The Complete Book of the World Championships: A Statistical Guide from the 18th Century to 2013

This is the very first book to publish all medal information on all disciplines that have occurred in World Championships (or equivalent name, i.e. World Cup, World Games etc.).

Whereas some of the information is available through other means, many of the facts, for example medal tables and alltime tables, are the result of this original work and not present anywhere else. Thus, you will find the world championships from the 18th century up to and including the year 2012 included in this book.

In each sports section are the Introduction page followed by the World Championships medalists. The present-day disciplines are written first and the defunct later. The third part consists of accumulated medal tables. Some of the team ball sports also have a section called alltime tables. Those that do not have this section are the ones where sufficient information hasn't been found to construct the tables in question. Many sports also have a Records section; including World Records of the sport. After the sports' section we have the accumulated medal tables for all sports, and the IOC country codes (including my own additions).