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
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