Summer Universiade

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1959—2019
Editions 30
Competitors 8978
Countries 120

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 was 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 45 219 21
1961 Sofia BUL 25 August – 3 September 1961 49 172 18
1963 Porto Alegre BRA 30 August – 8 September 1963 49 188 20
1965 Budapest HUN 20 – 30 August 1965 52 191 18
1967 Tokyo JPN 27 August – 4 September 1967 60 159 15
1970 Torino ITA 26 August – 6 September 1970 60 214 21
1973 Moskva URS 15 – 25 August 1973 61 223 21
1975 Roma ITA 18 – 21 September 1975 35 116 18
1977 Sofia BUL 17 – 28 August 1977 61 195 19
1979 Ciudad de México MEX 2 – 13 September 1979 65 195 26
1981 București ROU 19 – 30 July 1981 73 252 25
1983 Edmonton CAN 1 – 12 July 1983 74 225 25
1985 Kobe JPN 24 August – 4 September 1985 79 506 43
1987 Zagreb YUG 8 – 19 July 1987 81 275 30
1989 Duisburg GER 22 – 30 August 1989 42 148 25
1991 Sheffield GBR 14 – 25 July 1991 84 275 32
1993 Buffalo USA 8 – 18 July 1993 86 322 45
1995 Fukuoka JPN 23 August – 3 September 1995 86 617 62
1997 Catania ITA 20 – 31 August 1997 88 320 36
1999 Palma de Mallorca ESP 3 – 13 July 1999 88 328 40
2001 Beijing CHN 22 August – 1 September 2001 98 317 43
2003 Daegu KOR 21 – 31 August 2003 106 373 39
2005 İzmir TUR 11 – 22 August 2005 107 388 47
2007 Bangkok THA 8 – 18 August 2007 99 363 54
2009 Beograd SRB 1 – 12 July 2009 110 446 51
2011 Shenzhen CHN 12 – 23 August 2011 116 733 48
2013 Kazan RUS 6 – 17 July 2013 110 767 57
2015 Gwangju KOR 3 – 14 July 2015 117 576 57
2017 Taipei TPE 19 – 30 August 2017 119 879 60
2019 Napoli ITA 3 – 14 July 2019 117 720 56

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 461 390 322 1173
2 Soviet Union URS 232 198 161 591
3 China CHN 214 132 82 428
4 Japan JPN 163 177 215 555
5 Russia RUS 163 152 145 460
6 Italy ITA 102 113 133 348
7 Ukraine UKR 91 73 62 226
8 Germany GER 88 119 140 347
9 Poland POL 76 64 71 211
10 Romania ROU 63 64 69 196
11 Hungary HUN 59 48 49 156
12 Great Britain GBR 58 86 95 239
13 South Korea KOR 50 40 39 129
14 Australia AUS 47 47 62 156
15 Cuba CUB 47 42 37 126
16 Canada CAN 36 78 97 211
17 South Africa RSA 32 30 28 90
18 France FRA 28 53 72 153
19 Mexico MEX 25 43 32 100
20 Belarus BLR 25 23 20 68
21 Brazil BRA 24 26 52 102
22 East Germany GDR 23 21 18 62
23 Bulgaria BUL 22 17 21 60
24 Yugoslavia YUG 15 18 12 45
25 Netherlands NED 14 33 24 71
26 Czech Republic CZE 13 17 29 59
27 Turkey TUR 13 17 18 48
28 Jamaica JAM 13 15 12 40
29 Finland FIN 12 13 12 37
30 Nigeria NGR 12 11 11 34
31 Spain ESP 11 16 22 49
32 Czechoslovakia TCH 11 14 18 43
33 New Zealand NZL 10 13 11 34
34 Kazakhstan KAZ 10 13 8 31
35 Austria AUT 10 8 19 37
36 Belgium BEL 9 11 18 38
37 Portugal POR 9 11 5 25
38 North Korea PRK 9 9 13 31
39 Morocco MAR 9 9 6 24
40 Lithuania LTU 8 9 9 26
41 Kenya KEN 8 8 9 25
42 Chinese Taipei TPE 7 15 14 36
43 Ireland IRL 6 7 9 22
44 Slovakia SVK 6 6 4 16
45 Estonia EST 6 4 4 14
46 Latvia LAT 6 4 3 13
47 Serbia SRB 6 3 6 15
48 Azerbaijan AZE 6 0 0 6
49 Switzerland SUI 5 10 10 25
50 Sweden SWE 5 4 8 17
51 Uganda UGA 5 4 3 12
52 Dominican Republic DOM 5 0 0 5
53 Slovenia SLO 4 7 6 17
54 Hong Kong HKG 4 1 1 6
55 Greece GRE 3 8 9 20
56 Algeria ALG 3 6 5 14
57 Iran IRI 3 3 0 6
58 Republic of Moldova MDA 3 2 3 8
59 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 3 2 1 6
60 India IND 2 3 1 6
61 Ivory Coast CIV 2 1 3 6
= Thailand THA 2 1 3 6
63 Senegal SEN 1 5 2 8
64 Israel ISR 1 4 2 7
65 Egypt EGY 1 4 0 5
66 Norway NOR 1 2 3 6
67 Botswana BOT 1 1 2 4
68 Barbados BAR 1 1 0 2
69 Madagascar MAD 1 0 2 3
70 Bermuda BER 1 0 1 2
= Ghana GHA 1 0 1 2
= Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1 0 1 2
73 Honduras HON 1 0 0 1
= Montenegro MNE 1 0 0 1
= Philippines PHI 1 0 0 1
= Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 1 0 0 1
77 Burkina Faso BUR 0 3 0 3
78 Croatia CRO 0 2 6 8
79 Cyprus CYP 0 2 2 4
= Malaysia MAS 0 2 2 4
81 Ecuador ECU 0 2 0 2
82 Denmark DEN 0 1 4 5
83 Bahamas BAH 0 1 3 4
84 Tunisia TUN 0 1 2 3
85 Argentina ARG 0 1 1 2
= Mozambique MOZ 0 1 1 2
= Qatar QAT 0 1 1 2
88 Albania ALB 0 1 0 1
= Armenia ARM 0 1 0 1
= Chile CHI 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
96 Ethiopia ETH 0 0 2 2
= Puerto Rico PUR 0 0 2 2
98 Luxembourg LUX 0 0 1 1
= Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
= North Macedonia MKD 0 0 1 1
= Panama PAN 0 0 1 1
= Peru PER 0 0 1 1