International Universities Championships

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1923—1962
Editions 25
Competitors 1423
Countries 41

Editions

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 29 August – 1 September 1927 17 53 10
1928 Paris FRA 14 – 16 August 1928 18 54 12
1930 Darmstadt GER 7 – 10 August 1930 22 65 14
1933 Torino ITA 7 – 10 September 1933 25 73 13
1935 Budapest HUN 15 – 18 August 1935 26 83 11
1937 Paris FRA 26 – 29 August 1937 27 78 10
1939 Monte Carlo MON 24 – 26 August 1939 28 63 11
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 77 7
1951 Ost-Berlin GDR 7 – 15 August 1951 34 97 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 83 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 Great Britain GBR 42 54 39 135
7 France FRA 38 45 50 133
8 Italy ITA 36 37 44 117
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 Japan JPN 13 15 13 41
14 Estonia EST 9 12 13 34
15 Yugoslavia YUG 9 10 15 34
16 Finland FIN 8 6 8 22
17 Netherlands NED 7 2 0 9
18 Sweden SWE 6 6 10 22
19 Switzerland SUI 6 6 5 17
20 Luxembourg LUX 6 4 13 23
21 Brazil BRA 4 5 1 10
22 Bulgaria BUL 3 5 9 17
23 Belgium BEL 3 5 6 14
24 England ENG 3 2 1 6
= New Zealand NZL 3 2 1 6
26 Spain ESP 2 5 8 15
27 Argentina ARG 2 2 1 5
28 Australia AUS 2 1 2 5
29 Denmark DEN 2 0 0 2
30 Norway NOR 1 2 1 4
31 South Africa RSA 1 0 0 1
32 Latvia LAT 0 4 4 8
33 Scotland SCO 0 1 2 3
34 Egypt EGY 0 1 1 2
= Iceland ISL 0 1 1 2
36 Albania ALB 0 1 0 1
= Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
38 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