1979 Summer Universiade

Host City Ciudad de México
Country MEX
Held 2 – 13 September 1979
Competitors 303
Countries 29

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Pentathlon Women — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men — Medal 23 3
Basketball Women — Medal 34 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men 8 September 1979 Medal 15 9
10 m Platform Men 10 September 1979 Medal 14 8
3 m Springboard Women 4 September 1979 Medal 11 7
10 m Platform Women 8 September 1979 Medal 10 6
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 4 3
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 4 3
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
800 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Individual Medley Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 8 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Volleyball Men — Medal 12 3
Volleyball Women — Medal 11 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 11 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 21 13 15 49
2 Soviet Union URS 16 15 9 40
3 Romania ROU 7 0 3 10
4 East Germany GDR 5 4 1 10
5 Germany GER 4 5 5 14
6 Italy ITA 3 1 5 9
7 Netherlands NED 2 4 3 9
8 Poland POL 2 3 2 7
9 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 0 3 5
10 Great Britain GBR 1 6 4 11
11 Brazil BRA 1 2 0 3
12 China CHN 1 1 4 6
13 Australia AUS 1 0 1 2
14 Austria AUT 1 0 0 1
= Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
= South Korea KOR 1 0 0 1
17 Cuba CUB 0 3 3 6
18 Finland FIN 0 3 0 3
19 Japan JPN 0 2 2 4
20 Mexico MEX 0 2 1 3
21 France FRA 0 1 3 4
22 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 1 2
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 1 2
24 Ivory Coast CIV 0 1 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
26 Canada CAN 0 0 2 2
27 Kenya KEN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Mike Roberson USA Lech Dunecki POL Ainsley Bennett GBR
200 m, Men Pietro Mennea ITA Lech Dunecki POL Ainsley Bennett GBR
400 m, Men Harald Schmid GER Franz-Peter Hofmeister GER Walter McCoy USA
800 m, Men Evan White USA Garry Cook GBR Hans-Peter Ferner GER
1,500 m, Men Graham Williamson GBR Pierre Délèze SUI Richie Harris USA
5,000 m, Men Ilie Floroiu ROU José Gómez MEX Enrique Aquino MEX
10,000 m, Men Ilie Floroiu ROU Enrique Aquino MEX Samuel Nyariki KEN
110 m Hurdles, Men Andrey Prokofyev URS Thomas Munkelt GDR Aleksandr Puchkov URS
400 m Hurdles, Men Harry Schulting NED Vasyl Arkhypenko URS James Walker USA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Paul Copu ROU Mariano Scartezzini ITA Michele Cinà ITA
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Italy ITA Ivory Coast CIV France FRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Netherlands NED Italy ITA
High Jump, Men Gerd Nagel GER Rolf Beilschmidt GDR Holger Marten GER
Pole Vault, Men Władysław Kozakiewicz POL Philippe Houvion FRA Patrick Abada FRA
Long Jump, Men Valery Podluzhny URS Junichi Usui JPN LaMonte King USA
Triple Jump, Men Willie Banks USA Jaak Uudmäe URS Roberto Mazzucato ITA
Shot Put, Men Udo Beyer GDR Reijo Ståhlberg FIN Nikola Hristov BUL
Discus Throw, Men Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Markku Tuokko FIN Antonín Wybraniec TCH
Hammer Throw, Men Klaus Ploghaus GER Manfred Hüning GER Yury Sedykh URS
Javelin Throw, Men Helmut Schreiber GER Arto Härkönen FIN Heino Puuste URS
Decathlon, Men Sepp Zeilbauer AUT Jürgen Hingsen GER Hans-Dieter Antretter GER
100 m, Women Marlies Göhr GDR Kathy Smallwood GBR Bev Goddard GBR
200 m, Women Marita Koch GDR Kathy Smallwood GBR Bev Goddard GBR
