1970 Summer Universiade

Host City Torino
Country ITA
Held 26 August – 6 September 1970
Competitors 453
Countries 24

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
Epée individual Men — Medal 3 3
Epée team Men — Medal 14 3
Foil individual Men — Medal 3 2
Foil team Men — Medal 15 3
Sabre individual Men — Medal 3 2
Sabre team Men — Medal 15 3
Foil individual Women — Medal 3 3
Foil team Women — Medal 15 3
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
Singles Men — Medal 3 3
Doubles Men — Medal 6 3
Singles Women — Medal 3 3
Doubles Women — Medal 6 3
Doubles Mixed — Medal 6 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 Soviet Union URS 26 17 14 57
2 United States USA 22 18 11 51
3 East Germany GDR 8 3 4 15
4 Italy ITA 4 4 7 15
5 Japan JPN 3 7 5 15
6 Hungary HUN 3 6 6 15
7 Germany GER 3 6 3 12
8 Great Britain GBR 3 4 7 14
9 Poland POL 3 1 5 9
10 Yugoslavia YUG 3 1 1 5
11 Netherlands NED 1 1 2 4
12 Austria AUT 1 1 1 3
= Bulgaria BUL 1 1 1 3
14 France FRA 1 0 4 5
15 Romania ROU 0 4 2 6
16 Cuba CUB 0 2 3 5
17 Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
= Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
= Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
21 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
Epée individual, Men Sergey Paramonov URS Nicola Granieri ITA István Osztrics HUN
Epée team, Men Germany GER Hungary HUN Italy ITA
Foil individual, Men Leonid Romanov URS Vasily Stankovich URS Marek Dąbrowski POL
Foil team, Men Soviet Union URS Poland POL Hungary HUN
Sabre individual, Men Viktor Sidyak URS Michele Maffei ITA Vladimir Nazlymov URS
Sabre team, Men Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN Italy ITA
Foil individual, Women Ágnes Simonffy HUN Ecaterina Stahl ROU Mariya Shakolina URS
Foil team, Women Soviet Union URS Romania ROU Hungary HUN
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
Singles, Men Patrick Proisy FRA Tomas Leyus URS Franco Bartoni ITA
Doubles, Men Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai JPN Tomas Leyus / Anatoly Volkov URS Fred McNair / Charles Owens USA
Doubles, Mixed Tiyu Parmas / Tomas Leyus URS Janet Young / Geoff Pollard AUS Anna Schallau / Charles Owens USA
Singles, Women Tiyu Parmas URS Kazuko Sawamatsu JPN Odile De Roubin FRA
Doubles, Women Ada Bakker / Tine Zwaan NED Junko Sawamatsu / Kazuko Sawamatsu JPN Tiyu Parmas / Mariya Sobol URS
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