Summer World University Games

Known as Summer Universiade up to 2020.

The 1969 edition was scheduled to be held in Lisboa (POR) but postponed by one year and moved to Torino.

The 1975 edition was scheduled to be hosted by Beograd (YUG).

The 1989 edition was scheduled to be hosted by São Paulo (BRA).

The 2019 edition was scheduled to be hosted by Brasília (BRA).

The 2021 edition originally scheduled from 16 to 27 August 2021 was first postponed to 26 June to 7 July 2022 and later to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The originally 2023 edition scheduled from 8 to 19 August 2023 in Yekaterinburg (RUS) was cancelled due to Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1959 Summer Universiade	Torino	ITA	26 August – 7 September 1959	47	276	21
1961 Summer Universiade	Sofia	BUL	25 August – 3 September 1961	55	253	20
1963 Summer Universiade	Porto Alegre	BRA	30 August – 8 September 1963	66	278	21
1965 Summer Universiade	Budapest	HUN	20 – 30 August 1965	60	356	18
1967 Summer Universiade	Tokyo	JPN	27 August – 4 September 1967	75	262	22
1970 Summer Universiade	Torino	ITA	26 August – 6 September 1970	68	375	23
1973 Summer Universiade	Moskva	URS	15 – 25 August 1973	79	360	29
1975 Summer Universiade	Roma	ITA	18 – 21 September 1975	35	116	18
1977 Summer Universiade	Sofia	BUL	17 – 28 August 1977	79	306	22
1979 Summer Universiade	Ciudad de México	MEX	2 – 13 September 1979	83	330	29
1981 Summer Universiade	București	ROU	19 – 30 July 1981	91	387	28
1983 Summer Universiade	Edmonton	CAN	1 – 12 July 1983	92	368	28
1985 Summer Universiade	Kobe	JPN	24 August – 4 September 1985	106	672	43
1987 Summer Universiade	Zagreb	YUG	8 – 19 July 1987	99	442	31
1989 Summer Universiade	Duisburg	GER	22 – 30 August 1989	43	184	25
1991 Summer Universiade	Sheffield	GBR	14 – 25 July 1991	109	415	33
1993 Summer Universiade	Buffalo	USA	8 – 18 July 1993	104	499	46
1995 Summer Universiade	Fukuoka	JPN	23 August – 3 September 1995	127	899	67
1997 Summer Universiade	Catania	ITA	20 – 31 August 1997	111	442	37
1999 Summer Universiade	Palma de Mallorca	ESP	3 – 13 July 1999	124	528	46
2001 Summer Universiade	Beijing	CHN	22 August – 1 September 2001	149	566	50
2003 Summer Universiade	Daegu	KOR	21 – 31 August 2003	166	933	53
2005 Summer Universiade	İzmir	TUR	11 – 22 August 2005	149	629	54
2007 Summer Universiade	Bangkok	THA	8 – 18 August 2007	172	884	65
2009 Summer Universiade	Beograd	SRB	1 – 12 July 2009	182	1168	59
2011 Summer Universiade	Shenzhen	CHN	12 – 23 August 2011	217	1556	73
2013 Summer Universiade	Kazan	RUS	6 – 17 July 2013	188	1601	75
2015 Summer Universiade	Gwangju	KOR	3 – 14 July 2015	199	1615	68
2017 Summer Universiade	Taipei	TPE	19 – 30 August 2017	215	2249	86
2019 Summer Universiade	Napoli	ITA	3 – 14 July 2019	185	1534	66
2021 Summer World University Games	Chengdu	CHN	28 July – 8 August 2023	196	1885	68

