1981 Summer Universiade

Host City	București
Country	ROU
Held	19 – 30 July 1981
Competitors	387
Countries	28

Events

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

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	28	16	7	51
2	Soviet Union	URS	26	27	28	81
3	Romania	ROU	17	9	16	42
4	China	CHN	10	6	5	21
5	East Germany	GDR	4	6	0	10
6	Italy	ITA	3	3	2	8
7	Germany	GER	2	1	3	6
8	Great Britain	GBR	2	1	2	5
9	Cuba	CUB	1	2	2	5
=	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	2	2	5
11	Hungary	HUN	1	2	0	3
12	Yugoslavia	YUG	1	1	1	3
13	Poland	POL	1	0	3	4
14	Japan	JPN	1	0	1	2
15	Morocco	MAR	1	0	0	1
16	Brazil	BRA	0	3	10	13
17	Canada	CAN	0	2	2	4
18	Australia	AUS	0	1	0	1
=	Bulgaria	BUL	0	1	0	1
=	Finland	FIN	0	1	0	1
=	Greece	GRE	0	1	0	1
22	France	FRA	0	0	3	3
23	Algeria	ALG	0	0	1	1
=	Austria	AUT	0	0	1	1
=	Ghana	GHA	0	0	1	1
=	Ivory Coast	CIV	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men	Kurt Szilier Yury Korolyov	ROU URS			Artur Akopyan	URS
Floor Exercise, Men	Li Ning Dan Odorhean	CHN ROU			Li Yuejiu Yury Korolyov	CHN URS
Vault, Men	Li Yuejiu	CHN	Dan Odorhean	ROU	Yury Korolyov	URS
Parallel Bars, Men	Koji Sotomura	JPN	Li Yuejiu	CHN	Yury Korolyov	URS
Horizontal Bar, Men	Emilian Necula	ROU	Zhou Limin	CHN	Yury Korolyov	URS
Rings, Men	Li Ning	CHN	Artur Akopyan	URS	Emilian Necula	ROU
Pommelled Horse, Men	Li Ning Li Xiaoping Kurt Szilier Yury Korolyov	CHN CHN ROU URS
Team All-Around, Men	Romania	ROU	Soviet Union	URS	China	CHN
Individual All-Around, Women	Nadia Comăneci	ROU	Stella Zakharova	URS	Dumitrița Turner	ROU
Floor Exercise, Women	Nadia Comăneci	ROU	Rodica Dunca	ROU	Stella Zakharova	URS
Vault, Women	Nadia Comăneci Stella Zakharova	ROU URS			Dumitrița Turner	ROU
Uneven Bars, Women	Emilia Eberle Nadia Comăneci	ROU ROU			Zhu Zheng	CHN
Balance Beam, Women	Emilia Eberle	ROU	Dumitrița Turner	ROU	Stella Zakharova	URS
Team All-Around, Women	Romania	ROU	Soviet Union	URS	China	CHN
100 m, Men	Mel Lattany	USA	Calvin Smith	USA	Ernest Ahwireng Obeng	GHA
200 m, Men	Yury Naumenko	URS	István Nagy	HUN	Georges Kablan Degnan	CIV
400 m, Men	Cliff Wiley	USA	Walter McCoy	USA	Gérson de Souza	BRA
800 m, Men	Andreas Hauck	GDR	Sotirios Moutsanas	GRE	Pavel Troshchilo	URS
1,500 m, Men	Saïd Aouita	MAR	Vinko Pokrajčić	YUG	Amar Brahmia	ALG
5,000 m, Men	Doug Padilla	USA	Jozef Lencéš	TCH	Frank Zimmermann	GER
10,000 m, Men	Toomas Turb	URS	György Marko	ROU	Dave Murphy	GBR
Marathon, Men	Ivan Kovalchuk	URS	Herb Wills	USA	Gheorghe Buruiana	ROU
110 m Hurdles, Men	Larry Cowling	USA	Pal Palffy	ROU	Georgy Shabanov	URS
400 m Hurdles, Men	David Lee	USA	Dmitry Shkarupin	URS	Antônio Ferreira	BRA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men	John Gregorek	USA	Tommy Ekblom	FIN	Mariano Scartezzini	ITA
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	France	FRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Soviet Union	URS	United States	USA	Brazil	BRA
20 km Walk, Men	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	Carlo Mattioli	ITA	Liodor Pescaru	ROU
High Jump, Men	Leo Williams	USA	Zhu Jianhua	CHN	Gerd Nagel	GER
Pole Vault, Men	Konstantin Volkov	URS	Vladimir Polyakov	URS	Philippe Houvion	FRA
Long Jump, Men	László Szalma	HUN	Liu Yuhuang	CHN	Ubaldo Duany	CUB
Triple Jump, Men	Zou Zhenxian	CHN	Béla Bakosi	HUN	Keith Connor	GBR
Shot Put, Men	Mike Carter	USA	Detlef Mortag	GDR	Dalibor Vašícek	TCH
Discus Throw, Men	Armin Lemme	GDR	Wolfgang Warnemünde	GDR	Ion Zamfirache	ROU
Hammer Throw, Men	Klaus Ploghaus	GER	Jüri Tamm	URS	Igor Nikulin	URS
Javelin Throw, Men	Dainis Kūla	URS	Gerald Weiß	GDR	Heino Puuste	URS
Decathlon, Men	Aleksandr Shablenko	URS	Sergey Zhelanov	URS	Georg Werthner	AUT
100 m, Women	Bev Goddard	GBR	Olga Zolotaryova	URS	Olga Nasonova	URS
200 m, Women	Kathy Smallwood	GBR	Marisa Masullo	ITA	Irina Nazarova	URS
400 m, Women	Irina Baskakova	URS	Nadezhda Lyalina	URS	Sophie Malbranque	FRA
800 m, Women	Doina Melinte	ROU	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	Tudorita Morutan	ROU
1,500 m, Women	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	Doina Melinte	ROU	Olga Dvirna	URS
