| Canoeing at the Summer World University Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Events | 24 (men: 18; women: 6) |
| Games | |
Canoeing is an Universiade optional sport since the 1987 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. After this, canoeing was optional sport only at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russian Federation.
| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| XIV | 1987 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia |  Romania |
| XXVII | 2013 | Kazan, Russia |  Russia |
Last updated after the 2013 Summer Universiade
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 |  Belarus (BLR) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 |  Romania (ROM) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 |  Poland (POL) | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 5 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 |  Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 |  Portugal (POR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 37 | 37 | 38 | 112 | |
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