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World Hot Air Ballooning Championships

Summary

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 edit

FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship edit

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
  •     Bill Arras (USA)
  •     Uwe Schneider (GER)
  •     Gintaras Šurkus (LTU)
 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

FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship edit

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[5] Nałęczów   Poland August 7–11
33 10
2023[6] Northam   Australia September 4–9
  •     Nicola Scaife (AUS)
  •     Stephanie Hemmings (GBR)
  •     Sanne Haarhuis (NED)
 30 13

All-time medal table edit

Updated after the 2023 World Championships.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States1510732
2  Australia4037
3  Great Britain3317
4  Germany2428
5  France1124
6  Japan1012
7  Poland1001
8  Sweden0235
9  Lithuania0224
10  Austria0213
11  Switzerland0123
12  Russia0112
13  Belgium0101
14  Brazil0011
  Netherlands0011
Totals (15 entries)27272781

See also edit

References edit

  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: Gross-Siegharts, Austria". Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Results: 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Naleczow, Poland". Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  6. ^ "Results: 4th FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship: Northam, Australia". Retrieved 2023-09-09.

External links edit

  • FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA)
  • 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship
  • 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship