Tabulated below are the medals and overall rankings for host nations in each Summer Universiade and Winter Universiade, based on individual Games medals tables.
Ranked first
Games | Host nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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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 | |||||
2027 | Korea Republic | |||||
2029 | United States | |||||
Ranked first
Games | Host nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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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 |
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