1973 Summer Universiade
Host city | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Nations participating | 72[1] |
Athletes participating | some 4,000[1] |
Events | 10 sports |
Opening ceremony | August 15 |
Closing ceremony | August 25 |
Officially opened by | Leonid Brezhnev |
Main venue | Central Lenin Stadium[2] |
The 1973 Summer Universiade, also known as the VII Summer Universiade, took place in Moscow, Soviet Union.
Sports and venues at the 1973 Summer Universiade[]
- Athletics ( ) (Central Lenin Stadium)
- Basketball ( ) (Sport Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium)
- Diving ( ) (Tchaika Pool)
- Gymnastics ( ) (Sport Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium)
- Fencing ( ) (Znamenskie Brother ring)
- Swimming ( ) (Lenin Stadium Pool)
- Tennis ( ) (Tennis City of the Central Lenin Stadium)
- Volleyball ( ) (Sokolniki Palace)
- Water polo ( ) (Swimming Palace)
- Wrestling () (University Ring)
Medal table[]
* Host nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 69 | 35 | 30 | 134 |
2 | United States (USA) | 19 | 15 | 18 | 52 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
4 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
6 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
9 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
10 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
12 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
13 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
14 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
15 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
16 | Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
18 | Iran (IRN) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
19 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
20 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
21 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
22 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
23 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
24 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (26 nations) | 112 | 111 | 118 | 341 |
References[]
- ^ a b Panorama of the 1973 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1974.
- ^ a b "Olympic Review" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
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