| Event: | Tug of war |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Venue: | University of Alabama Birmingham |
| Dates: | 14–16 July 2022 |
| Num Events: | 3 |
| Previous: | 2017 |
The tug of war competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the University of Alabama Birmingham.Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] This was the first time when mixed event in tug of war took place as part of the World Games.
| Men's outdoor 640 kg | valign=top | Martin Arnold Thomas Arnold Walter Bernhard Robin Burch Ueli Christen Samuel Grani Ruedi Odermatt Fabian Rolli Emanuel Zumbuhl Johannes Zumbuhl | valign=top | Marshall Drew Daniel Paul Kenny Will Lee Ian Murphy Tony Peck Andy Rebori Ian Robinson Leeboy Robinson Peter Darren Sellars Aidan Wheeler | Wim Broeckx Jan Hendrickx Joeri Janssens Luc Mertens Raf Mertens Wouter Raeymaekers Johny Schuermans Wim de Schutter Ief Smets Dries Vermeiren Joris Vermeiren | ||
| nowrap | Women's outdoor 540 kg | valign=top | Gu Tsai-rong Huang Yu-an Lai Ting-yu Li Ju-chun Lin Meng-zhu Shih Chih-hsin Tien Chia-hsin Tien Chia-jung Tung Han | valign=top nowrap | Justin Andersson Knif Eriksson Knif Frida Hed Karin Jacobson Ellen Lilja Stor Lindquist Olsson Magdalena Persson Sofia Persson Hanna Maria Westerling | Stephanie Arnet Elena Beier Petra Kaslin Michaela Koch Stefanie Rita Ott Jasmin Villiger Melanie Villiger Sarah Villiger Brigitte Regula Ziegler Erika Sara Zumbuhl | |
| Mixed outdoor 580 kg | nowrap | Tara Adams Lucie Gray Richard John Keightley Daniel Paul Kenny Will Lee Ian Robinson Leeboy Robinson Emma Stone Aidan Wheeler Charlotte Wiliams | valign=top | Fabien Elias Julia Agnes Frieß Lukas Maier Lorenz Alexander Mühl Ramona Susanne Mühl Nicole Pflüger Florian Resch Rainer Vogel Thomas Wegmann | nowrap | Robert Bentsink Ruud Geerdes Gerben Jansen Jan Willem Klumpers Jolanda Klumpers-Floors Annieta Nieuwland Nanda Martrude Oude Egberink Arjan Martijn Oude Nijhuis Aloysius Maria Ribberink Trude Zonneveld |