1963 Summer Universiade

III Summer Universiade
III Universíade de Verão

Host city	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Nations	27
Athletes	713
Events	69 in 9 sports
Opening	August 31, 1963
Closing	September 8, 1963
Opened by	Paulo de Tarso Santos
Athlete's Oath	Antônio Salvador Sucar (basketball)
Torch lighter	Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (athletics)
Main venue	Estádio Olímpico Monumental
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The 1963 Summer Universiade, also known as the III Summer Universiade, took place in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Sports

• Aquatics
  •   Diving (4)
  •   Swimming (15)
  •   Water polo (1)
•   Athletics (29)
•   Basketball (1)
•   Fencing (8)
•   Gymnastics (4)
•   Tennis (5)
•   Volleyball (2)

Schedule

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

CC

Closing ceremony

August/September 1963 [1]		August		September
		30 Fri	31 Sat	1 Sun	2 Mon	3 Tue	4 Wed	5 Thu	6 Fri	7 Sat	8 Sun
Ceremonies			OC								CC
Aquatics
	Diving			●	●	●	●
	Swimming			●	●	●	●
	Water polo			●	●	●	●	●	●
Athletics								●	●	●	●
Basketball		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Fencing		●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Gymnastics				●	●
Tennis			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Volleyball			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Medal table

Source: ^[2]

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary  (HUN)	19	13	6	38
2	Soviet Union  (URS)	18	12	3	33
3	West Germany  (FRG)	10	11	14	35
4	Japan  (JPN)	9	4	6	19
5	Great Britain  (GBR)	4	6	3	13
6	Italy  (ITA)	3	5	10	18
7	Poland  (POL)	2	1	0	3
8	Brazil  (BRA)*	2	0	9	11
9	France  (FRA)	1	6	3	10
10	Cuba  (CUB)	1	3	5	9
11	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	1	1	0	2
12	Peru  (PER)	0	1	2	3
	Spain  (ESP)	0	1	2	3
14	Netherlands  (NED)	0	1	1	2
	South Africa  (SAF)	0	1	1	2
16	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay  (URU)	0	1	0	1
18	Belgium  (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Chile  (CHI)	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg  (LUX)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia  (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		70	68	69	207

References

1. Comitê Executivo dos Jogos Mundiais Universitários de 1963 (1963). "Boletim de Informação da Universíade 63" (PDF). UFRGS Digital Repository (in Portuguese).
2. FISU (2024). "FISU World University Games Summer 1959–2023 Statistics" (PDF). FISU. Retrieved 2025-08-06.