| Soviet Union at the Universiade | |
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| IOC code | URS |
The Soviet Union participated in 14 games of the Universiade, from the 1959 Summer Universiade to the 1991 Summer Universiade, until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. [1]
| Soviet Union at the Universiade | |
|---|---|
| | |
| IOC code | URS |
The Soviet Union participated in 14 games of the Universiade, from the 1959 Summer Universiade to the 1991 Summer Universiade, until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. [1]
Soviet Union won 988 medals at the Summer Universiade and are at the 3rd rank in the all-time Summer Universiade medal table.
| Edition |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Turin 1959 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
 Sofia 1961 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 52 |
 Porto Alegre 1963 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
 Budapest 1965 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 55 |
 Tokyo 1967 | did not participate | |||
| Turin 1970 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 58 |
 Moscow 1973 | 69 | 37 | 31 | 137 |
| Rome 1975 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| Sofia 1977 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 82 |
 Mexico City 1979 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 76 |
 Bucharest 1981 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 112 |
 Edmonton 1983 | 57 | 30 | 25 | 112 |
| Kobe 1985 | 41 | 22 | 17 | 80 |
 Zagreb 1987 | 23 | 34 | 19 | 76 |
 Duisburg 1989 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
 Sheffield 1991 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 49 |
| Total | 408 | 339 | 241 | 988 |
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