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	47	276	21
1961 Summer Universiade	Sofia	BUL	25 August – 3 September 1961	55	253	20
1963 Summer Universiade	Porto Alegre	BRA	30 August – 8 September 1963	66	278	21
1965 Summer Universiade	Budapest	HUN	20 – 30 August 1965	60	356	18
1967 Summer Universiade	Tokyo	JPN	27 August – 4 September 1967	75	262	22
1970 Summer Universiade	Torino	ITA	26 August – 6 September 1970	68	375	23
1973 Summer Universiade	Moskva	URS	15 – 25 August 1973	99	420	32
1975 Summer Universiade	Roma	ITA	18 – 21 September 1975	35	116	18
1977 Summer Universiade	Sofia	BUL	17 – 28 August 1977	99	364	25
1979 Summer Universiade	Ciudad de México	MEX	2 – 13 September 1979	83	330	29
1981 Summer Universiade	București	ROU	19 – 30 July 1981	111	447	30
1983 Summer Universiade	Edmonton	CAN	1 – 12 July 1983	92	368	28
1985 Summer Universiade	Kobe	JPN	24 August – 4 September 1985	106	672	43
1987 Summer Universiade	Zagreb	YUG	8 – 19 July 1987	126	619	34
1989 Summer Universiade	Duisburg	GER	22 – 30 August 1989	56	306	28
1991 Summer Universiade	Sheffield	GBR	14 – 25 July 1991	109	415	33
1993 Summer Universiade	Buffalo	USA	8 – 18 July 1993	119	627	46
1995 Summer Universiade	Fukuoka	JPN	23 August – 3 September 1995	127	899	67
1997 Summer Universiade	Catania	ITA	20 – 31 August 1997	111	442	37
1999 Summer Universiade	Palma de Mallorca	ESP	3 – 13 July 1999	124	528	46
2001 Summer Universiade	Beijing	CHN	22 August – 1 September 2001	149	566	50
2003 Summer Universiade	Daegu	KOR	21 – 31 August 2003	166	933	53
2005 Summer Universiade	İzmir	TUR	11 – 22 August 2005	170	713	56
2007 Summer Universiade	Bangkok	THA	8 – 18 August 2007	216	1062	66
2009 Summer Universiade	Beograd	SRB	1 – 12 July 2009	182	1168	59
2011 Summer Universiade	Shenzhen	CHN	12 – 23 August 2011	255	1722	74
2013 Summer Universiade	Kazan	RUS	6 – 17 July 2013	299	2105	77
2015 Summer Universiade	Gwangju	KOR	3 – 14 July 2015	250	1865	68
2017 Summer Universiade	Taipei	TPE	19 – 30 August 2017	219	2267	86
2019 Summer Universiade	Napoli	ITA	3 – 14 July 2019	198	1584	67
2021 Summer World University Games	Chengdu	CHN	28 July – 8 August 2023	229	2080	68

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	504	449	401	1354
2	China	CHN	486	308	244	1038
3	Soviet Union	URS	366	290	225	881
4	Russia	RUS	362	310	348	1020
5	Japan	JPN	357	340	423	1120
6	South Korea	KOR	222	177	196	595
7	Ukraine	UKR	154	158	159	471
8	Italy	ITA	153	161	199	513
9	Romania	ROU	131	115	129	375
10	Germany	GER	112	150	197	459
11	Poland	POL	103	112	119	334
12	Hungary	HUN	80	69	92	241
13	Great Britain	GBR	64	95	110	269
14	Cuba	CUB	62	63	64	189
15	France	FRA	56	105	144	305
16	Australia	AUS	55	50	80	185
17	Chinese Taipei	TPE	53	87	114	254
18	Canada	CAN	49	102	130	281
19	Turkey	TUR	44	47	59	150
20	Belarus	BLR	43	50	59	152
21	Bulgaria	BUL	41	42	46	129
22	Iran	IRI	37	34	47	118
23	North Korea	PRK	37	29	42	108
24	Brazil	BRA	36	50	101	187
25	South Africa	RSA	35	43	36	114
26	Mexico	MEX	28	54	58	140
27	Netherlands	NED	27	43	50	120
28	Czech Republic	CZE	26	28	49	103
29	Thailand	THA	26	27	55	108
30	Lithuania	LTU	26	16	18	60
31	East Germany	GDR	24	22	24	70
32	Kazakhstan	KAZ	23	41	48	112
33	Yugoslavia	YUG	19	28	25	72
34	Spain	ESP	17	31	48	96
35	Portugal	POR	16	19	12	47
36	India	IND	16	9	18	43
37	Jamaica	JAM	14	16	12	42
38	Finland	FIN	14	15	19	48
39	Azerbaijan	AZE	13	14	19	46
40	Austria	AUT	13	11	22	46
41	Czechoslovakia	TCH	12	19	24	55
42	Nigeria	NGR	12	11	11	34
43	Belgium	BEL	11	16	24	51
44	Serbia	SRB	10	14	20	44
45	Slovakia	SVK	10	14	13	37
46	New Zealand	NZL	10	14	11	35
47	Mongolia	MGL	9	14	22	45
48	Morocco	MAR	9	10	8	27
49	Kenya	KEN	8	8	9	25
50	Switzerland	SUI	7	10	17	34
51	Ireland	IRL	7	8	9	24
52	Latvia	LAT	7	5	7	19
53	Uzbekistan	UZB	6	11	13	30
54	Armenia	ARM	6	7	15	28
55	Estonia	EST	6	6	6	18
56	Uganda	UGA	6	5	3	14
57	Dominican Republic	DOM	6	2	0	8
58	Slovenia	SLO	5	8	7	20
59	Sweden	SWE	5	4	10	19
60	Republic of Moldova	MDA	4	5	15	24
61	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	4	3	3	10
62	Hong Kong	HKG	4	1	6	11
63	Greece	GRE	3	8	13	24
64	Algeria	ALG	3	8	10	21
65	Cyprus	CYP	3	5	10	18
66	Indonesia	INA	3	3	8	14
67	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	3	2	9	14
68	Croatia	CRO	2	7	13	22
69	Israel	ISR	2	5	4	11
70	Georgia	GEO	2	3	14	19
71	Turkmenistan	TKM	2	3	7	12
72	Norway	NOR	2	3	4	9
73	Ivory Coast	CIV	2	2	4	8
74	Ghana	GHA	2	0	1	3
75	Egypt	EGY	1	6	8	15
76	Senegal	SEN	1	5	3	9
77	Vietnam	VIE	1	3	13	17
78	Philippines	PHI	1	2	1	4
79	Botswana	BOT	1	1	2	4
80	Luxembourg	LUX	1	1	1	3
81	Barbados	BAR	1	1	0	2
82	Madagascar	MAD	1	0	2	3
83	Bermuda	BER	1	0	1	2
84	Honduras	HON	1	0	0	1
=	Montenegro	MNE	1	0	0	1
=	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	1	0	0	1
87	Malaysia	MAS	0	5	15	20
88	Argentina	ARG	0	3	2	5
89	Burkina Faso	BUR	0	3	0	3
90	Ecuador	ECU	0	2	0	2
91	Denmark	DEN	0	1	4	5
92	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	3	4
93	Chile	CHI	0	1	2	3
=	Peru	PER	0	1	2	3
=	Tajikistan	TJK	0	1	2	3
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	1	2	3
97	Mozambique	MOZ	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
99	Albania	ALB	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
106	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	2	2
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	0	2	2
108	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