| 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.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 154 | 115 | 103 | 372 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 135 | 104 | 88 | 327 |
| 3 |  Russia (RUS) | 87 | 78 | 62 | 227 |
| 4 |  Poland (POL) | 66 | 61 | 50 | 177 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) | 58 | 47 | 58 | 163 |
| 6 |  Japan (JPN) | 57 | 68 | 75 | 200 |
| 7 |  China (CHN) | 50 | 53 | 35 | 138 |
| 8 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 50 | 36 | 23 | 109 |
| 9 |  Romania (ROU) | 44 | 49 | 54 | 147 |
| 10 |  Cuba (CUB) | 39 | 35 | 31 | 105 |
| 11 |  West Germany (FRG) | 36 | 51 | 50 | 137 |
| 12 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 33 | 52 | 60 | 145 |
| 13 |  Hungary (HUN) | 29 | 27 | 28 | 84 |
| 14 | Germany (GER) | 28 | 26 | 35 | 89 |
| 15 |  South Africa (RSA) | 24 | 26 | 30 | 80 |
| 16 |  East Germany (GDR) | 23 | 21 | 17 | 61 |
| 17 |  Australia (AUS) | 22 | 18 | 21 | 61 |
| 18 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 21 | 16 | 19 | 56 |
| 19 |  Turkey (TUR) | 20 | 21 | 16 | 57 |
| 20 |  France (FRA) | 17 | 30 | 49 | 96 |
| 21 |  Belarus (BLR) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 44 |
| 22 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 14 | 15 | 12 | 41 |
| 23 |  Brazil (BRA) | 13 | 8 | 21 | 42 |
| 24 |  Finland (FIN) | 12 | 13 | 15 | 40 |
| 25 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 26 |  Canada (CAN) | 10 | 38 | 33 | 81 |
| 27 |  Yugoslavia (FRY) | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 28 |  Portugal (POR) | 10 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 29 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 9 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 30 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 9 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
| 31 |  Morocco (MAR) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 32 |  Austria (AUT) | 9 | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 33 |  Spain (ESP) | 8 | 11 | 14 | 33 |
| 34 |  Mexico (MEX) | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 35 |  Kenya (KEN) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 36 |  Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 11 | 8 | 25 |
| 37 |  South Korea (KOR) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 38 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 39 |  Uganda (UGA) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 40 |  Latvia (LAT) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 41 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 42 |  Belgium (BEL) | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| 43 |  Estonia (EST) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 44 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
 Dominican Republic (DOM) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 46 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 |
| 47 |  Chinese Taipei | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 48 |  Ireland (IRL) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 49 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 50 |  Moldova (MDA) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 51 |  Algeria (ALG) | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 52 |  North Korea (PRK) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 53 |  Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 54 |  Serbia (SRB) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 55 |  Iran (IRI) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 56 |  Greece (GRE) | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 57 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 58 |  Thailand (THA) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 59 |  India (IND) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 60 |  Ivory Coast (CIV) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 61 |  Ghana (GHA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 62 |  Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 63 |  Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 64 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 65 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 66 |  Botswana (BOT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 67 |  Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 68 |  Barbados (BAR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Israel (ISR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 70 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Madagascar (MAD) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 72 |  Bermuda (BER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 73 |  Honduras (HON) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 77 |  Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 78 |  Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 79 |  Independent Participants | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 81 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 82 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 83 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 84 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 88 |  Albania (ALB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Chile (CHI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sierra Leone (SLE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 94 |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 96 |  Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (100 entries) | 1,264 | 1,277 | 1,265 | 3,806 | |
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