Sumo was one of the sports at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung and was played between 17 and 18 July.^[1][2] 97 athletes, from 21 nations, participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	3	0	3	6
2	Japan	2	2	2	6
3	Ukraine	1	3	1	5
4	Mongolia	1	3	0	4
5	Estonia	1	0	0	1
6	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight details	Nachyn Mongush  Russia	Rentsendorjiin Gantögs  Mongolia	El-Sayed Gabr  Egypt
Middleweight details	Ryo Ito  Japan	Katsuo Yoshida  Japan	Kostiantyn Iermakov  Ukraine
Heavyweight details	Takashi Himeno  Japan	Gankhuyagiin Naranbat  Mongolia	Alan Karaev  Russia
Openweight details	Ulambayaryn Byambajav  Mongolia	Mutoshi Matsunaga  Japan	Takashi Himeno  Japan

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight details	Alina Boykova  Ukraine	Selengiin Enkhzayaa  Mongolia	Nelli Vorobyeva  Russia
Middleweight details	Epp Mäe  Estonia	Maryna Pryshchepa  Ukraine	Asano Matsuura  Japan
Heavyweight details	Anna Zhigalova  Russia	Olga Davydko  Ukraine	Ekaterina Keyb  Russia
Openweight details	Anna Zhigalova  Russia	Olga Davydko  Ukraine	Edyta Witkowska  Poland

• International Sumo Federation
• Sumo on IWGA website
• Results