Several Olympic medallists competed for Ukraine at the World Games.

These athletes include Oxana Tsyhuleva (trampoline gymnastics), Anna Bessonova and Hanna Rizatdinova (both – rhythmic gymnastics), Stanislav Horuna (karate), while others were medallists of the World Games and participated at the Summer Olympics (Olena Movchan, Maryna Kyiko (both – trampoline gymnastics), Natalia Hodunko, Alina Maksymenko, Viktoriia Onopriienko (all – rhythmic gymnastics), Anita Serogina (karate)).

Both Maryna Pryshchepa and Svitlana Iaromka won medals in sumo at the World Games and competed in judo at the Olympics.

At the 1989 World Games, when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian finswimmer Oleh Ananiev won a gold and a silver in individual competitions as well as two gold medals in relays.

52 Ukrainian athletes won at least two medals at World Games.