FRA)	Russell Gay (USA)	Oleg Deviatovskiy (BLR)
1997 Lahti	Javier Julio (ARG)	Jason Seels (GBR)	Ryan Green (AUS)
2013 Cali	Aliaksei Zharnasek (BLR)	Nicholas Benatti (ITA)	Jason McClintock (CAN)

Jump

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Sammy Duvall (USA)	Mike Hazelwood (GBR)	Glen Thurlow (AUS)
1985 London	Pierre Carmin (FRA)	Neil Ritchie (AUS)	Marco Merlo (ITA)
1989 Karlsruhe	John Wiswall (USA)	Karl Ahamer (AUT)	Andrew Rooke (GBR)
1993 The Hague	Oleg Deviatovskiy (BLR)	Patrice Martin (FRA)	John Levingston (AUS)
1997 Lahti	Jason Seels (GBR)	Michael McCormick (USA)	Simon Siegert (COL)
2013 Cali	Damien Sharman (GBR)	Rodrigo Miranda (CHI)	Igor Morozov (RUS)

Wakeboarding

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Akita	Rodolphe Vinh-Tung (FRA)	Morgan Krause (RSA)	Fabrizio Bennelli (ITA)
2005 Duisburg	Phillip Soven (USA)	Matthew Lammers (RSA)	Matthias Koban (SUI)
2009 Kaohsiung	Andrew Adkison (USA)	Kyle Rattray (CAN)	Padiwat Jaemjan (THA)
2013 Cali	Andrew Adkison (USA)	Toshiki Yasui (JPN)	David O'Caoimh (RUS)

Women

Slalom

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Cindy Benzel (USA)	Sue Fieldhouse (AUS)	Cindy Todd (USA)
1985 London	Helena Kjellander (SWE)	Susy Graham (CAN)	Karen Morse (GBR)
1989 Karlsruhe	Philippa Roberts (GBR)	Kim DeMacedo (CAN)	Shawn Bronson (GBR)
1993 The Hague	Philippa Roberts (GBR)	Natalya Rumyantseva (RUS)	April Coble (USA)
1997 Lahti	Rhoni Barton (USA)	Sarah Gatty-Saunt (GBR)	Angeliki Andriopoulou (GRE)
2013 Cali	Regina Jquess (USA)	Whitney McClintock (CAN)	Claire-Lise Welter (FRA)

Tricks

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Ana María Carrasco (VEN)	Karin Roberge (USA)	Anita Carlman (SWE)
1985 London	Helena Kjellander (SWE)	Judy McClintock (CAN)	Nicola Rasey (GBR)
1989 Karlsruhe	Kim DeMacedo (CAN)	Philippa Roberts (GBR)	Claudia Gusenbauer (AUT)
1993 The Hague	Olga Pavlova (BLR)	Natalya Rumyantseva (RUS)	Julia Gromyko (BLR)
1997 Lahti	Angeliki Andriopoulou (GRE)	Sarah Gatty-Saunt (GBR)	Yelena Milakova (RUS)
2013 Cali	Clementine Lucine (FRA)	Erika Lang (USA)	Michale Briant (AUS)

Jump

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Marlon van Dijk (NED)	Sue Lipplegoes (AUS)	Cindy Todd (USA)
1985 London	Karen Morse (GBR)	Jane Segal (USA)	Judy McClintock (CAN)
1989 Karlsruhe	Kim DeMacedo (CAN)	Britta Grebe (AUT)	Claudia Gusenbauer (AUT)
1993 The Hague	Olga Pavlova (BLR)	Philippa Roberts (GBR)	Kim DeMacedo (CAN)
1997 Lahti	Emma Sheers (AUS)	Brenda Baldwin (USA)	Rhoni Barton (USA)
2013 Cali	Regina Jaquess (USA)	Marie Vympranietsova (USA)	Whitney McClintock (CAN)

Wakeboarding

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Akita	Mero Narita (JPN)	Leza Bugden (AUS)	Kiyomi Suzuki (JPN)
2005 Duisburg	Chen Lili (CHN)	Megan McNeil (USA)	Roberta Rendo (ARG)
2009 Kaohsiung	Dallas Friday (USA)	Raimi Merritt (USA)	Miku Asai (JPN)
2013 Cali	Han Qiu (CHN)	Charlotte Bryant (GBR)	Larisa Aminta Morales Gonzalez (MEX)

Discontinued events

Men

Three event

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Sammy Duvall (USA)	Carl Roberge (USA)	Mike Neville (AUS)
2001 Akita	Patrice Martin (FRA)	Jason Seels (GBR)	Thomas Asher (GBR)
2005 Duisburg	Ryan Green (AUS)	Rodrigo Miranda (CHI)	Oleg Deviatovskiy (BLR)
2009 Kaohsiung	Rodrigo Miranda (CHI)	Storm Selsor (USA)	Martin Bartalsky (SVK)

Barefoot three event

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Akita	Keith St. Onge (USA)	David Small (GBR)	Evert Aartsen (NED)
2005 Duisburg	David Small (GBR)	Patrick Wehner (FRA)	Evert Aartsen (FIN)
2009 Kaohsiung	Keith St. Onge (USA)	Heinrick Sam (RSA)	David Small (GBR)

Barefoot slalom

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997 Lahti	Massimiliano Colosio (ITA)	Massimo Mastelli (ITA)	Evert Aartsen (NED)
2001 Akita	Keith St. Onge (USA)	David Small (GBR)	Evert Aartsen (NED)

Barefoot tricks

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997 Lahti	Jan Baillien (BEL)	Jason Lee (USA)	Massimo Mastelli (ITA)
2001 Akita	Keith St. Onge (USA)	David Small (GBR)	Patrick Wehner (GBR)

Barefoot jump

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997 Lahti	Massimiliano Colosio (ITA)	Brett New (AUS)	Jan Baillien (BEL)
2001 Akita	Terry Gregory (GER)	Bevan Kelly (NZL)	Massimiliano Colosio (ITA)

Cable wakeboarding

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005 Duisburg	Joshua Rice (USA)	Benjamin Süss (GER)	Nicholas Davies (GBR)