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	844	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

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	China	CHN	543	340	288	1171
2	United States	USA	512	464	425	1401
3	Soviet Union	URS	424	344	261	1029
4	Russia	RUS	419	362	413	1194
5	Japan	JPN	382	372	479	1233
6	South Korea	KOR	259	217	255	731
7	Italy	ITA	212	225	281	718
8	Ukraine	UKR	182	180	179	541
9	Romania	ROU	151	134	151	436
10	Hungary	HUN	127	105	123	355
11	Germany	GER	121	169	228	518
12	Poland	POL	113	134	151	398
13	France	FRA	94	137	202	433
14	Chinese Taipei	TPE	83	104	139	326
15	Cuba	CUB	73	68	73	214
16	Great Britain	GBR	69	106	120	295
17	Australia	AUS	56	53	84	193
18	Canada	CAN	52	104	134	290
19	Belarus	BLR	44	55	66	165
20	Turkey	TUR	44	51	64	159
21	Bulgaria	BUL	41	44	50	135
22	Iran	IRI	41	38	54	133
23	North Korea	PRK	41	29	43	113
24	Brazil	BRA	39	52	106	197
25	South Africa	RSA	35	43	36	114
26	Thailand	THA	31	34	63	128
27	Czech Republic	CZE	31	34	55	120
28	Mexico	MEX	30	57	63	150
29	Netherlands	NED	30	47	53	130
30	Lithuania	LTU	29	16	20	65
31	East Germany	GDR	25	24	27	76
32	Kazakhstan	KAZ	23	46	56	125
33	Yugoslavia	YUG	23	30	28	81
34	Spain	ESP	20	36	58	114
35	Czechoslovakia	TCH	19	29	25	73
36	Portugal	POR	16	19	13	48
37	India	IND	16	10	18	44
38	Finland	FIN	15	15	19	49
39	Jamaica	JAM	14	16	12	42
40	Austria	AUT	14	12	26	52
41	Switzerland	SUI	13	19	31	63
42	Azerbaijan	AZE	13	14	19	46
43	Serbia	SRB	12	14	21	47
44	Nigeria	NGR	12	11	11	34
45	Belgium	BEL	11	16	25	52
46	Slovakia	SVK	10	18	25	53
47	Mongolia	MGL	10	14	27	51
48	New Zealand	NZL	10	14	11	35
49	Uzbekistan	UZB	9	17	19	45
50	Morocco	MAR	9	10	9	28
51	Kenya	KEN	8	8	9	25
52	Hong Kong	HKG	8	2	15	25
53	Estonia	EST	7	8	11	26
54	Ireland	IRL	7	8	9	24
55	Indonesia	INA	7	6	14	27
56	Sweden	SWE	7	5	12	24
57	Latvia	LAT	7	5	7	19
58	Armenia	ARM	6	9	18	33
59	Uganda	UGA	6	5	3	14
60	Dominican Republic	DOM	6	2	0	8
61	Slovenia	SLO	5	8	7	20
62	Croatia	CRO	4	7	15	26
63	Republic of Moldova	MDA	4	5	17	26
64	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	4	4	3	11
65	Greece	GRE	3	8	13	24
66	Algeria	ALG	3	8	10	21
67	Cyprus	CYP	3	5	10	18
68	Macau	MAC	3	3	3	9
69	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	3	2	9	14
70	Israel	ISR	2	6	6	14
71	Georgia	GEO	2	3	14	19
72	Turkmenistan	TKM	2	3	8	13
73	Norway	NOR	2	3	4	9
74	Ivory Coast	CIV	2	2	4	8
75	Ghana	GHA	2	0	1	3
76	Malaysia	MAS	1	7	19	27
77	Egypt	EGY	1	6	8	15
78	Senegal	SEN	1	5	3	9
79	Vietnam	VIE	1	3	14	18
80	Philippines	PHI	1	3	1	5
81	Botswana	BOT	1	1	2	4
=	Madagascar	MAD	1	1	2	4
83	Luxembourg	LUX	1	1	1	3
84	Barbados	BAR	1	1	0	2
85	Bermuda	BER	1	0	1	2
86	Honduras	HON	1	0	0	1
=	Montenegro	MNE	1	0	0	1
=	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	1	0	0	1
89	Argentina	ARG	0	3	2	5
90	Burkina Faso	BUR	0	3	0	3
=	Uruguay	URU	0	3	0	3
92	Singapore	SGP	0	2	1	3
93	Ecuador	ECU	0	2	0	2
94	Denmark	DEN	0	1	4	5
95	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	3	4
96	Chile	CHI	0	1	2	3
=	Peru	PER	0	1	2	3
=	Tajikistan	TJK	0	1	2	3
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	1	2	3
100	Mozambique	MOZ	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
102	Albania	ALB	0	1	0	1
=	Brunei	BRU	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
110	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	2	2
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	0	2	2
112	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