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	494	436	379	1309
2	China	CHN	431	270	208	909
3	Japan	JPN	334	330	411	1075
4	Soviet Union	URS	332	266	215	813
5	Russia	RUS	298	266	302	866
6	South Korea	KOR	205	152	169	526
7	Ukraine	UKR	142	135	135	412
8	Italy	ITA	126	137	180	443
9	Romania	ROU	101	96	113	310
10	Germany	GER	97	132	184	413
11	Poland	POL	94	93	97	284
12	Hungary	HUN	76	64	80	220
13	Great Britain	GBR	64	90	108	262
14	Cuba	CUB	60	63	61	184
15	Australia	AUS	54	49	76	179
16	France	FRA	51	96	135	282
17	Chinese Taipei	TPE	46	82	105	233
18	Canada	CAN	42	91	118	251
19	Turkey	TUR	37	42	53	132
20	Brazil	BRA	36	49	101	186
21	North Korea	PRK	36	29	40	105
22	Belarus	BLR	34	42	48	124
23	South Africa	RSA	34	41	34	109
24	Iran	IRI	31	21	35	87
25	Bulgaria	BUL	30	28	34	92
26	Mexico	MEX	26	49	57	132
27	Netherlands	NED	24	39	40	103
28	East Germany	GDR	23	21	19	63
29	Kazakhstan	KAZ	20	31	30	81
30	Thailand	THA	20	16	45	81
31	Yugoslavia	YUG	19	23	18	60
32	Spain	ESP	17	29	45	91
33	Czech Republic	CZE	17	19	40	76
34	Portugal	POR	14	19	12	45
35	Jamaica	JAM	14	16	12	42
36	Lithuania	LTU	14	14	18	46
37	Finland	FIN	13	14	18	45
38	Czechoslovakia	TCH	12	19	24	55
39	Nigeria	NGR	12	11	11	34
40	Austria	AUT	12	9	22	43
41	Belgium	BEL	11	16	23	50
42	Azerbaijan	AZE	11	10	14	35
43	New Zealand	NZL	10	13	11	34
44	Serbia	SRB	10	9	14	33
45	Morocco	MAR	9	10	8	27
46	Kenya	KEN	8	8	9	25
47	Switzerland	SUI	7	10	17	34
48	Slovakia	SVK	7	9	6	22
49	Latvia	LAT	7	5	5	17
50	Uzbekistan	UZB	6	10	9	25
51	Ireland	IRL	6	7	9	22
52	Estonia	EST	6	6	5	17
53	Uganda	UGA	6	5	3	14
54	Armenia	ARM	6	3	11	20
55	Dominican Republic	DOM	6	2	0	8
56	Slovenia	SLO	5	8	7	20
57	India	IND	5	4	9	18
=	Sweden	SWE	5	4	9	18
59	Republic of Moldova	MDA	4	3	9	16
60	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	4	3	3	10
61	Hong Kong	HKG	4	1	6	11
62	Greece	GRE	3	8	12	23
63	Algeria	ALG	3	8	10	21
64	Mongolia	MGL	3	6	10	19
65	Indonesia	INA	3	3	8	14
66	Croatia	CRO	2	7	13	22
67	Ivory Coast	CIV	2	2	4	8
68	Ghana	GHA	2	0	1	3
69	Egypt	EGY	1	6	8	15
70	Israel	ISR	1	5	3	9
=	Senegal	SEN	1	5	3	9
72	Vietnam	VIE	1	3	13	17
73	Georgia	GEO	1	3	8	12
74	Norway	NOR	1	3	4	8
75	Philippines	PHI	1	2	1	4
76	Botswana	BOT	1	1	2	4
77	Luxembourg	LUX	1	1	1	3
78	Barbados	BAR	1	1	0	2
79	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	1	0	2	3
=	Madagascar	MAD	1	0	2	3
81	Bermuda	BER	1	0	1	2
82	Honduras	HON	1	0	0	1
=	Montenegro	MNE	1	0	0	1
=	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	1	0	0	1
85	Malaysia	MAS	0	5	15	20
86	Cyprus	CYP	0	4	9	13
87	Argentina	ARG	0	3	2	5
88	Burkina Faso	BUR	0	3	0	3
89	Ecuador	ECU	0	2	0	2
90	Denmark	DEN	0	1	4	5
91	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	3	4
92	Chile	CHI	0	1	2	3
=	Peru	PER	0	1	2	3
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	1	2	3
95	Mozambique	MOZ	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
97	Albania	ALB	0	1	0	1
=	Cameroon	CMR	0	1	0	1
=	Independent Participant	INP	0	1	0	1
=	Namibia	NAM	0	1	0	1
=	Sierra Leone	SLE	0	1	0	1
=	Tanzania	TAN	0	1	0	1
=	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	0	1	0	1
104	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	2	2
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	0	2	2
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	0	1	1
=	Jordan	JOR	0	0	1	1
=	North Macedonia	MKD	0	0	1	1
=	Panama	PAN	0	0	1	1