| United States at the Universiade | |
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| IOC code | USA |
| National federation | United States International University Sports Federation |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 1st |
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The United States has participated in all editions of the Summer and Winter Universiade held since 1965. [1] The United States is ranked 3rd in the all-time medal table behind Russia and China.
| Edition |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Turin 1959 | did not participate | |||
 Sofia 1961 | ||||
 Porto Alegre 1963 | ||||
 Budapest 1965 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
 Tokyo 1967 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 61 |
| Turin 1970 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 54 |
 Moscow 1973 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 52 |
| Rome 1975 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Sofia 1977 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 43 |
 Mexico City 1979 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 51 |
 Bucarest 1981 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 56 |
 Edmonton 1983 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 54 |
| Kobe 1985 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 69 |
 Zagreb 1987 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 71 |
 Duisburg 1989 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
 Sheffield 1991 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 75 |
 Buffalo 1993 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 74 |
| Fukuoka 1995 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 69 |
| Sicily 1997 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 61 |
 Palma de Mallorca 1999 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 60 |
 Beijing 2001 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 47 |
 Daegu 2003 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
 Ízmir 2005 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
 Bangkok 2007 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
 Belgrade 2009 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| Shenzhen 2011 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 51 |
 Kazan 2013 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 40 |
| Gwangju 2015 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 54 |
 2017 Taipei | 16 | 19 | 16 | 51 |
| 2019 Naples | 21 | 17 | 15 | 53 |
| 2021 Chengdu | 1 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
| Total | 503 | 433 | 418 | 1344 |
| Edition | | | | |
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 Chamonix 1960 | did not participate | |||
 Villars 1962 | ||||
 Špindlerův Mlýn 1964 | ||||
| Sestriere 1966 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Innsbruck 1968 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
 Rovaniemi 1970 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Lake Placid 1972 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Livigno 1975 | ||||
| Špindlerův Mlýn 1978 | ||||
| Jaca 1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sofia 1983 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Belluno 1985 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| Štrbské Pleso 1987 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Sofia 1989 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Sapporo 1991 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
 Zakopane 1993 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| Jaca 1995 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Muju/Jeonju 1997 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Poprad Tatry 1999 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Zakopane 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tarvisio 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Innsbruck/Seefeld 2005 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Turin 2007 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Harbin 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erzurum 2011 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Trentino 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| / Granada/Štrbské Pleso-Osrblie 2015 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
 Almaty 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Krasnoyarsk 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucerne 2021 | Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| Lake Placid 2023 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| Turin 2025 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 55 | 63 | 155 |
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