| Basketball at the Summer World University Games | |
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| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
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Basketball tournaments have been staged at the Universiade since 1959. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1959 Summer Universiade and the women's tournament was introduced at the 1961 Summer Universiade. The tournament was not held during the 1975 event.
Last updated after the 2021 Summer Universiade
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) | 25 | 11 | 5 | 41 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  Australia (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 |  Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 |  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (31 entries) | 57 | 57 | 57 | 171 | |
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Tennis has been a part of the Summer Universiade program since the games' first edition in 1959, with the exception of the 1975 Summer Universiade and again in 1989. The first change at the program was at the 1987 edition, when FISU decided awards two bronze medals for the losers of the semifinals, extinguishing the fourth place. The second change was in 2009, when the team competitions were included. Currently, seven events are played at Universiade. Individual, double and team contests for men and women, as well as mixed doubles.
Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics have been contested at the Pan American Games since the 1951 edition. In 1987, Rhythmic Gymnastics was introduced. In 2007, Trampoline was added to the program.
Football was the optional sport at the 1979 edition. Between 1985 and 2019, football was a recognized mandatory sport. The women's football competition began in the 1993 edition as optional event. Due the creation of the FISU University Football World Cup in 2019, the sport will no longer be part of the Summer World University Games program starting at that year. With this change, the number of mandatory sports will be kept at fifteen, since the place will be occupied by badminton which after five editions as an optional sport turned a compulsory sport.
The Basketball competition in the 1959 Summer Universiade was held in Torino, Italy. Only men's event was held.
The Basketball competitions in the 1970 Summer Universiade were held in Torino, Italy.
The Basketball competitions in the 1979 Summer Universiade were held in Mexico City, Mexico.
The Wrestling competition in the 1977 Summer Universiade were held in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was added as an optional sports by the host country, Bulgaria.
Volleyball events were contested at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Basketball competitions in the 2005 Summer Universiade were held in İzmir, Turkey.
Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Universiade since 1962. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1962 Winter Universiade. The women's tournament was introduced at the 2009 Winter Universiade.
Volleyball tournaments have been staged at the Universiade since 1959. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1959 Summer Universiade, while the women's tournament was introduced at the 1961 Summer Universiade. After not being included in 1975 and 1989.
Water polo has been part of the Universiade program since the first games, in 1959. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2009 Summer Universiade. Water polo was not included in 1975 and 1989.
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The Speed skating events have been contested at the Universiade since 1968. The sport have a special status at the event, because the host cities are not expected to build a speed skating rink specifically for the Universiade. In years where the Winter Universiade doesn't take place, or doesn't include speed skating, the World University Speed Skating Championships are sometimes held instead.
Taekwondo events have been contested at Universiade since 2003 Games in Daegu, South Korea, with one exception in 2013 in Kazan, Russia
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Weightlifting events have been contested at Universiade three times as optional sport in 2011, 2013, and 2017.
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