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	60	350	22
1961 Summer Universiade	Sofia	BUL	25 August – 3 September 1961	68	319	20
1963 Summer Universiade	Porto Alegre	BRA	30 August – 8 September 1963	79	343	22
1965 Summer Universiade	Budapest	HUN	20 – 30 August 1965	73	431	18
1967 Summer Universiade	Tokyo	JPN	27 August – 4 September 1967	87	337	24
1970 Summer Universiade	Torino	ITA	26 August – 6 September 1970	81	453	24
1973 Summer Universiade	Moskva	URS	15 – 25 August 1973	112	505	32
1975 Summer Universiade	Roma	ITA	18 – 21 September 1975	35	116	18
1977 Summer Universiade	Sofia	BUL	17 – 28 August 1977	112	436	26
1979 Summer Universiade	Ciudad de México	MEX	2 – 13 September 1979	97	433	31
1981 Summer Universiade	București	ROU	19 – 30 July 1981	124	685	33
1983 Summer Universiade	Edmonton	CAN	1 – 12 July 1983	117	674	44
1985 Summer Universiade	Kobe	JPN	24 August – 4 September 1985	120	755	44
1987 Summer Universiade	Zagreb	YUG	8 – 19 July 1987	140	1209	39
1989 Summer Universiade	Duisburg	GER	22 – 30 August 1989	66	383	28
1991 Summer Universiade	Sheffield	GBR	14 – 25 July 1991	125	586	33
1993 Summer Universiade	Buffalo	USA	8 – 18 July 1993	137	881	48
1995 Summer Universiade	Fukuoka	JPN	23 August – 3 September 1995	144	1110	67
1997 Summer Universiade	Catania	ITA	20 – 31 August 1997	127	642	40
1999 Summer Universiade	Palma de Mallorca	ESP	3 – 13 July 1999	146	843	54
2001 Summer Universiade	Beijing	CHN	22 August – 1 September 2001	168	711	50
2003 Summer Universiade	Daegu	KOR	21 – 31 August 2003	185	1154	54
2005 Summer Universiade	İzmir	TUR	11 – 22 August 2005	196	923	57
2007 Summer Universiade	Bangkok	THA	8 – 18 August 2007	236	1274	67
2009 Summer Universiade	Beograd	SRB	1 – 12 July 2009	203	1392	59
2011 Summer Universiade	Shenzhen	CHN	12 – 23 August 2011	300	2040	75
2013 Summer Universiade	Kazan	RUS	6 – 17 July 2013	330	2375	79
2015 Summer Universiade	Gwangju	KOR	3 – 14 July 2015	272	2165	68
2017 Summer Universiade	Taipei	TPE	19 – 30 August 2017	255	2613	86
2019 Summer Universiade	Napoli	ITA	3 – 14 July 2019	220	1813	68
2021 Summer World University Games	Chengdu	CHN	28 July – 8 August 2023	268	2246	70
2025 Summer World University Games	Rhein-Ruhr	GER	16 – 27 July 2025	234	1310	59

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	China	CHN	573	367	304	1244
2	United States	USA	540	491	454	1485
3	Soviet Union	URS	424	344	261	1029
4	Russia	RUS	419	362	412	1193
5	Japan	JPN	416	393	503	1312
6	South Korea	KOR	280	226	282	788
7	Italy	ITA	226	235	300	761
8	Ukraine	UKR	186	183	184	553
9	Romania	ROU	151	134	155	440
10	Germany	GER	132	181	245	558
11	Hungary	HUN	127	115	131	373
12	Poland	POL	118	145	159	422
13	France	FRA	97	142	211	450
14	Chinese Taipei	TPE	88	117	146	351
15	Great Britain	GBR	73	114	126	313
16	Cuba	CUB	73	68	73	214
17	Australia	AUS	61	56	88	205
18	Canada	CAN	54	105	142	301
19	Turkey	TUR	50	56	71	177
