1970 Summer Universiade

Host City	Torino
Country	ITA
Held	26 August – 6 September 1970
Competitors	351
Countries	23

Originally scheduled for Lisboa (POR) in 1969.

Events

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Diving
• Swimming
• Volleyball
• Water Polo

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	22	18	8	48
2	Soviet Union	URS	16	12	9	37
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	Hungary	HUN	2	4	2	8
10	Austria	AUT	1	1	1	3
=	Bulgaria	BUL	1	1	1	3
12	Japan	JPN	0	3	5	8
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
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