Gymnastics at the Summer Universiade
Events	22 (men: 8; women: 14)
Games
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1970 1970 1973 1972 1975 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2025

Gymnastics is a sport at the World University Games (formerly branded as the Universiade before 2020)^[1] that was first contested in 1961 as an optional sport and turned compulsory sport in 1963 and since then it has been out of the program twice in 1975 and 1989. In 1973, for the first time a competition in apparatus was added to the program and would become mandatory in 1979. In 1991, rhythmic gymnastics was one of the two optional sports chosen by the organizers and was present with the same status in 1995 in 1997, becoming a compulsory sport in 2001. At the 2011 edition, aerobic gymnastics was also part of the program.

Overall

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Winner	Second	Third
II	1961	Sofia	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Japan	Bulgaria
III	1963	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Japan	Hungary	Soviet Union
IV	1965	Budapest	Hungary	Hungary	Japan	Soviet Union
V	1967	Tokyo	Japan	Japan	United States	South Korea
VI	1970	Torino	Italy	Soviet Union	Japan	United States
VII	1973	Moscow	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Romania	Cuba
IX	1977	Sofia	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Romania	Japan
X	1979	Mexico City	Mexico	Soviet Union	Romania	Japan
XI	1981	Bucharest	Romania	Romania	China	Soviet Union
XII	1983	Edmonton	Canada	Soviet Union	Romania	China
XIII	1985	Kobe	Japan	Soviet Union	Romania	China
XIV	1987	Zagreb	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	China	Romania
XVI	1991	Sheffield	United Kingdom	North Korea	Soviet Union	China
XVII	1993	Buffalo	United States	Ukraine	China	Belarus
XVIII	1995	Fukuoka	Japan	Bulgaria	Russia	China
XVIX	1997	Catania	Italy	China	Japan	Ukraine
XX	1999	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	Russia	Belarus	Ukraine
XXI	2001	Beijing	China	China	Russia	Ukraine
XXII	2003	Daegu	South Korea	Russia	Ukraine	South Korea
XXIII	2005	Izmir	Turkey	Ukraine	China	Japan
XXIV	2007	Bangkok	Thailand	Ukraine	Japan	Ukraine
XXV	2009	Belgrade	Serbia	Russia	China	Japan
XXVI	2011	Shenzhen	China	China	Russia	Japan
XXVII	2013	Kazan	Russia	Russia	Japan	South Korea
XXVIII	2015	Gwangju	South Korea	Russia	Ukraine	Japan
XXVIX	2017	Taipei	Taiwan	Russia	Japan	Ukraine
XXX	2019	Naples	Italy	Russia	Japan	Chinese Taipei
XXXI	2021	Chengdu	China	China	Japan	Ukraine

All Time Medal table

Note

Last updated after the 2021 Summer World University Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	88	63	61	212
2	China	69	67	49	185
3	Soviet Union	67	48	35	150
4	Japan	54	72	76	202
5	Ukraine	46	50	49	145
6	Romania	30	23	26	79
7	South Korea	15	15	21	51
8	North Korea	14	12	11	37
9	Belarus	9	16	15	40
10	Hungary	9	8	8	25
11	Bulgaria	6	4	6	16
12	Chinese Taipei	5	4	7	16
13	France	5	3	1	9
14	Canada	4	4	8	16
15	Italy	4	4	6	14
16	Great Britain	4	1	3	8
17	United States	3	13	20	36
18	Kazakhstan	3	9	7	19
19	Cuba	3	3	3	9
20	Brazil	3	3	1	7
21	Armenia	3	0	0	3
22	Croatia	2	0	2	4
23	Australia	2	0	0	2
24	Azerbaijan	1	5	1	7
25	Germany	1	4	3	8
26	Belgium	1	2	1	4
27	Mexico	1	2	0	3
28	Latvia	1	1	0	2
	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
30	Slovenia	1	0	2	3
31	West Germany	1	0	1	2
32	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
33	Turkey	0	2	2	4
34	Poland	0	2	1	3
35	Finland	0	1	2	3
36	Portugal	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
38	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	Israel	0	1	0	1
41	Spain	0	0	3	3
42	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (46 entries)		457	447	438	1342

