1959 Summer Universiade

I Summer Universiade
Nations participating 45
Athletes participating 985
Events 7 sports
Opening ceremony August 26
Closing ceremony September 7
Officially opened by Giovanni Gronchi
Main venue Stadio Comunale

The 1959 Summer Universiade, also known as the I Summer Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy.[1]

Sports

Medal table

Italy leads this first edition in the total medals count.[2]

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy*18101038
2 Soviet Union (URS)118524
3 West Germany (FRG)691025
4 Hungary (HUN)65213
5 France (FRA)42814
6 Great Britain (GBR)36110
7 Yugoslavia (YUG)3328
8 Czechoslovakia (TCH)25512
9 Japan (JPN)2237
10 Romania (ROU)2125
11 Poland (POL)15713
12 Bulgaria (BUL)1113
 Greece (GRE)1113
14 East Germany (GDR)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
16 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (19 nations)606061181


References

  1. "First Universiade". fisu.net. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. "Medaglie vinte dalle rappresentative italiane alle Universiadi Estive" (PDF) (in Italian). cusi.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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