| Athletics at the Summer World University Games | |
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| Events | 50 (men: 25; women: 25) |
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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.
| Athletics at the Summer World University Games | |
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| Events | 50 (men: 25; women: 25) |
| Games | |
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.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union | 148 | 114 | 103 | 365 |
| 2 |  United States | 141 | 105 | 90 | 336 |
| 3 |  Russia | 87 | 79 | 74 | 240 |
| 4 |  Poland | 66 | 61 | 50 | 177 |
| 5 |  Japan | 58 | 68 | 76 | 202 |
| 6 |  Italy | 58 | 46 | 59 | 163 |
| 7 |  China | 51 | 50 | 34 | 135 |
| 8 |  Ukraine | 50 | 36 | 20 | 106 |
| 9 |  Romania | 44 | 49 | 54 | 147 |
| 10 |  Cuba | 40 | 35 | 31 | 106 |
| 11 |  West Germany | 36 | 51 | 50 | 137 |
| 12 |  Great Britain | 33 | 54 | 60 | 147 |
| 13 |  Hungary | 29 | 26 | 28 | 83 |
| 14 | Germany | 28 | 27 | 36 | 91 |
| 15 |  South Africa | 24 | 26 | 30 | 80 |
| 16 |  East Germany | 23 | 20 | 17 | 60 |
| 17 |  Australia | 22 | 17 | 21 | 60 |
| 18 |  Turkey | 20 | 21 | 16 | 57 |
| 19 |  Bulgaria | 20 | 16 | 19 | 55 |
| 20 |  France | 18 | 30 | 50 | 98 |
| 21 |  Belarus | 15 | 15 | 13 | 43 |
| 22 |  Jamaica | 14 | 16 | 12 | 42 |
| 23 |  Brazil | 13 | 8 | 20 | 41 |
| 24 |  Finland | 12 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 25 |  Nigeria | 12 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 26 |  Canada | 10 | 38 | 33 | 81 |
| 27 |  Yugoslavia | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| 28 |  Portugal | 10 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 29 |  Kazakhstan | 9 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 30 |  Czech Republic | 9 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
| 31 |  Austria | 9 | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 32 |  Spain | 8 | 11 | 14 | 33 |
| 33 |  Morocco | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 34 |  Netherlands | 7 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 35 |  Belgium | 7 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 36 |  Mexico | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 37 |  Kenya | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 38 |  South Korea | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 39 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 40 |  Uganda | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 41 |  Latvia | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 42 |  Azerbaijan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 |  Lithuania | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 44 |  Estonia | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 45 |  Dominican Republic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 46 |  Switzerland | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 47 |  Chinese Taipei | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 48 |  Ireland | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 49 |  New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 50 |  Moldova | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 51 |  Algeria | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 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 |  Slovakia | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 58 |  Thailand | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 59 |  India | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 60 |  Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 61 |  Ghana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 62 |  Senegal | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 63 |  Egypt | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 64 |  Slovenia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 65 |  Norway | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 66 |  Botswana | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 67 |  Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 68 |  Barbados | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 70 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 72 |  Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 73 |  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 | |
| 77 |  Cyprus | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 78 |  Burkina Faso | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 79 |  Ecuador | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Independent Participants | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 81 |  Croatia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Denmark | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 83 |  Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 84 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Armenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Qatar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 88 |  Albania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Chile | 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 | |
| 94 |  Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 96 |  Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (100 entries) | 1270 | 1274 | 1274 | 3818 | |
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