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 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