1979 Summer Universiade

Host City Ciudad de México
Country MEX
Held 2 – 13 September 1979
Competitors 418
Countries 31

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men — Medal 3 1
Floor Exercise Men — Medal 3 1
Vault Men — Medal 4 4
Parallel Bars Men — Medal 4 2
Horizontal Bar Men — Medal 5 3
Rings Men — Medal 5 4
Pommelled Horse Men — Medal 3 2
Team All-Around Men — Medal 12 3
Individual All-Around Women — Medal 3 2
Floor Exercise Women — Medal 3 2
Vault Women — Medal 3 2
Uneven Bars Women — Medal 3 2
Balance Beam Women — Medal 3 2
Team All-Around Women — Medal 11 3
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
Epée individual Men — Medal 3 3
Epée team Men — Medal 13 3
Foil individual Men — Medal 3 2
Foil team Men — Medal 13 3
Sabre individual Men — Medal 3 3
Sabre team Men — Medal 14 3
Foil individual Women — Medal 3 3
Foil team Women — Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Football Men — Medal 17 3
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
Singles Men — Medal 3 3
Doubles Men — Medal 6 3
Singles Women — Medal 3 2
Doubles Women — Medal 6 3
Doubles Mixed — Medal 6 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 Soviet Union URS 34 30 13 77
2 United States USA 21 14 16 51
3 Romania ROU 13 2 15 30
4 East Germany GDR 6 4 4 14
5 Germany GER 4 6 7 17
6 Hungary HUN 4 3 4 11
7 Italy ITA 3 2 5 10
8 Netherlands NED 2 4 3 9
9 Poland POL 2 3 3 8
10 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 0 3 5
11 Great Britain GBR 1 6 4 11
12 Japan JPN 1 3 6 10
13 Mexico MEX 1 2 1 4
14 Brazil BRA 1 2 0 3
15 China CHN 1 1 4 6
16 France FRA 1 1 3 5
17 Australia AUS 1 0 1 2
= South Korea KOR 1 0 1 2
19 Austria AUT 1 0 0 1
20 Cuba CUB 0 3 3 6
21 Finland FIN 0 3 0 3
22 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 1 2
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 1 2
24 India IND 0 1 0 1
= Ivory Coast CIV 0 1 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
= Uruguay URU 0 1 0 1
28 Canada CAN 0 0 3 3
29 Kenya KEN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Bohdan Makuts URS Fyodor Kulaksizov URS Sergey Khishniyakov URS
Floor Exercise, Men Sergey Khishniyakov URS Kyoji Yamawaki URS Bohdan Makuts URS
Vault, Men Bohdan Makuts
Kyoji Yamawaki 		URS
JPN 		Kurt Szilier
György Kramaits 		ROU
HUN
Parallel Bars, Men Bohdan Makuts URS Péter Kovács HUN Kurt Szilier
Fyodor Kulaksizov 		HUN
URS
Horizontal Bar, Men Bohdan Makuts URS Sergey Khishniyakov URS Kurt Szilier
Hajime Mikami
Junichi Kitagawa 		ROU
JPN
JPN
Rings, Men Ion Checicheș
Sergey Khishniyakov 		ROU
URS 		Ferenc Donáth
Hajime Mikami
Kyoji Yamawaki 		HUN
JPN
JPN
Pommelled Horse, Men Bohdan Makuts URS Ferenc Donáth HUN Zoltán Magyar HUN
Team All-Around, Men Soviet Union URS Japan JPN Romania ROU
Individual All-Around, Women Teodora Ungureanu ROU Mariya Filatova URS Yelena Davydova URS
Floor Exercise, Women Mariya Filatova URS Yelena Davydova URS Teodora Ungureanu ROU
Vault, Women Mariya Filatova URS Yelena Davydova URS Teodora Ungureanu ROU
Uneven Bars, Women Teodora Ungureanu
Mariya Filatova 		ROU
URS 		Anca Grigoraș ROU
Balance Beam, Women Teodora Ungureanu ROU Anca Grigoraș
Svetlana Grozdova 		ROU
URS
Team All-Around, Women Soviet Union URS Romania ROU United States USA
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
Epée individual, Men Ernő Kolczonay HUN Leonid Dunayev URS Hanns Jana GER
Epée team, Men Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS Romania ROU
Foil individual, Men Aleksandr Romankov URS Vladimir Smirnov URS Klaus Haertter GDR
Foil team, Men Soviet Union URS Italy ITA East Germany GDR
Sabre individual, Men Imre Gedővári HUN Mikhail Burtsev URS Marin Mustață ROU
Sabre team, Men Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN Poland POL
Foil individual, Women Pascale Trinquet FRA Cornelia Hanisch GER Mandy Dick GDR
Foil team, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Germany GER
Football, Men Mexico MEX Uruguay URU Romania ROU
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
Singles, Men Vadim Borisov URS Nandan Bal IND Andrei Dîrzu ROU
Doubles, Men Ramiz Akhmerov / Vadim Borisov URS Dick Metz / Blaine Willenborg USA Andrei Dîrzu / Florin Segărceanu ROU
Doubles, Mixed Virginia Ruzici / Traian Marcu ROU Yevgeniya Biryukova / Ramiz Akhmerov URS Hélène Pelletier / Nick Mohtadi CAN
Singles, Women Nataliya Chmyryova URS Yevgeniya Biryukova URS Virginia Ruzici ROU
Doubles, Women Florența Mihai / Virginia Ruzici ROU Yevgeniya Biryukova / Nataliya Chmyryova URS Ham Yung-Da / Kim Soo-Ok KOR
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