20	Belarus	BLR	44	55	66	165
21	Brazil	BRA	41	55	113	209
22	South Africa	RSA	41	48	44	133
23	Bulgaria	BUL	41	44	50	135
24	Iran	IRI	41	38	54	133
25	North Korea	PRK	41	29	43	113
26	Czech Republic	CZE	34	36	61	131
27	Thailand	THA	33	38	67	138
28	Netherlands	NED	32	51	55	138
29	Lithuania	LTU	32	16	24	72
30	Mexico	MEX	30	57	64	151
31	East Germany	GDR	25	24	27	76
32	Kazakhstan	KAZ	24	46	66	136
33	Spain	ESP	23	43	64	130
34	Yugoslavia	YUG	23	30	28	81
35	Czechoslovakia	TCH	19	29	25	73
36	Portugal	POR	18	20	15	53
37	India	IND	18	15	23	56
38	Finland	FIN	17	16	22	55
39	Switzerland	SUI	16	23	34	73
40	Azerbaijan	AZE	15	15	20	50
41	Jamaica	JAM	14	16	12	42
42	Austria	AUT	14	13	27	54
43	Uzbekistan	UZB	13	21	26	60
44	Belgium	BEL	12	17	27	56
45	Serbia	SRB	12	14	21	47
46	Nigeria	NGR	12	11	11	34
47	Slovakia	SVK	11	19	26	56
48	Mongolia	MGL	10	14	28	52
49	New Zealand	NZL	10	14	13	37
50	Hong Kong	HKG	10	3	19	32
51	Kenya	KEN	9	10	11	30
52	Morocco	MAR	9	10	9	28
53	Ireland	IRL	8	9	9	26
54	Neutral Participant	NEU	8	8	5	21
55	Sweden	SWE	8	6	13	27
56	Armenia	ARM	7	9	18	34
57	Estonia	EST	7	8	11	26
58	Indonesia	INA	7	6	14	27
59	Latvia	LAT	7	6	7	20
60	Slovenia	SLO	6	8	7	21
61	Republic of Moldova	MDA	6	5	17	28
62	Uganda	UGA	6	5	3	14
63	Dominican Republic	DOM	6	2	0	8
64	Croatia	CRO	4	9	17	30
65	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	4	4	3	11
66	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	4	2	10	16
67	Greece	GRE	3	8	13	24
68	Algeria	ALG	3	8	10	21
69	Georgia	GEO	3	6	15	24
70	Israel	ISR	3	6	6	15
71	Cyprus	CYP	3	5	12	20
72	Norway	NOR	3	4	5	12
73	Macau	MAC	3	3	3	9
74	Turkmenistan	TKM	2	3	8	13
75	Ivory Coast	CIV	2	2	4	8
76	Luxembourg	LUX	2	1	1	4
77	Ghana	GHA	2	0	1	3
78	Malaysia	MAS	1	8	20	29
79	Egypt	EGY	1	7	8	16
80	Senegal	SEN	1	5	3	9
81	Vietnam	VIE	1	3	14	18
82	Philippines	PHI	1	3	1	5
83	Denmark	DEN	1	1	4	6
84	Botswana	BOT	1	1	2	4
=	Madagascar	MAD	1	1	2	4
86	Barbados	BAR	1	1	0	2
87	Bermuda	BER	1	0	1	2
88	Honduras	HON	1	0	0	1
=	Montenegro	MNE	1	0	0	1
=	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	1	0	0	1
91	Argentina	ARG	0	3	2	5
92	Burkina Faso	BUR	0	3	0	3
=	Uruguay	URU	0	3	0	3
94	Tunisia	TUN	0	2	4	6
95	Singapore	SGP	0	2	1	3
96	Ecuador	ECU	0	2	0	2
97	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	3	4
98	Chile	CHI	0	1	2	3
=	Peru	PER	0	1	2	3
=	Tajikistan	TJK	0	1	2	3
101	Mozambique	MOZ	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
103	Albania	ALB	0	1	0	1
=	British Virgin Islands	IVB	0	1	0	1
=	Brunei	BRU	0	1	0	1
=	Cameroon	CMR	0	1	0	1
=	Independent Participant	INP	0	1	0	1
=	Kosovo	KOS	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
113	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	2	2
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	0	2	2
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	0	1	1
=	Colombia	COL	0	0	1	1
=	Jordan	JOR	0	0	1	1
=	North Macedonia	MKD	0	0	1	1
=	Panama	PAN	0	0	1	1