International Universities Championships

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1923—1962
Editions 25
Competitors 1428
Countries 42

Editionsª

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1923 Paris FRA 3 – 6 May 1923 18 41 9
1924 Warszawa POL 17 – 21 September 1924 21 34 4
1927 Roma ITA 24 August – 4 September 1927 17 53 10
1928 Paris FRA 14 – 17 August 1928 18 54 12
1930 Darmstadt GER 1 – 10 August 1930 22 65 14
1933 Torino ITA 1 – 10 September 1933 25 76 13
1935 Budapest HUN 10 – 18 August 1935 26 83 11
1937 Paris FRA 26 – 29 August 1937 27 78 12
1939 Monte Carlo MON 20 – 26 August 1939 28 68 12
1939 Wien AUT 24 – 27 August 1939 29 85 7
1947 Praha TCH 8 – 9 August 1947 24 48 6
1947 Paris FRA 24 – 31 August 1947 28 88 12
1949 Budapest HUN 17 – 20 August 1949 31 92 6
1949 Merano ITA 2 – 4 September 1949 26 76 7
1951 Ost-Berlin GDR 7 – 15 August 1951 34 96 8
1951 Luxembourg LUX 20 – 26 August 1951 26 65 10
1953 București ROU 5 – 9 August 1953 36 112 8
1953 Dortmund GER 13 – 16 August 1953 29 82 12
1954 Budapest HUN 5 – 8 August 1954 34 105 8
1955 Warszawa POL 2 – 6 August 1955 36 116 7
1955 San Sebastián ESP 11 – 14 August 1955 29 88 12
1957 Moskva URS 30 July – 4 August 1957 36 111 11
1957 Paris FRA 5 – 8 September 1957 29 96 15
1959 Wien AUT 1 – 2 August 1959 25 64 12
1962 Helsinki FIN 30 – 31 July 1962 26 58 9

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 149 120 100 369
2 Germany GER 109 97 84 290
3 Poland POL 47 56 44 147
4 Hungary HUN 47 53 77 177
5 Czechoslovakia TCH 43 58 39 140
6 France FRA 38 45 51 134
7 Italy ITA 36 37 44 117
8 England ENG 26 25 10 61
9 East Germany GDR 24 20 27 71
10 United States USA 23 9 4 36
11 Romania ROU 17 13 18 48
12 Austria AUT 16 19 20 55
13 Great Britain GBR 14 25 25 64
14 Japan JPN 13 15 13 41
15 Estonia EST 9 12 13 34
16 Yugoslavia YUG 9 10 15 34
17 Finland FIN 8 6 8 22
18 Netherlands NED 7 2 0 9
19 Sweden SWE 6 6 10 22
20 Switzerland SUI 6 6 5 17
21 Luxembourg LUX 6 4 13 23
22 Brazil BRA 4 5 1 10
23 Scotland SCO 3 7 9 19
24 Bulgaria BUL 3 5 9 17
25 Belgium BEL 3 5 6 14
26 New Zealand NZL 3 2 1 6
27 Spain ESP 2 5 8 15
28 Argentina ARG 2 2 1 5
29 Australia AUS 2 1 2 5
30 Denmark DEN 2 0 0 2
= Wales WAL 2 0 0 2
32 Norway NOR 1 2 1 4
33 South Africa RSA 1 0 0 1
34 Latvia LAT 0 4 4 8
35 Egypt EGY 0 1 1 2
= Iceland ISL 0 1 1 2
37 Albania ALB 0 1 0 1
= Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
39 Ireland IRL 0 0 1 1
= Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
= Sri Lanka SRI 0 0 1 1
= Tunisia TUN 0 0 1 1