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 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	117	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	234	25
1983	Edmonton	CAN	1 – 12 July 1983	74	225	25
1985	Kobe	JPN	24 August – 4 September 1985	79	507	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	273	32
1993	Buffalo	USA	8 – 18 July 1993	86	307	41
1995	Fukuoka	JPN	23 August – 3 September 1995	86	326	39
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	98	334	39
2005	İzmir	TUR	11 – 22 August 2005	99	346	46
2007	Bangkok	THA	8 – 18 August 2007	99	363	54
2009	Beograd	SRB	1 – 12 July 2009	100	402	50
2011	Shenzhen	CHN	12 – 23 August 2011	106	682	46
2013	Kazan	RUS	6 – 17 July 2013	110	753	55
2015	Gwangju	KOR	3 – 14 July 2015	107	529	54
2017	Taipei	TPE	19 – 30 August 2017	109	834	59
2019	Napoli	ITA	3 – 14 July 2019	107	685	54

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	459	384	316	1159
2	Soviet Union	URS	232	198	161	591
3	China	CHN	212	132	79	423
4	Japan	JPN	163	175	214	552
5	Russia	RUS	158	145	137	440
6	Italy	ITA	100	112	128	340
7	Ukraine	UKR	89	70	55	214
8	Germany	GER	88	119	140	347
9	Poland	POL	76	64	69	209
10	Romania	ROU	63	62	70	195
11	Great Britain	GBR	58	86	95	239
12	Hungary	HUN	58	49	48	155
13	Australia	AUS	47	47	62	156
14	Cuba	CUB	47	42	37	126
15	Canada	CAN	34	78	97	209
16	South Africa	RSA	32	27	31	90
17	France	FRA	25	51	70	146
18	Belarus	BLR	25	23	20	68
19	Mexico	MEX	24	40	26	90
20	Brazil	BRA	24	26	52	102
21	East Germany	GDR	23	21	18	62
22	Bulgaria	BUL	22	17	21	60
23	Yugoslavia	YUG	15	18	12	45
24	Netherlands	NED	14	32	24	70
25	Czech Republic	CZE	13	17	27	57
26	Jamaica	JAM	13	15	12	40
27	Turkey	TUR	12	14	15	41
28	Finland	FIN	12	13	11	36
29	Nigeria	NGR	12	11	11	34
30	Spain	ESP	11	16	21	48
31	Czechoslovakia	TCH	11	14	18	43
32	New Zealand	NZL	10	13	11	34
33	Kazakhstan	KAZ	10	13	8	31
34	Austria	AUT	10	8	19	37
35	South Korea	KOR	9	22	27	58
36	Belgium	BEL	9	11	16	36
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	Ireland	IRL	6	7	9	22
43	Slovakia	SVK	6	6	4	16
44	Latvia	LAT	6	4	3	13
45	Serbia	SRB	6	3	6	15
46	Azerbaijan	AZE	6	0	0	6
47	Switzerland	SUI	5	10	10	25
48	Sweden	SWE	5	4	7	16
49	Estonia	EST	5	4	4	13
50	Uganda	UGA	5	4	3	12
51	Dominican Republic	DOM	5	0	0	5
52	Slovenia	SLO	4	6	6	16
53	Republic of Moldova	MDA	4	2	4	10
54	Hong Kong	HKG	4	1	1	6
55	Greece	GRE	3	8	9	20
56	Algeria	ALG	3	6	6	15
57	Chinese Taipei	TPE	3	4	9	16
58	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	3	2	1	6
59	Iran	IRI	3	1	0	4
60	India	IND	2	2	0	4
61	Ivory Coast	CIV	2	1	3	6
62	Thailand	THA	2	1	2	5
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	5	7
79	Cyprus	CYP	0	2	2	4
=	Malaysia	MAS	0	2	2	4
81	Ecuador	ECU	0	2	0	2
82	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	3	4
=	Denmark	DEN	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
=	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
95	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	2	2
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	0	2	2
97	Chile	CHI	0	0	1	1
=	Luxembourg	LUX	0	0	1	1
=	North Macedonia	MKD	0	0	1	1
=	Panama	PAN	0	0	1	1
=	Peru	PER	0	0	1	1