Artistic gymnastics

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Winner	Second	Third
II	1961	Sofia	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Japan	Bulgaria
III	1963	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Japan	Hungary	Soviet Union
IV	1965	Budapest	Hungary	Hungary	Japan	Soviet Union
V	1967	Tokyo	Japan	Japan	United States	South Korea
VI	1970	Torino	Italy	Soviet Union	Japan	United States
VII	1973	Moscow	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Romania	Cuba
IX	1977	Sofia	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Romania	Japan
X	1979	Mexico City	Mexico	Soviet Union	Romania	Japan
XI	1981	Bucharest	Romania	Romania	China	Soviet Union
XII	1983	Edmonton	Canada	Soviet Union	Romania	China
XIII	1985	Kobe	Japan	Soviet Union	Romania	China
XIV	1987	Zagreb	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	China	Romania
XVI	1991	Sheffield	United Kingdom	North Korea	Soviet Union	China
XVII	1993	Buffalo	United States	Ukraine	China	Belarus
XVIII	1995	Fukuoka	Japan	China	Japan	Russia
XIX	1997	Sicily	Italy	China	Japan	Russia
XX	1999	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	Russia	Belarus	Ukraine
XXI	2001	Beijing	China	China	Russia	Japan
XXII	2003	Daegu	South Korea	South Korea	China	Ukraine
XXIII	2005	Izmir	Turkey	China	Japan	Brazil
XXIV	2007	Bangkok	Thailand	Japan	China	Ukraine
XXV	2009	Belgrade	Serbia	China	Japan	Russia
XXVI	2011	Shenzhen	China	Japan	China	Romania
XXVII	2013	Kazan	Russia	Russia	Japan	Brazil
XXVIII	2015	Gwangju	South Korea	Russia	Japan	Ukraine
XXIX	2017	Taipei	Taiwan	Russia	Japan	Canada
XXX	2019	Naples	Italy	Japan	Chinese Taipei	Russia
XXXI	2021	Chengdu	China	China	Japan	Kazakhstan

Last updated during the 2021 Summer World University Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	69	57	49	175
2	Soviet Union (URS)	67	48	35	150
3	Japan (JPN)	52	53	60	165
4	Russia (RUS)	37	33	40	110
5	Romania (ROM)	30	20	22	72
6	Ukraine (UKR)	21	20	25	66
7	South Korea (KOR)	11	12	16	39
8	North Korea (PRK)	9	8	6	23
9	Belarus (BLR)	7	7	3	17
10	Hungary (HUN)	6	9	9	24
11	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	5	2	6	13
12	Canada (CAN)	4	4	7	15
13	France (FRA)	4	3	0	7
14	Italy (ITA)	4	2	5	11
15	Great Britain (GBR)	4	1	3	8
16	United States (USA)	3	13	19	35
17	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	3	7	2	12
18	Cuba (CUB)	3	3	4	10
19	Brazil (BRA)	3	3	1	7
20	Armenia (ARM)	3	0	0	3
21	Croatia (CRO)	2	0	1	3
22	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2
23	Germany (GER)	1	3	3	7
24	Belgium (BEL)	1	2	1	4
25	Latvia (LAT)	1	2	0	3
	Mexico (MEX)	1	2	0	3
27	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
28	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	2	3
29	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	0	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
31	Poland (POL)	0	2	1	3
	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	1	3
33	Portugal (POR)	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	1	2
35	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
38	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	4	4
39	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
40	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 entries)		357	324	332	1013

Rythmic gymnastics

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Winner	Second	Third
XV	1991	Sheffield	United Kingdom	North Korea	China	Japan
XVII	1995	Fukuoka	Japan	Bulgaria	Russia	-
XVIII	1997	Sicily	Italy	Ukraine	Belarus	Russia
XXI	2001	Beijing	China	Ukraine	Russia	China
XXII	2003	Daegu	South Korea	Russia	Ukraine	Japan
XXIII	2005	Izmir	Turkey	Ukraine	Russia	Japan
XXIV	2007	Bangkok	Thailand	Ukraine	Russia	Japan
XXV	2009	Belgrade	Serbia	Russia	Ukraine	Japan
XXVI	2011	Shenzhen	China	Russia	China	Ukraine
XXVIII	2013	Kazan	Russia	Russia	Ukraine	Japan
XXVIII	2015	Gwangju	South Korea	South Korea	Russia	Ukraine
XXIX	2017	Taipei	Taiwan	Russia	Ukraine	Chinese Taipei
XXX	2019	Naples	Italy	Russia	Ukraine	Azerbaijan
XXXI	2021	Chengdu	China	Ukraine	China	Hungary

Rhythmic gymnastics All Time medal table

Last Update after the 2021 Summer World University Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	52	30	21	103
2	Ukraine (UKR)	26	29	21	76
3	China (CHN)	7	5	6	18
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	6	4	3	13
5	North Korea (PRK)	5	4	4	13
6	South Korea (KOR)	3	3	2	8
7	Belarus (BLR)	2	9	12	23
8	Hungary (HUN)	2	0	0	2
9	Japan (JPN)	1	13	19	33
10	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
11	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	5	1	6
12	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	2	6	8
13	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	2	1	3
14	Israel (ISR)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
16	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
17	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		105	108	102	315

Aerobic gymnastics

Aerobic gymnastics medal table

Last updated after the 2011 Summer Universiade

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	5	0	0	5
2	Romania (ROM)	1	1	2	4
3	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	2	3
4	Russia (RUS)	0	4	1	5
5	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		7	5	6	18

References

• Sports123 (1961-2009)
• 2011 Summer Universiade – Artistic gymnastics
• 2011 Summer Universiade – Rhythmic gymnastics
• 2011 Summer Universiade – Aerobic gymnastics
• 2013 Summer Universiade – Artistic gymnastics
• 2013 Summer Universiade – Rhythmic gymnastics
• 2015 Summer Universiade – Artistic gymnastics
• 2015 Summer Universiade – Rhythmic gymnastics