Athletics at the Summer Universiade

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	Host city	Host country	Winner	Second	Third
I	1959	Torino	Italy	Italy	Soviet Union	Germany
II	1961	Sofia	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Hungary	Romania
III	1963	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Soviet Union	Germany	United Kingdom
IV	1965	Budapest	Hungary	Soviet Union	Italy	Hungary
V	1967	Tokyo	Japan	Germany	United States	Japan
VI	1970	Torino	Italy	Soviet Union	East Germany	United Kingdom
VII	1973	Moscow	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	United States	United Kingdom
VIII	1975	Rome	Italy	Soviet Union	Poland	Italy
IX	1977	Sofia	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	United States
X	1977	Mexico City	Mexico	Soviet Union	East Germany	Romania
XI	1981	Bucharest	Romania	Soviet Union	United States	East Germany
XII	1983	Edmonton	Canada	Soviet Union	United States	Nigeria
XIII	1985	Kobe	Japan	Soviet Union	United States	Cuba
XIV	1987	Zagreb	Yugoslavia	United States	Soviet Union	East Germany
XV	1989	Duisburg	Germany	United States	Soviet Union	Cuba
XVI	1991	Sheffield	United Kingdom	United States	Soviet Union	China
XVII	1993	Buffalo	United States	United States	Poland	Cuba
XVIII	1995	Fukuoka	Japan	United States	Russia	Japan
XVIX	1997	Catania	Italy	United States	Russia	Ukraine
XX	1999	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	United States	Romania	Cuba
XXI	2001	Beijing	China	China	United States	Cuba
XXII	2003	Daegu	South Korea	Russia	China	Ukraine
XXIII	2005	Izmir	Turkey	Russia	Poland	China
XXIV	2007	Bangkok	Thailand	Russia	Ukraine	Kazakhstan
XXV	2009	Belgrade	Serbia	Russia	Australia	Japan
XXVI	2011	Shenzhen	China	Russia	Jamaica	Ukraine
XXVII	2013	Kazan	Russia	Russia	South Africa	Ukraine
XXVIII	2015	Gwangju	South Korea	Russia	Japan	Kazakhstan
XXVIX	2017	Taipei	Chinese Taipei	Japan	Poland	Germany
XXX	2019	Naples	Italy	Japan	Ukraine	Australia
XXXI	2021	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	Germany	61	76	84	221
5	Poland	60	55	45	160
6	Japan	56	65	70	191
7	Italy	55	46	59	160
8	Ukraine	49	35	23	107
9	Romania	44	49	53	146
10	Cuba	41	35	30	106
11	China	40	46	28	114
12	Great Britain	33	54	60	147
13	Hungary	29	26	25	80
14	East Germany	24	20	17	61
15	South Africa	22	24	23	69
16	Australia	21	16	18	55
17	Bulgaria	20	16	19	55
18	France	16	28	49	93
19	Belarus	15	15	13	43
20	Jamaica	13	15	12	40
21	Brazil	13	6	20	39
22	Turkey	12	14	13	39
23	Nigeria	12	11	11	34
24	Finland	11	13	12	36
25	Canada	10	39	34	83
26	Yugoslavia	10	14	7	31
27	Kazakhstan	9	10	5	24
28	Morocco	9	9	7	25
29	Spain	8	11	14	33
30	Portugal	8	10	5	23
31	Czech Republic	8	8	15	31
32	Austria	8	6	13	27
33	Netherlands	7	12	8	27
34	Mexico	7	9	5	21
35	Belgium	7	8	15	30
36	Kenya	7	7	9	23
37	South Korea	6	7	10	23
38	Czechoslovakia	6	6	7	19
39	Latvia	6	4	3	13
40	Azerbaijan	6	0	0	6
41	Estonia	5	4	4	13
42	Uganda	5	4	3	12
43	Dominican Republic	5	0	0	5
44	Lithuania	4	8	7	19
45	Ireland	4	5	7	16
46	New Zealand	4	4	6	14
47	Moldova	4	2	4	10
48	Switzerland	3	7	10	20
49	Algeria	3	6	6	15
50	Chinese Taipei	3	4	8	15
51	North Korea	3	2	6	11
52	Sweden	3	2	5	10
53	Serbia	3	1	2	6
54	Iran	3	1	0	4
55	Greece	2	8	8	18
56	India	2	2	0	4
57	Ivory Coast	2	1	3	6
58	Thailand	2	1	2	5
59	Slovakia	1	6	2	9
60	Senegal	1	5	2	8
61	Egypt	1	4	0	5
62	Slovenia	1	3	4	8
63	Norway	1	2	2	5
64	Botswana	1	1	2	4
65	Barbados	1	1	0	2
	Israel	1	1	0	2
67	Madagascar	1	0	2	3
68	Bermuda	1	0	1	2
	Ghana	1	0	1	2
	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	2
71	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
75	Burkina Faso	0	3	0	3
76	Cyprus	0	2	2	4
77	Ecuador	0	2	0	2
	Independent Participants	0	2	0	2
79	Croatia	0	1	4	5
	Denmark	0	1	4	5
81	Tunisia	0	1	2	3
82	Argentina	0	1	1	2
	Mozambique	0	1	1	2
	Qatar	0	1	1	2
85	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
91	Ethiopia	0	0	2	2
	Puerto Rico	0	0	2	2
93	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 (99 nations)		1222	1227	1222	3671

See also

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

External links