Host city | Moscow, Soviet Union |
---|---|
Nations | 73 [1] |
Athletes | 3,634 [1] |
Events | 114 in 10 sports |
Opening | August 15, 1973 |
Closing | August 25, 1973 |
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. [3]
* Host nation (Host nation)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 69 | 37 | 31 | 137 |
2 | United States (USA) | 19 | 16 | 18 | 53 |
3 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
4 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
6 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
10 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 |
12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
13 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
14 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
15 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
16 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
17 | Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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 entries) | 113 | 114 | 118 | 345 |
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