Summer Universiade

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

Year	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1959	Torino	ITA	26 August – 7 September 1959	46	254	21
1961	Sofia	BUL	25 August – 3 September 1961	51	203	20
1963	Porto Alegre	BRA	30 August – 8 September 1963	51	237	21
1965	Budapest	HUN	20 – 30 August 1965	54	264	18
1967	Tokyo	JPN	27 August – 4 September 1967	62	183	18
1970	Torino	ITA	26 August – 6 September 1970	62	281	22
1973	Moskva	URS	15 – 25 August 1973	63	247	22
1975	Roma	ITA	18 – 21 September 1975	35	116	18
1977	Sofia	BUL	17 – 28 August 1977	63	217	20
1979	Ciudad de México	MEX	2 – 13 September 1979	67	218	27
1981	București	ROU	19 – 30 July 1981	75	276	26
1983	Edmonton	CAN	1 – 12 July 1983	76	237	25
1985	Kobe	JPN	24 August – 4 September 1985	81	530	43
1987	Zagreb	YUG	8 – 19 July 1987	83	344	30
1989	Duisburg	GER	22 – 30 August 1989	42	148	25
1991	Sheffield	GBR	14 – 25 July 1991	86	303	32
1993	Buffalo	USA	8 – 18 July 1993	88	389	46
1995	Fukuoka	JPN	23 August – 3 September 1995	88	710	62
1997	Catania	ITA	20 – 31 August 1997	90	339	36
1999	Palma de Mallorca	ESP	3 – 13 July 1999	90	352	40
2001	Beijing	CHN	22 August – 1 September 2001	100	350	44
2003	Daegu	KOR	21 – 31 August 2003	108	583	41
2005	İzmir	TUR	11 – 22 August 2005	109	425	47
2007	Bangkok	THA	8 – 18 August 2007	107	546	55
2009	Beograd	SRB	1 – 12 July 2009	112	749	53
2011	Shenzhen	CHN	12 – 23 August 2011	126	919	54
2013	Kazan	RUS	6 – 17 July 2013	120	905	58
2015	Gwangju	KOR	3 – 14 July 2015	125	919	59
2017	Taipei	TPE	19 – 30 August 2017	127	1005	62
2019	Napoli	ITA	3 – 14 July 2019	119	792	56
2021	Chengdu	CHN	28 July – 8 August 2023	127	1172	55

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	463	399	333	1195
2	China	CHN	272	162	103	537
3	Soviet Union	URS	241	201	162	604
4	Japan	JPN	175	200	247	622
5	Russia	RUS	173	157	154	484
6	Italy	ITA	119	126	153	398
7	Germany	GER	93	123	145	361
8	Poland	POL	92	83	80	255
9	Ukraine	UKR	92	77	65	234
10	South Korea	KOR	73	53	52	178
11	Romania	ROU	66	68	72	206
12	Hungary	HUN	59	52	52	163
13	Great Britain	GBR	58	86	95	239
14	Australia	AUS	48	48	66	162
15	Cuba	CUB	48	47	38	133
16	Canada	CAN	36	80	97	213
17	South Africa	RSA	34	40	34	108
18	France	FRA	30	58	75	163
19	Brazil	BRA	27	34	61	122
20	Mexico	MEX	25	43	32	100
21	Belarus	BLR	25	23	20	68
22	Turkey	TUR	23	24	21	68
23	East Germany	GDR	23	21	19	63
24	Bulgaria	BUL	23	20	23	66
25	Chinese Taipei	TPE	18	31	38	87
26	Yugoslavia	YUG	16	18	13	47
27	Netherlands	NED	14	33	25	72
28	Czech Republic	CZE	14	18	30	62
29	Jamaica	JAM	14	16	12	42
30	Finland	FIN	13	13	14	40
31	Czechoslovakia	TCH	12	16	20	48
32	Portugal	POR	12	15	5	32
33	Lithuania	LTU	12	12	11	35
34	Nigeria	NGR	12	11	11	34
35	Spain	ESP	11	17	23	51
36	Austria	AUT	11	8	20	39
37	Kazakhstan	KAZ	10	14	9	33
38	New Zealand	NZL	10	13	11	34
39	Belgium	BEL	9	11	18	38
40	North Korea	PRK	9	9	14	32
41	Morocco	MAR	9	9	6	24
42	Kenya	KEN	8	8	9	25
43	Thailand	THA	8	6	21	35
44	Slovakia	SVK	7	8	4	19
45	Switzerland	SUI	6	10	13	29
46	Ireland	IRL	6	7	9	22
47	Serbia	SRB	6	5	6	17
48	Uganda	UGA	6	5	3	14
49	Estonia	EST	6	4	4	14
50	Latvia	LAT	6	4	3	13
51	Azerbaijan	AZE	6	0	0	6
52	India	IND	5	4	8	17
=	Sweden	SWE	5	4	8	17
54	Dominican Republic	DOM	5	0	0	5
55	Slovenia	SLO	4	7	6	17
56	Iran	IRI	4	3	1	8
57	Hong Kong	HKG	4	1	3	8
58	Greece	GRE	3	8	9	20
59	Algeria	ALG	3	7	8	18
60	Republic of Moldova	MDA	3	2	3	8
61	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	3	1	1	5
62	Ivory Coast	CIV	2	1	3	6
63	Ghana	GHA	2	0	1	3
64	Senegal	SEN	1	5	2	8
65	Israel	ISR	1	4	2	7
66	Egypt	EGY	1	4	1	6
67	Norway	NOR	1	2	3	6
68	Botswana	BOT	1	1	2	4
69	Luxembourg	LUX	1	1	1	3
70	Barbados	BAR	1	1	0	2
=	Philippines	PHI	1	1	0	2
72	Indonesia	INA	1	0	3	4
73	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	1	0	2	3
=	Madagascar	MAD	1	0	2	3
75	Bermuda	BER	1	0	1	2
76	Honduras	HON	1	0	0	1
=	Montenegro	MNE	1	0	0	1
=	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	1	0	0	1
79	Malaysia	MAS	0	4	12	16
80	Cyprus	CYP	0	3	4	7
81	Burkina Faso	BUR	0	3	0	3
82	Croatia	CRO	0	2	6	8
83	Ecuador	ECU	0	2	0	2
84	Denmark	DEN	0	1	4	5
85	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	3	4
86	Argentina	ARG	0	1	2	3
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	1	2	3
88	Armenia	ARM	0	1	1	2
=	Chile	CHI	0	1	1	2
=	Mozambique	MOZ	0	1	1	2
=	Peru	PER	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
93	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
99	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	2	2
=	Georgia	GEO	0	0	2	2
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	0	2	2
102	Mongolia	MGL	0	0	1	1
=	North Macedonia	MKD	0	0	1	1
=	Panama	PAN	0	0	1	1