400 m, Women Mariya Pinigina URS Rosalyn Bryant USA Christina Brehmer GDR
800 m, Women Nadiya Olizarenko URS Olga Dvirna URS Fița Lovin ROU
1,500 m, Women Natalia Mărășescu ROU Olga Dvirna URS Valentina Ilyinykh URS
100 m Hurdles, Women Lucyna Langer POL Danuta Perka POL Vera Komisova URS
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Soviet Union URS Great Britain GBR France FRA
High Jump, Women Andrea Mátay HUN Ulrike Meyfarth GER Sara Simeoni ITA
Long Jump, Women Anita Stukāne URS Jodi Anderson USA Tetiana Skachko URS
Shot Put, Women Ilona Slupianek GDR Helma Knorscheidt GDR Mihaela Loghin ROU
Discus Throw, Women Svetlana Melnikova URS Evelin Jahl GDR Florența Țacu ROU
Javelin Throw, Women Ileana Zörgö-Raduly ROU Ivanka Vancheva BUL Mayra Vila CUB
Pentathlon, Women Yekaterina Smirnova URS Sylvia Barlag NED Ina Losch GER
Basketball, Men United States USA Yugoslavia YUG Cuba CUB
Basketball, Women United States USA Cuba CUB Canada CAN
3 m Springboard, Men Aleksandr Kosenkov URS Rolando Ruiz CUB Li Kongzheng CHN
10 m Platform, Men Vladimir Aleynik URS Davit Hambardzumyan URS Li Hongping CHN
3 m Springboard, Women Irina Kalinina URS Chen Xiaoxia CHN Shi Meiqin CHN
10 m Platform, Women Chen Xiaoxia CHN Irina Kalinina URS Chen Shi CHN
100 m Freestyle, Men Marcello Guarducci ITA Kirk Peppas USA Bruce Stahl USA
200 m Freestyle, Men Bill O'Brien USA Sergey Rusin URS Keith Dickson USA
400 m Freestyle, Men Sergey Rusin URS John Hillencamp USA Graeme Brewer AUS
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Ron Neugent USA Igor Kushpelev URS Bill O'Brien USA
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Italy ITA
100 m Backstroke, Men Mark Kerry AUS Rômulo Arantes BRA Mike Bottom USA
200 m Backstroke, Men Kyle Miller USA Djan Madruga BRA Ron Raikula USA
100 m Breaststroke, Men Vladimir Fliont URS David Lundberg USA Vladimir Tarasov URS
200 m Breaststroke, Men Vladimir Tarasov URS Timur Podmarev URS Tateki Shinya JPN
100 m Butterfly, Men Mike Bottom USA James Halliburton USA Miloslav Roľko TCH
200 m Butterfly, Men Mikhail Gorelik URS Michael Kraus GER Sergey Kiselyov URS
400 m Individual Medley, Men Djan Madruga BRA Vladimir Mikheyev URS David Santos USA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Germany GER
100 m Freestyle, Women Tracy Caulkins USA Sue Hinderaker USA Annelies Maas NED
200 m Freestyle, Women Annelies Maas NED Bonnie Glasgow USA Maura Walsh USA
400 m Freestyle, Women Corrina Weinkofsky USA Bonnie Glasgow USA Annelies Maas NED
800 m Freestyle, Women Margaret Brooksbank USA Annelies Maas NED Cyndi McCullam USA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Netherlands NED Canada CAN
100 m Backstroke, Women Carmen Bunaciu ROU Margaret Browne USA Christine Breedy USA
200 m Backstroke, Women Carmen Bunaciu ROU Margaret Browne USA Christine Breedy USA
100 m Breaststroke, Women Irena Fleissnerová TCH Debbie Rudd GBR Anna Skolarczyk POL
200 m Breaststroke, Women Irena Fleissnerová TCH Debbie Rudd GBR Anna Skolarczyk POL
100 m Butterfly, Women Betsy Rapp USA Sue Hinderaker USA Alla Grishchenkova URS
200 m Butterfly, Women Betsy Rapp USA Alla Grishchenkova URS Jody Alexander USA
400 m Individual Medley, Women Janet Buchan USA Bonnie Glasgow USA Irena Fleissnerová TCH
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women United States USA Soviet Union URS Netherlands NED
Volleyball, Men South Korea KOR Cuba CUB Japan JPN
Volleyball, Women Soviet Union URS Japan JPN Cuba CUB
Water Polo, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Yugoslavia YUG