1959 Summer Universiade
Host city | Turin, Italy |
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Motto | Universal understanding[1] |
Nations participating | 45 |
Athletes participating | 985 |
Events | 7 sports |
Opening ceremony | August 26 |
Closing ceremony | September 7 |
Officially opened by | Giovanni Gronchi |
Main venue | Stadio Comunale |
The 1959 Summer Universiade, also known as the I Summer Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy.[2]
Sports[]
Medal table[]
Italy leads this first edition in the total medals count.[3]
* Host nation (Italy)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy* | 18 | 10 | 10 | 38 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
3 | West Germany (FRG) | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
5 | France (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
9 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
10 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
11 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
12 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
14 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 nations) | 60 | 60 | 61 | 181 |
References[]
- ^ "World Games Open". California Pasadena Independent. 28 August 1959. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Spotlight: Take a look back to the Torino 1959 Summer Universiade". fisu.net. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Medaglie vinte dalle rappresentative italiane alle Universiadi Estive" (PDF) (in Italian). cusi.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
External links[]
- (in Italian) Le Universiadi in Italia
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