1970 Summer Universiade

Host City Torino
Country ITA
Held 26 August – 6 September 1970
Competitors 375
Countries 23

Originally scheduled for Lisboa (POR) in 1969.

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men Medal 3 2
Team All-Around Men Medal 12 3
Individual All-Around Women Medal 3 1
Team All-Around Women Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men Medal 3 3
200 m Men Medal 3 3
400 m Men Medal 3 3
800 m Men Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men Medal 12 3
High Jump Men Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men Medal 3 2
100 m Women Medal 3 3
200 m Women Medal 3 3
400 m Women Medal 3 2
800 m Women Medal 3 2
100 m Hurdles Women Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women Medal 12 3
High Jump Women Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women Medal 3 3
Pentathlon Women Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men Medal 36 3
Basketball Women Medal 34 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men Medal 3 3
10 m Platform Men Medal 3 3
3 m Springboard Women Medal 3 2
10 m Platform Women Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Men Medal 3 2
1,500 m Freestyle Men Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men Medal 12 3
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Men Medal 3 2
200 m Backstroke Men Medal 3 2
100 m Breaststroke Men Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Men Medal 3 3
100 m Butterfly Men Medal 3 2
200 m Butterfly Men Medal 3 2
400 m Individual Medley Men Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men Medal 12 3
100 m Freestyle Women Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Women Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Women Medal 2 1
100 m Breaststroke Women Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Women Medal 3 2
100 m Butterfly Women Medal 3 2
200 m Individual Medley Women Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Volleyball Men Medal 35 3
Volleyball Women Medal 32 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men Medal 30 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 22 18 9 49
2 Soviet Union URS 18 14 11 43
3 East Germany GDR 8 3 4 15
4 Italy ITA 4 2 4 10
5 Great Britain GBR 3 4 7 14
6 Yugoslavia YUG 3 1 1 5
7 Poland POL 3 0 4 7
8 Germany GER 2 6 3 11
9 Japan JPN 2 5 5 12
10 Hungary HUN 2 4 3 9
11 Austria AUT 1 1 1 3
= Bulgaria BUL 1 1 1 3
13 Cuba CUB 0 2 3 5
14 Romania ROU 0 2 2 4
15 Netherlands NED 0 1 2 3
16 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
= Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
= Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
19 France FRA 0 0 3 3
20 Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
= Madagascar MAD 0 0 1 1
= Panama PAN 0 0 1 1
= South Korea KOR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Teruichi Okamura JPN Ryuji Fujimori JPN Vyacheslav Fogel URS
Team All-Around, Men Japan JPN Soviet Union URS United States USA
Individual All-Around, Women Larisa Petrik URS Tatyana Shegolkova URS Valentina Goloneva URS
Team All-Around, Women Soviet Union URS Japan JPN Hungary HUN
100 m, Men Siegfried Schenke GDR Jim Green USA Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa MAD
200 m, Men Martin Reynolds GBR Siegfried Schenke GDR Jim Green USA
400 m, Men Tom Ulan USA Martin Jellinghaus GER Jacques Carette FRA
800 m, Men Franz-Josef Kemper GER Martin Winbolt-Lewis GBR Donaldo Arza PAN
1,500 m, Men Franco Arese ITA John Kirkbride GBR Gianni Del Buono ITA
5,000 m, Men Nikolay Puklakov URS Jens Wollenberg GER Giuseppe Cindolo ITA
10,000 m, Men Rashid Sharafetdinov URS Jack Lane GBR Mike Tagg GBR
110 m Hurdles, Men Dave Hemery GBR Günther Nickel GER Sergio Liani ITA
400 m Hurdles, Men Larry James USA Werner Reibert GER Dmitry Stukalov URS
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Mihail Zhelev BUL Andy Holden GBR Takaharu Koyama JPN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Poland POL Cuba CUB Soviet Union URS
