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	317	24
1970 Summer Universiade	Torino	ITA	26 August – 6 September 1970	81	453	24
1973 Summer Universiade	Moskva	URS	15 – 25 August 1973	112	494	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	418	31
1981 Summer Universiade	București	ROU	19 – 30 July 1981	124	523	32
1983 Summer Universiade	Edmonton	CAN	1 – 12 July 1983	105	443	29
1985 Summer Universiade	Kobe	JPN	24 August – 4 September 1985	120	755	44
1987 Summer Universiade	Zagreb	YUG	8 – 19 July 1987	140	756	35
1989 Summer Universiade	Duisburg	GER	22 – 30 August 1989	66	383	28
1991 Summer Universiade	Sheffield	GBR	14 – 25 July 1991	125	518	34
1993 Summer Universiade	Buffalo	USA	8 – 18 July 1993	136	815	48
1995 Summer Universiade	Fukuoka	JPN	23 August – 3 September 1995	143	1050	67
1997 Summer Universiade	Catania	ITA	20 – 31 August 1997	127	566	38
1999 Summer Universiade	Palma de Mallorca	ESP	3 – 13 July 1999	140	661	47
2001 Summer Universiade	Beijing	CHN	22 August – 1 September 2001	168	690	50
2003 Summer Universiade	Daegu	KOR	21 – 31 August 2003	185	1154	54
2005 Summer Universiade	İzmir	TUR	11 – 22 August 2005	189	899	57
2007 Summer Universiade	Bangkok	THA	8 – 18 August 2007	235	1223	67
2009 Summer Universiade	Beograd	SRB	1 – 12 July 2009	203	1392	59
2011 Summer Universiade	Shenzhen	CHN	12 – 23 August 2011	276	1946	74
2013 Summer Universiade	Kazan	RUS	6 – 17 July 2013	330	2375	79
2015 Summer Universiade	Gwangju	KOR	3 – 14 July 2015	271	2099	68
2017 Summer Universiade	Taipei	TPE	19 – 30 August 2017	240	2502	86
2019 Summer Universiade	Napoli	ITA	3 – 14 July 2019	219	1801	68
2021 Summer World University Games	Chengdu	CHN	28 July – 8 August 2023	248	2192	68

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	China	CHN	518	336	285	1139
2	United States	USA	510	460	422	1392
3	Soviet Union	URS	414	338	256	1008
4	Russia	RUS	411	352	408	1171
5	Japan	JPN	381	368	469	1218
6	South Korea	KOR	258	211	243	712
7	Italy	ITA	211	223	277	711
8	Ukraine	UKR	181	177	176	534
9	Romania	ROU	151	133	151	435
10	Hungary	HUN	127	105	123	355
11	Germany	GER	121	165	225	511
12	Poland	POL	110	131	150	391
13	France	FRA	88	133	196	417
14	Chinese Taipei	TPE	80	99	134	313
15	Cuba	CUB	71	68	72	211
16	Great Britain	GBR	69	106	119	294
17	Australia	AUS	56	51	82	189
18	Canada	CAN	51	103	133	287
19	Belarus	BLR	44	54	66	164
20	Turkey	TUR	44	48	61	153
21	Bulgaria	BUL	41	44	50	135
22	North Korea	PRK	41	29	43	113
23	Brazil	BRA	39	51	106	196
24	Iran	IRI	37	35	49	121
25	South Africa	RSA	35	43	36	114
26	Thailand	THA	31	34	62	127
27	Czech Republic	CZE	31	34	54	119
28	Mexico	MEX	30	57	63	150
29	Netherlands	NED	29	46	52	127
30	Lithuania	LTU	26	16	19	61
31	East Germany	GDR	25	24	27	76
32	Kazakhstan	KAZ	23	45	53	121
33	Yugoslavia	YUG	23	30	28	81
34	Spain	ESP	19	33	57	109
35	Czechoslovakia	TCH	19	29	25	73
36	Portugal	POR	16	19	13	48
37	India	IND	16	10	18	44
38	Jamaica	JAM	14	16	12	42
39	Finland	FIN	14	15	19	48
40	Austria	AUT	14	12	26	52
41	Azerbaijan	AZE	13	14	19	46
42	Switzerland	SUI	12	16	29	57
43	Serbia	SRB	12	14	21	47
44	Nigeria	NGR	12	11	11	34
45	Belgium	BEL	11	16	24	51
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	16	18	43
50	Morocco	MAR	9	10	9	28
51	Kenya	KEN	8	8	9	25
52	Ireland	IRL	7	8	9	24
53	Estonia	EST	7	7	11	25
54	Sweden	SWE	7	5	12	24
55	Latvia	LAT	7	5	7	19
56	Hong Kong	HKG	7	1	12	20
57	Armenia	ARM	6	9	16	31
58	Uganda	UGA	6	5	3	14
59	Dominican Republic	DOM	6	2	0	8
60	Slovenia	SLO	5	8	7	20
61	Republic of Moldova	MDA	4	5	17	26
62	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	4	4	3	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	12	18
67	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	3	2	9	14
68	Croatia	CRO	2	7	15	24
69	Israel	ISR	2	6	5	13
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
=	Madagascar	MAD	1	1	2	4
81	Luxembourg	LUX	1	1	1	3
82	Barbados	BAR	1	1	0	2
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
=	Uruguay	URU	0	3	0	3
91	Ecuador	ECU	0	2	0	2
92	Denmark	DEN	0	1	4	5
93	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	3	4
94	Chile	CHI	0	1	2	3
=	Peru	PER	0	1	2	3
=	Tajikistan	TJK	0	1	2	3
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	1	2	3
98	Mozambique	MOZ	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
100	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
107	Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	2	2
=	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	0	2	2
109	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