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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.

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Athletics at the Summer World University Games
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Games Year Events Host city Host country Winner Second Third
1195929Torino Italy Italy Soviet Union Germany
2196129Sofia Bulgaria Soviet Union Hungary Romania
3196329Porto Alegre Brazil Soviet Union Germany United Kingdom
4196530Budapest Hungary Soviet Union Italy Hungary
5196733Tokyo Japan Germany United States Japan
6197033Torino Italy Soviet Union East Germany United Kingdom
7197334Moscow Soviet Union Soviet Union United States United Kingdom
8197535Rome Italy Soviet Union Poland Italy
9197734Sofia Bulgaria Soviet Union Bulgaria United States
10197935Mexico City Mexico Soviet Union East Germany Romania
11198139Bucharest Romania Soviet Union United States East Germany
12198340Edmonton Canada Soviet Union United States Nigeria
13198542Kobe Japan Soviet Union United States Cuba
14198742Zagreb Yugoslavia United States Soviet Union East Germany
15198942Duisburg Germany United States Soviet Union Cuba
16199142Sheffield United Kingdom United States Soviet Union China
17199343Buffalo United States United States Poland Cuba
18199543Fukuoka Japan United States Russia Japan
19199745Catania Italy United States Russia Ukraine
20199945Palma de Mallorca Spain United States Romania Cuba
21200145Beijing China China United States Cuba
22200345Daegu South Korea Russia China Ukraine
23200545İzmir Turkey Russia Poland China
24200746Bangkok Thailand Russia Ukraine Kazakhstan
25200946Belgrade Serbia Russia Australia Japan
26201150Shenzhen China Russia Jamaica Ukraine
27201350Kazan Russia Russia South Africa Ukraine
28201550Gwangju South Korea Russia Japan Kazakhstan
29201750Taipei Taiwan Japan Poland Germany
30201950Naples Italy Japan Ukraine Australia
31202150Chengdu China China Turkey Poland
32202350Yekaterinburg RussiaCancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
33202550Bochum Germany
34202750Chungcheong Province South Korea
35202950Research Triangle United States
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All time medal table

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Last updated after the 2021 Summer World University Games
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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union148114103365
2 United States14110390334
3 Russia877962228
4 Poland666150177
5 Japan586875201
6 Italy584659163
7 China535331137
8 Ukraine503620106
9 Romania444954147
10 Cuba403531106
11 West Germany365150137
12 Great Britain335460147
13 Hungary29262883
14 Germany28273691
15 South Africa24263080
16 East Germany23201760
17 Australia22172160
18 Turkey20211657
19 Bulgaria20161955
20 France18305098
21 Belarus15151343
22 Jamaica14161242
23 Brazil1382041
24 Finland12131338
25 Nigeria12111134
26 Canada10383381
27 Yugoslavia1014731
28 Portugal1012527
29 Kazakhstan910423
30 Czech Republic991634
31 Austria961429
32 Spain8111433
33 Morocco89724
34 Netherlands712928
35 Belgium781429
36 Mexico78419
37 Kenya77822
38 South Korea67922
39 Czechoslovakia66517
40 Uganda65314
41 Latvia64313
42 Azerbaijan6006
43 Lithuania510722
44 Estonia54413
45 Dominican Republic5005
46 Switzerland471122
47 Chinese Taipei461020
48 Ireland45716
49 New Zealand44614
50 Moldova42410
51 Algeria37919
52 North Korea32611
53 Sweden32510
54 Serbia3126
55 Iran3104
56 Greece28818
57 Slovakia28212
58 Thailand2327
59 India2248
60 Ivory Coast2136
61 Ghana2013
62 Senegal1528
63 Egypt1405
64 Slovenia1348
65 Norway1225
66 Botswana1124
67 Luxembourg1113
68 Barbados1102
 Israel1102
70 Kyrgyzstan1023
 Madagascar1023
72 Bermuda1012
73 Honduras1001
 Philippines1001
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1001
 U.S. Virgin Islands1001
77 Cyprus0325
78 Burkina Faso0303
79 Independent participants0202
 Ecuador0202
81 Croatia0145
 Denmark0145
83 Tunisia0123
84 Argentina0112
 Armenia0112
 Mozambique0112
 Qatar0112
88 Albania0101
 Chile0101
 Namibia0101
 Sierra Leone0101
 Tanzania0101
 Trinidad and Tobago0101
94 Ethiopia0022
 Puerto Rico0022
96 Bahamas0011
 Hong Kong0011
 Panama0011
 Peru0011
 Serbia and Montenegro0011
Totals (100 entries)1,2721,2751,2583,805
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