List of FISU World University Games medals by host nation

Tabulated below are the medals and overall rankings for host nations in each Summer Universiade and Winter Universiade, based on individual Games medals tables.

Summer Universiade

 Ranked first 

Games	Host nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1959	Italy	18	10	10	38	1
1961	Bulgaria	2	5	7	14	10
1963	Brazil	2	0	9	11	8
1965	Hungary	16	8	14	38	1
1967	Japan	21	18	24	63	2
1970	Italy	4	4	7	15	4
1973	Soviet Union	69	37	31	137	1
1975	Italy	5	1	1	7	3
1977	Bulgaria	16	8	11	35	3
1979	Mexico	1	2	1	4	11
1981	Romania	30	17	20	67	2
1983	Canada	9	10	18	37	3
1985	Japan	5	3	7	15	6
1987	Yugoslavia	7	7	8	22	6
1989	West Germany	3	8	8	19	8
1991	United Kingdom	4	5	5	14	8
1993	United States	31	24	19	74	1
1995	Japan	24	16	24	64	2
1997	Italy	7	14	10	31	6
1999	Spain	7	6	13	27	7
2001	People's Republic of China	54	25	24	103	1
2003	Korea Republic	26	12	17	55	3
2005	Turkey	10	11	6	27	8
2007	Thailand	13	7	10	30	6
2009	Serbia	5	5	9	19	10
2011	People's Republic of China	74	40	32	146	1
2013	Russian Federation	151	72	61	284	1
2015	Korea Republic	47	32	29	108	1
2017	Chinese Taipei	26	34	30	90	3
2019	Italy	15	13	16	44	6
2021	People's Republic of China	103	40	35	178	1
2025	Germany	11	12	17	40	6
2027	Korea Republic
2029	United States

Winter Universiade

 Ranked first 

Games	Host nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1960	France	4	2	1	7	1
1962	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	11
1964	Czechoslovakia	1	1	1	3	6
1966	Italy	0	0	1	1	12
1968	Austria	1	2	3	6	6
1970	Finland	0	0	1	1	9
1972	United States	1	2	4	7	6
1975	Italy	3	3	6	12	2
1978	Czechoslovakia	4	2	3	9	2
1981	Spain	0	0	0	0	11
1983	Bulgaria	1	3	3	7	4
1985	Italy	3	6	5	14	4
1987	Czechoslovakia	17	7	5	29	1
1989	Bulgaria	1	3	0	4	9
1991	Japan	11	9	10	30	1
1993	Poland	0	3	1	4	15
1995	Spain	2	0	0	2	10
1997	Korea Republic	5	2	4	11	6
1999	Slovakia	4	7	7	18	3
2001	Poland	8	3	3	14	3
2003	Italy	5	9	6	20	4
2005	Austria	10	8	4	22	1
2007	Italy	9	2	5	16	3
2009	People's Republic of China	18	18	12	48	1
2011	Turkey	0	1	0	1	23
2013	Italy	3	5	5	13	6
2015	Slovakia	1	3	4	8	16
2015	Spain	0	2	0	2	20
2017	Kazakhstan	11	8	17	36	2
2019	Russian Federation	41	39	32	112	1
2023	United States	3	8	6	17	8
2025	Italy	4	5	6	15	8

External links

• The Geopolitics of Winter Olympic Medal Counts, The Atlantic , February 7, 2014
• One Benefit of Hosting the Olympics? More Medals, NPR, August 8, 2012