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	79	360	29
1975 Summer Universiade	Roma	ITA	18 – 21 September 1975	35	116	18
1977 Summer Universiade	Sofia	BUL	17 – 28 August 1977	79	306	22
1979 Summer Universiade	Ciudad de México	MEX	2 – 13 September 1979	83	330	29
1981 Summer Universiade	București	ROU	19 – 30 July 1981	91	387	28
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	113	567	33
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	149	629	54
2007 Summer Universiade	Bangkok	THA	8 – 18 August 2007	212	1038	66
2009 Summer Universiade	Beograd	SRB	1 – 12 July 2009	182	1168	59
2011 Summer Universiade	Shenzhen	CHN	12 – 23 August 2011	251	1699	74
2013 Summer Universiade	Kazan	RUS	6 – 17 July 2013	235	1837	76
2015 Summer Universiade	Gwangju	KOR	3 – 14 July 2015	246	1845	68
2017 Summer Universiade	Taipei	TPE	19 – 30 August 2017	215	2249	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	496	443	385	1324
2	China	CHN	486	307	244	1037
3	Japan	JPN	337	331	413	1081
4	Soviet Union	URS	334	269	215	818
5	Russia	RUS	328	296	334	958
6	South Korea	KOR	220	174	186	580
7	Italy	ITA	153	158	198	509
8	Ukraine	UKR	151	150	146	447
9	Romania	ROU	115	98	113	326
10	Germany	GER	111	147	197	455
11	Poland	POL	100	105	106	311
12	Hungary	HUN	78	67	84	229
13	Great Britain	GBR	64	94	110	268
14	Cuba	CUB	60	63	61	184
15	France	FRA	56	103	143	302
16	Australia	AUS	55	50	80	185
17	Chinese Taipei	TPE	50	84	111	245
18	Canada	CAN	47	98	125	270
19	Turkey	TUR	39	42	55	136
20	Belarus	BLR	37	43	50	130
21	Brazil	BRA	36	50	101	187
22	North Korea	PRK	36	29	40	105
23	South Africa	RSA	35	43	36	114
24	Iran	IRI	35	25	41	101
25	Bulgaria	BUL	33	31	34	98
26	Netherlands	NED	27	43	50	120
27	Mexico	MEX	26	50	57	133
28	Czech Republic	CZE	26	24	48	98
29	Thailand	THA	25	27	53	105
30	East Germany	GDR	24	21	21	66
31	Lithuania	LTU	23	16	18	57
32	Kazakhstan	KAZ	22	37	38	97
33	Yugoslavia	YUG	19	24	20	63
34	Spain	ESP	17	31	47	95
35	India	IND	16	9	17	42
36	Portugal	POR	14	19	12	45
37	Jamaica	JAM	14	16	12	42
38	Finland	FIN	14	15	18	47
39	Austria	AUT	13	11	22	46
40	Czechoslovakia	TCH	12	19	24	55
41	Nigeria	NGR	12	11	11	34
42	Belgium	BEL	11	16	24	51
43	Azerbaijan	AZE	11	10	15	36
44	New Zealand	NZL	10	14	11	35
45	Serbia	SRB	10	13	16	39
46	Slovakia	SVK	10	13	13	36
47	Morocco	MAR	9	10	8	27
48	Kenya	KEN	8	8	9	25
49	Switzerland	SUI	7	10	17	34
50	Latvia	LAT	7	5	6	18
51	Uzbekistan	UZB	6	10	9	25
52	Ireland	IRL	6	7	9	22
53	Estonia	EST	6	6	5	17
54	Uganda	UGA	6	5	3	14
55	Armenia	ARM	6	3	11	20
56	Dominican Republic	DOM	6	2	0	8
57	Slovenia	SLO	5	8	7	20
58	Sweden	SWE	5	4	10	19
59	Mongolia	MGL	4	11	12	27
60	Republic of Moldova	MDA	4	3	10	17
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	Croatia	CRO	2	7	13	22
68	Ivory Coast	CIV	2	2	4	8
69	Ghana	GHA	2	0	1	3
70	Egypt	EGY	1	6	8	15
71	Israel	ISR	1	5	3	9
=	Senegal	SEN	1	5	3	9
73	Vietnam	VIE	1	3	13	17
74	Georgia	GEO	1	3	8	12
75	Norway	NOR	1	3	4	8
76	Philippines	PHI	1	2	1	4
77	Botswana	BOT	1	1	2	4
78	Luxembourg	LUX	1	1	1	3
79	Barbados	BAR	1	1	0	2
80	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	1	0	2	3
=	Madagascar	MAD	1	0	2	3
82	Bermuda	BER	1	0	1	2
83	Honduras	HON	1	0	0	1
=	Montenegro	MNE	1	0	0	1
=	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	1	0	0	1
86	Malaysia	MAS	0	5	15	20
87	Argentina	ARG	0	3	2	5
88	Burkina Faso	BUR	0	3	0	3
89	Ecuador	ECU	0	2	0	2
90	Denmark	DEN	0	1	4	5
91	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	3	4
92	Chile	CHI	0	1	2	3
=	Peru	PER	0	1	2	3
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	1	2	3
95	Mozambique	MOZ	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
97	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
104	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	2	2
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	0	2	2
106	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