| Wrestling at the Summer World University Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Events | 21 (men: 14; women: 7) |
| Games | |
Wrestling is an Universiade optional sport since the 1973 in Moscow, USSR. After this, wrestling was optional sport at 1977, 1981, 2005 and 2013 editions. Currently, two styles are competed: freestyle and Greco-Roman. At the 2013 edition, belt wrestling was also part of the program.
| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| VII | 1973 | Moscow, USSR |  Soviet Union |
| IX | 1977 | Sofia, Bulgaria |  Bulgaria |
| XI | 1981 | Bucharest, Romania | Soviet Union |
| XXIII | 2005 | Izmir, Turkey |  Japan |
| XXVII | 2013 | Kazan, Russia |  Russia |
Last updated after the 2013 Summer Universiade
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 30 | 16 | 9 | 55 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) | 24 | 8 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 |  Japan (JPN) | 15 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 |  Romania (ROM) | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 |  United States (USA) | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 7 |  Turkey (TUR) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 9 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 11 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 |  Turkmenistan (TKM) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 13 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 14 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 |  Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 17 |  Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 18 |  North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 22 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 23 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 24 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 |  Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 28 |  East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 29 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 |  Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (36 entries) | 121 | 121 | 183 | 425 | |
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