1970 Summer Universiade

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VI Summer Universiade
VI Universiadi Estive

Host city	Turin, Italy
Nations participating	58
Athletes participating	2,084
Events	9 sports
Opening ceremony	August 26
Closing ceremony	September 6
Officially opened by	Giuseppe Saragat
Main venue	Stadio Comunale
← 1967 Tokyo 1973 Moscow →

The 1970 Summer Universiade, also known as the VI Summer Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy.

After the city of Lisbon, Portugal failed to host the 1969 Summer Universiade, the games were assigned to Turin to be held next year.^[1][2]

Sports at the 1970 Summer Universiade[]

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Diving
• Fencing
• Gymnastics
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Water polo

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	26	17	15	58
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	West Germany (FRG)	3	6	4	13
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	2	4
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
Totals (24 nations)		82	80	81	243

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