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	53	247	20
1963 Summer Universiade	Porto Alegre	BRA	30 August – 8 September 1963	52	262	21
1965 Summer Universiade	Budapest	HUN	20 – 30 August 1965	56	336	18
1967 Summer Universiade	Tokyo	JPN	27 August – 4 September 1967	64	219	19
1970 Summer Universiade	Torino	ITA	26 August – 6 September 1970	64	351	23
1973 Summer Universiade	Moskva	URS	15 – 25 August 1973	65	335	29
1975 Summer Universiade	Roma	ITA	18 – 21 September 1975	35	116	18
1977 Summer Universiade	Sofia	BUL	17 – 28 August 1977	65	283	20
1979 Summer Universiade	Ciudad de México	MEX	2 – 13 September 1979	69	303	29
1981 Summer Universiade	București	ROU	19 – 30 July 1981	77	365	28
1983 Summer Universiade	Edmonton	CAN	1 – 12 July 1983	78	340	27
1985 Summer Universiade	Kobe	JPN	24 August – 4 September 1985	83	602	43
1987 Summer Universiade	Zagreb	YUG	8 – 19 July 1987	85	415	30
1989 Summer Universiade	Duisburg	GER	22 – 30 August 1989	43	184	25
1991 Summer Universiade	Sheffield	GBR	14 – 25 July 1991	88	381	32
1993 Summer Universiade	Buffalo	USA	8 – 18 July 1993	90	461	46
1995 Summer Universiade	Fukuoka	JPN	23 August – 3 September 1995	90	782	62
1997 Summer Universiade	Catania	ITA	20 – 31 August 1997	92	399	36
1999 Summer Universiade	Palma de Mallorca	ESP	3 – 13 July 1999	92	424	41
2001 Summer Universiade	Beijing	CHN	22 August – 1 September 2001	109	463	46
2003 Summer Universiade	Daegu	KOR	21 – 31 August 2003	110	716	44
2005 Summer Universiade	İzmir	TUR	11 – 22 August 2005	111	495	47
2007 Summer Universiade	Bangkok	THA	8 – 18 August 2007	116	662	55
2009 Summer Universiade	Beograd	SRB	1 – 12 July 2009	121	907	54
2011 Summer Universiade	Shenzhen	CHN	12 – 23 August 2011	150	1249	67
2013 Summer Universiade	Kazan	RUS	6 – 17 July 2013	144	1263	74
2015 Summer Universiade	Gwangju	KOR	3 – 14 July 2015	136	1345	62
2017 Summer Universiade	Taipei	TPE	19 – 30 August 2017	152	1807	82
2019 Summer Universiade	Napoli	ITA	3 – 14 July 2019	128	1098	58
2021 Summer World University Games	Chengdu	CHN	28 July – 8 August 2023	136	1626	62

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	488	412	338	1238
2	China	CHN	328	187	129	644
3	Soviet Union	URS	251	209	164	624
4	Russia	RUS	185	172	173	530
5	Japan	JPN	182	224	275	681
6	Italy	ITA	120	128	153	401
7	Germany	GER	93	124	151	368
8	Ukraine	UKR	93	81	67	241
9	Poland	POL	92	83	81	256
10	South Korea	KOR	78	63	71	212
11	Romania	ROU	66	69	77	212
12	Hungary	HUN	60	52	54	166
13	Great Britain	GBR	58	86	96	240
14	Australia	AUS	51	49	71	171
15	Cuba	CUB	48	51	41	140
16	Canada	CAN	37	85	106	228
17	South Africa	RSA	34	40	34	108
18	France	FRA	30	61	84	175
19	Chinese Taipei	TPE	28	49	65	142
20	Brazil	BRA	28	35	64	127
21	Mexico	MEX	25	44	33	102
22	Belarus	BLR	25	24	21	70
23	Bulgaria	BUL	24	21	24	69
24	Turkey	TUR	23	24	25	72
25	East Germany	GDR	23	21	19	63
26	Yugoslavia	YUG	19	21	16	56
27	North Korea	PRK	19	15	22	56
28	Czech Republic	CZE	15	18	33	66
29	Netherlands	NED	14	33	25	72
30	Jamaica	JAM	14	16	12	42
31	Lithuania	LTU	14	13	13	40
32	Kazakhstan	KAZ	13	18	10	41
33	Portugal	POR	13	15	6	34
34	Finland	FIN	13	13	15	41
35	Spain	ESP	12	18	26	56
36	Czechoslovakia	TCH	12	18	24	54
37	Nigeria	NGR	12	11	11	34
38	Austria	AUT	11	8	20	39
39	New Zealand	NZL	10	13	11	34
40	Thailand	THA	10	9	30	49
41	Belgium	BEL	9	11	18	38
42	Morocco	MAR	9	9	6	24
43	Kenya	KEN	8	8	9	25
44	Serbia	SRB	8	7	9	24
45	Slovakia	SVK	7	8	4	19
46	Switzerland	SUI	6	10	14	30
47	Ireland	IRL	6	7	9	22
48	Uganda	UGA	6	5	3	14
49	Estonia	EST	6	4	4	14
=	Latvia	LAT	6	4	4	14
51	Iran	IRI	6	4	2	12
52	Azerbaijan	AZE	6	0	0	6
53	India	IND	5	4	8	17
=	Sweden	SWE	5	4	8	17
55	Dominican Republic	DOM	5	2	0	7
56	Slovenia	SLO	4	7	6	17
57	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	4	2	2	8
58	Hong Kong	HKG	4	1	5	10
59	Greece	GRE	3	8	9	20
60	Algeria	ALG	3	7	8	18
61	Indonesia	INA	3	2	4	9
=	Republic of Moldova	MDA	3	2	4	9
63	Armenia	ARM	3	2	2	7
64	Ivory Coast	CIV	2	1	3	6
65	Ghana	GHA	2	0	1	3
66	Senegal	SEN	1	5	2	8
67	Egypt	EGY	1	4	4	9
68	Israel	ISR	1	4	2	7
69	Norway	NOR	1	2	3	6
70	Botswana	BOT	1	1	2	4
71	Luxembourg	LUX	1	1	1	3
=	Uzbekistan	UZB	1	1	1	3
73	Barbados	BAR	1	1	0	2
=	Philippines	PHI	1	1	0	2
75	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	1	0	2	3
=	Madagascar	MAD	1	0	2	3
77	Bermuda	BER	1	0	1	2
78	Honduras	HON	1	0	0	1
=	Montenegro	MNE	1	0	0	1
=	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	1	0	0	1
81	Malaysia	MAS	0	4	12	16
82	Cyprus	CYP	0	3	4	7
83	Burkina Faso	BUR	0	3	0	3
84	Croatia	CRO	0	2	6	8
85	Ecuador	ECU	0	2	0	2
86	Denmark	DEN	0	1	4	5
87	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	3	4
88	Argentina	ARG	0	1	2	3
=	Peru	PER	0	1	2	3
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	1	2	3
91	Chile	CHI	0	1	1	2
=	Mozambique	MOZ	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
94	Albania	ALB	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
100	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	2	2
=	Georgia	GEO	0	0	2	2
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	0	2	2
103	Mongolia	MGL	0	0	1	1
=	North Macedonia	MKD	0	0	1	1
=	Panama	PAN	0	0	1	1