Athletics at the Summer Universiade

Athletics at the Summer Universiade
Events	50 (men: 25; women: 25)
Games
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1970 1970 1973 1972 1975 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023

Athletics is one of the sports at the biennial Universiade competition. It has been one of the event's competed sports since the inaugural edition.

Editions[]

Games	Year	Events	Host city	Host country	Winner	Second	Third
1	1959	29	Torino	Italy	Italy	Soviet Union	Germany
2	1961	29	Sofia	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Hungary	Romania
3	1963	29	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Soviet Union	Germany	United Kingdom
4	1965	30	Budapest	Hungary	Soviet Union	Italy	Hungary
5	1967	33	Tokyo	Japan	Germany	United States	Japan
6	1970	33	Torino	Italy	Soviet Union	East Germany	United Kingdom
7	1973	34	Moscow	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	United States	United Kingdom
8	1975	35	Rome	Italy	Soviet Union	Poland	Italy
9	1977	34	Sofia	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	United States
10	1979	35	Mexico City	Mexico	Soviet Union	East Germany	Romania
11	1981	39	Bucharest	Romania	Soviet Union	United States	East Germany
12	1983	40	Edmonton	Canada	Soviet Union	United States	Nigeria
13	1985	42	Kobe	Japan	Soviet Union	United States	Cuba
14	1987	42	Zagreb	Yugoslavia	United States	Soviet Union	East Germany
15	1989	42	Duisburg	Germany	United States	Soviet Union	Cuba
16	1991	42	Sheffield	United Kingdom	United States	Soviet Union	China
17	1993	43	Buffalo	United States	United States	Poland	Cuba
18	1995	43	Fukuoka	Japan	United States	Russia	Japan
19	1997	45	Catania	Italy	United States	Russia	Ukraine
20	1999	45	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	United States	Romania	Cuba
21	2001	45	Beijing	China	China	United States	Cuba
22	2003	45	Daegu	South Korea	Russia	China	Ukraine
23	2005	45	Izmir	Turkey	Russia	Poland	China
24	2007	46	Bangkok	Thailand	Russia	Ukraine	Kazakhstan
25	2009	46	Belgrade	Serbia	Russia	Australia	Japan
26	2011	50	Shenzhen	China	Russia	Jamaica	Ukraine
27	2013	50	Kazan	Russia	Russia	South Africa	Ukraine
28	2015	50	Gwangju	South Korea	Russia	Japan	Kazakhstan
29	2017	50	Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Japan	Poland	Germany
30	2019	50	Naples	Italy	Japan	Ukraine	Australia
31		50	Chengdu	China

All Time Medal table[]

Note

Last updated after the 2019 Summer Universiade

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	148	114	103	365
2	United States	141	104	90	335
3	Russia	88	78	64	230
4	Poland	60	55	45	160
5	Japan	56	65	70	191
6	Italy	55	46	59	160
7	Ukraine	49	35	23	107
8	Romania	44	49	53	146
9	Cuba	41	35	30	106
10	China	40	46	28	114
11	West Germany	36	51	50	137
12	Great Britain	33	54	60	147
13	Hungary	29	26	25	80
14	Germany	26	25	35	86
15	East Germany	24	20	17	61
16	South Africa	22	24	23	69
17	Australia	21	16	18	55
18	Bulgaria	20	16	19	55
19	France	16	28	49	93
20	Belarus	15	15	13	43
21	Jamaica	13	15	12	40
22	Brazil	13	6	20	39
23	Turkey	12	14	13	39
24	Nigeria	12	11	11	34
25	Finland	11	13	12	36
26	Canada	10	39	34	83
27	Yugoslavia	10	14	7	31
28	Kazakhstan	9	10	5	24
29	Morocco	9	9	7	25
30	Spain	8	11	14	33
31	Portugal	8	10	5	23
32	Czech Republic	8	8	15	31
33	Austria	8	6	13	27
34	Netherlands	7	12	8	27
35	Mexico	7	9	5	21
36	Belgium	7	8	15	30
37	Kenya	7	7	9	23
38	South Korea	6	7	10	23
39	Czechoslovakia	6	6	7	19
40	Latvia	6	4	3	13
41	Azerbaijan	6	0	0	6
42	Estonia	5	4	4	13
43	Uganda	5	4	3	12
44	Dominican Republic	5	0	0	5
45	Lithuania	4	8	7	19
46	Ireland	4	5	7	16
47	New Zealand	4	4	6	14
48	Moldova	4	2	4	10
49	Switzerland	3	7	10	20
50	Algeria	3	6	6	15
51	Chinese Taipei	3	4	8	15
52	North Korea	3	2	6	11
53	Sweden	3	2	5	10
54	Serbia	3	1	2	6
55	Iran	3	1	0	4
56	Greece	2	8	8	18
57	India	2	2	0	4
58	Ivory Coast	2	1	3	6
59	Thailand	2	1	2	5
60	Slovakia	1	6	2	9
61	Senegal	1	5	2	8
62	Egypt	1	4	0	5
63	Slovenia	1	3	4	8
64	Norway	1	2	2	5
65	Botswana	1	1	2	4
66	Barbados	1	1	0	2
	Israel	1	1	0	2
68	Madagascar	1	0	2	3
69	Bermuda	1	0	1	2
	Ghana	1	0	1	2
	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	2
72	Honduras	1	0	0	1
	Philippines	1	0	0	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	0	0	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
76	Burkina Faso	0	3	0	3
77	Cyprus	0	2	2	4
78	Ecuador	0	2	0	2
		0	2	0	2
80	Croatia	0	1	4	5
	Denmark	0	1	4	5
82	Tunisia	0	1	2	3
83	Argentina	0	1	1	2
	Mozambique	0	1	1	2
	Qatar	0	1	1	2
86	Albania	0	1	0	1
	Armenia	0	1	0	1
	Namibia	0	1	0	1
	Sierra Leone	0	1	0	1
	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
92	Ethiopia	0	0	2	2
	Puerto Rico	0	0	2	2
94	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	1	1
Totals (100 nations)		1223	1227	1223	3673

See also[]

• List of Universiade records in athletics
• List of Universiade medalists in athletics (men)
• World University Cross Country Championships
• International Athletics Championships and Games

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