18.30 on the 11th September 2008 the competition ended. The Medal winners are:

2-Way Sequential

Gold Medal winners and World Champions 2008 : Russia 1 - Paratroopers, total points 112

Silver Medal winners : Russia 2 - Airforce, total points 110 -

and another World Record in Round 8 with 20 points.

Bronze Medal winners : USA 1 - Clean Air with 104 points

4-Way Rotations

Gold Medal winners and World Champions 2008 :  Russia - Total points 143 

Silver Medal winners :  France - Total points 137

Bronze Medal winners : Belarus Total points 133

4-Way Sequential:

Gold Medal winners and World Champions 2008 :  USA - 77 points

Silver Medal winners :  Russia - 63 points

Bronze Medal winners :  France - 45 points

La Salmagne - Maubeuge (France) 9/08/2008 - 14/08/2008 Thursday 14th August 2008       The World Championships were completed today and for details of the competition and medal winners, read on. The Results are Official having been signed off by the Chief Judge and the Jury.

The 30th FAI World Parachuting Championships and 4th FAI Junior World Parachuting Championships in Style & Accuracy -  Lučenec Bol'kovce, Slovak Republic on 26 July to 02 August 2008.

Congratulations to all the medal winners and especially to the 2008 World Champions.

Read on for the results at the end of an excellent competition:

In recognition of the changes in equipment design used by persons in their attempt on the World Altitude Record the Bureau has modified the rule wording to allow for this and thus not deny someone the actual record.

100 way record - Canopy Formation: Photo courtesy of Keith Macbeth

Now ratified by the FAI 

At Lake Wales, Florida (USA) on 21.11.2007.  Read a short history of the discipline of Canopy Formation leading to this latest World Record - a seemingly impossible dream for early CRW jumpers. Click on the Parachuting Disciplines - Canopy Formation - at the top right of this page.