| Size: | 150 |
| Sport: | muaythai |
| Menevents: | 8 |
| Womenevents: | 3 |
Muaythai was featured in the World Combat Games official programme for the first time at the 2010 World Combat Games in Beijing, China.[1] [2] It has been played at all editions since then. The International Federation of Muaythai Associations is governing body for muaythai at the World Combat Games.
| width=50 | Games | width=50 | Year | width=50 | Events | width=150 | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | |||||||
| 11 | |||||||
| 23 |
The muaythai competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. The number of weight classes has never changed in the two editions (currently 8 for men and 3 for women), and the definition of each class has changed several times, as shown in the following table. Weights were measured in kilograms.
| Event | width=80 | Men | width=80 | Women |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| –51 kg | ||||
| –54 kg | –54 kg | |||
| –57 kg | ||||
| –60 kg | ||||
| –63.5 kg | rowspan=6 | |||
| –67 kg | ||||
| –71 kg | ||||
| –75 kg | ||||
| –81 kg | ||||
| –91 kg |
For the World Combat Games, there have been two venues that have been or be used to host muaythai.
| Games | Venue | width=200px | Other sports hosted at venue for those games | Capacity | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,000 | [3] | ||||
| Yubileyny Sports Complex (Arena 2) | 7,000 | [4] |
The numbers below are after the 2013 World Combat Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia.