Summer Universiade

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1959—2021
Editions 31
Competitors 12079
Countries 122

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