3,000 m, Women	Breda Pergar	YUG	Valentina Ilyinykh	URS	Maria Radu	ROU
100 m Hurdles, Women	Stephanie Hightower	USA	Mariya Kemenchezhi	URS	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	POL
400 m Hurdles, Women	Ana Ambrazienė	URS	Birgit Sonntag	GDR	Tatyana Zubova	URS
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	United States	USA	Great Britain	GBR	Italy	ITA
4 x 400 m Relay, Women	Soviet Union	URS	United States	USA	Romania	ROU
High Jump, Women	Sara Simeoni	ITA	Lyudmila Andonova	BUL	Tamara Bykova	URS
Long Jump, Women	Tatyana Kolpakova	URS	Anișoara Cușmir	ROU	Valy Ionescu	ROU
Shot Put, Women	Helma Knorscheidt	GDR	Ines Müller	GDR	Lyudmila Savina	URS
Discus Throw, Women	Florenţa Crăciunescu	ROU	Petra Sziegaud	GDR	Mariana Ionașcu	ROU
Javelin Throw, Women	Petra Felke	GDR	Karin Smith	USA	Mayra Vila	CUB
Heptathlon, Women	Małgorzata Guzowska	POL	Nadezhda Vinogradova	URS	Corina Tifrea	ROU
Basketball, Men	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	Yugoslavia	YUG
Basketball, Women	Soviet Union	URS	United States	USA	Romania	ROU
3 m Springboard, Men	Sergey Kuzmin	URS	Aleksandr Portnov	URS	Li Kongzheng	CHN
10 m Platform, Men	Li Hongping	CHN	Vyacheslav Troshin	URS	Vladimir Aleynik	URS
3 m Springboard, Women	Li Yihua	CHN	Megan Neyer	USA	Ruxandra Hociotă	ROU
10 m Platform, Women	Chen Xiaoxia	CHN	Li Yihua	CHN	Yelena Matyushenko	URS
100 m Freestyle, Men	Kris Kirchner	USA	Sergey Krasyuk	URS	Jorge Fernandes	BRA
200 m Freestyle, Men	Andy Schmidt	USA	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	Djan Madruga	BRA
400 m Freestyle, Men	Daniel Machek	TCH	Djan Madruga	BRA	Sergey Kalashnikov	URS
1,500 m Freestyle, Men	Aleksandr Chayev	URS	Sergey Kalashnikov	URS	Monte Brown	USA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	Brazil	BRA
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men	Soviet Union	URS	United States	USA	Brazil	BRA
100 m Backstroke, Men	Sergey Zabolotnov	URS	Volodymyr Dolhov	URS	Rômulo Arantes	BRA
200 m Backstroke, Men	Sergey Zabolotnov	URS	Djan Madruga	BRA	Zbigniew Januszkiewicz	POL
100 m Breaststroke, Men	Nick Nevid	USA	Peter Lang	GER	Arsens Miskarovs	URS
200 m Breaststroke, Men	Arsens Miskarovs	URS	Nick Nevid	USA	Aleksandr Fedorovsky	URS
100 m Butterfly, Men	Bob Placak Bill Paulus	USA USA			Sergey Kiselyov	URS
200 m Butterfly, Men	Sergey Fesenko	URS	Levente Mady	CAN	Sergey Kiselyov	URS
200 m Individual Medley, Men	Sergey Fesenko	URS	Aleksey Markovsky	URS	Alan Swanston	CAN
400 m Individual Medley, Men	Sergey Fesenko	URS	Peter Dobson	CAN	Daniel Machek	TCH
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men	Soviet Union	URS	United States	USA	Brazil	BRA
100 m Freestyle, Women	Jill Sterkel	USA	Barbara Major	USA	Olga Klevakina	URS
200 m Freestyle, Women	Jill Sterkel	USA	Olga Klevakina	URS	Irina Laricheva	URS
400 m Freestyle, Women	Kim Linehan	USA	Irina Laricheva	URS	Sherri Hanna	USA
800 m Freestyle, Women	Kim Linehan	USA	Irina Laricheva	URS	Sherri Hanna	USA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women	United States	USA	Soviet Union	URS	Canada	CAN
100 m Backstroke, Women	Carmen Bunaciu	ROU	Kim Carlisle	USA	Sue Walsh	USA
200 m Backstroke, Women	Carmen Bunaciu	ROU	Kim Carlisle	USA	Sue Walsh	USA
100 m Breaststroke, Women	Angelika Knipping	GER	Liang Weifen	CHN	Lina Kačiušytė	URS
200 m Breaststroke, Women	Lina Kačiušytė	URS	Irena Fleissnerová	TCH	Cindy Tuttle	USA
100 m Butterfly, Women	Jill Sterkel	USA	Carol Borgmann	USA	Carmen Bunaciu	ROU
200 m Butterfly, Women	Kim Carlisle	USA	Susie Woodhouse	AUS	Mayumi Yokoyama	USA
200 m Individual Medley, Women	Kim Carlisle	USA	Olga Klevakina	URS	Barbara Selter	GER
400 m Individual Medley, Women	Mayumi Yokoyama	USA	Irinel Pănulescu	ROU	Małgorzata Różycka	POL
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women	United States	USA	Romania	ROU	Soviet Union	URS
Volleyball, Men	Romania	ROU	Cuba	CUB	Japan	JPN
Volleyball, Women	China	CHN	Cuba	CUB	Brazil	BRA
Water Polo, Men	Cuba	CUB	United States	USA	Romania	ROU