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS France FRA
High Jump, Men Valentin Gavrilov URS Erminio Azzaro ITA Șerban Ioan ROU
Pole Vault, Men Wolfgang Nordwig GDR Khristos Papanikolaou GRE François Tracanelli FRA
Long Jump, Men Alan Lerwill GBR Arnie Robinson USA Geoff Hignett GBR
Triple Jump, Men Viktor Saneyev URS Nikolay Dudkin URS Jörg Drehmel GDR
Shot Put, Men Hartmut Briesenick GDR Valery Voykin URS Uwe Grabe GDR
Discus Throw, Men János Murányi HUN Hein-Direck Neu GER Silvano Simeon ITA
Hammer Throw, Men Jochen Sachse GDR Vasily Khmelevsky URS Vladimir Ambrosyev URS
Javelin Throw, Men Miklós Németh HUN József Csík HUN Zygmunt Jaloszyński POL
Decathlon, Men Mykola Avilov URS Lennart Hedmark SWE Vladimir Shcherbatykh URS
100 m, Women Renate Stecher GDR Wilma van den Berg NED Györgyi Balogh-Szomov HUN
200 m, Women Renate Stecher GDR Györgyi Balogh-Szomov HUN Wilma van den Berg NED
400 m, Women Maria Sykora AUT Carmen Trustée CUB Aurelia Pentón CUB
800 m, Women Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR Maria Sykora AUT Karin Burneleit GDR
100 m Hurdles, Women Teresa Sukniewicz POL Bärbel Podeswa GDR Valeria Bufanu ROU
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN Germany GER
High Jump, Women Snežana Hrepevnik YUG Cornelia Popescu ROU Ilona Gusenbauer AUT
Long Jump, Women Heide Rosendahl GER Elena Vintilă ROU Hiroko Yamashita JPN
Shot Put, Women Nadezhda Chizhova URS Hannelore Friedel GDR Ingeburg Friedrich GDR
Discus Throw, Women Karin Illgen GDR Brigitte Berendonk GER Liesel Westermann GER
Javelin Throw, Women Daniela Jaworska POL Magda Paulányi HUN Valentyna Evert URS
Pentathlon, Women Tatyana Kondrasheva URS Nedyalka Angelova BUL Mieke Sterk NED
Basketball, Men Soviet Union URS United States USA Cuba CUB
Basketball, Women Soviet Union URS Czechoslovakia TCH Cuba CUB
3 m Springboard, Men Klaus Dibiasi ITA Jim Henry USA Igor Lobanov URS
10 m Platform, Men Klaus Dibiasi ITA Jim Henry USA Jakub Puchow POL
3 m Springboard, Women Cynthia Potter USA Jerrie Adair USA Elżbieta Wierniuk POL
10 m Platform, Women Galina Kovalenko URS Cynthia Potter USA Lani Lonen USA
100 m Freestyle, Men Frank Heckl USA Dan Frawley USA Leonid Ilyichov URS
400 m Freestyle, Men Andy Strenk USA Steve Genter USA Vladimir Bure URS
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Andy Strenk USA Steve Genter USA Władysław Wojtakajtis POL
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Great Britain GBR
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Great Britain GBR
100 m Backstroke, Men Mitch Ivey USA Charlie Campbell USA Mike Richards GBR
200 m Backstroke, Men Mitch Ivey USA Charlie Campbell USA Mike Richards GBR
100 m Breaststroke, Men Nikolay Pankin URS Nobutaka Taguchi JPN Mike Dirksen USA
200 m Breaststroke, Men Rick Colella USA Nikolay Pankin URS Nobutaka Taguchi JPN
100 m Butterfly, Men John Ferris USA Jerry Heidenreich USA Yasuo Takada JPN
200 m Butterfly, Men John Ferris USA Yasuo Takada JPN Ken Weinfeld USA
400 m Individual Medley, Men Steve Power USA Rick Colella USA Reinhard Merkel GER
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Japan JPN
100 m Freestyle, Women Mirjana Šegrt YUG Marsha McCuen USA Laura Fritz USA
400 m Freestyle, Women Evelyn Kossner USA Kathy Thomas USA Sandra Smith CAN
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Yugoslavia YUG Great Britain GBR
100 m Backstroke, Women Kaye Hall USA Lynn Skrifvars USA
100 m Breaststroke, Women Halyna Stepanova URS Alla Grebennikova URS Linda Kurtz USA
200 m Breaststroke, Women Halyna Stepanova URS Linda Kurtz USA Alla Grebennikova URS
100 m Butterfly, Women Lynn Colella
Mirjana Šegrt
USA
YUG
Ellie Daniel USA
200 m Individual Medley, Women Lynn Colella USA Lidiya Milenina URS Kathy Thomas USA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women United States USA Soviet Union URS Yugoslavia YUG
Volleyball, Men Italy ITA Soviet Union URS South Korea KOR
Volleyball, Women Soviet Union URS Japan JPN Bulgaria BUL
Water Polo, Men Soviet Union URS Italy ITA Hungary HUN