1959 Summer Universiade

I Summer Universiade
I Universiade estiva

Host city	Turin, Italy
Motto	Universal understanding[1]
Nations	45
Athletes	985
Events	60 in 7 sports
Opening	August 26, 1959
Closing	September 7, 1959
Opened by	Giovanni Gronchi
Main venue	Stadio Comunale

The 1959 Summer Universiade, also known as the I Summer Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy.^[2]

Sports

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Fencing
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Water polo

Medal table

Italy leads this first edition in the total medals count.^[3]

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy*	18	10	10	38
2	Soviet Union (URS)	11	8	5	24
3	West Germany (FRG)	6	9	10	25
4	Hungary (HUN)	6	5	2	13
5	France (FRA)	4	2	8	14
6	Great Britain (GBR)	3	6	1	10
7	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	3	2	8
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	5	5	12
9	Japan (JPN)	2	2	3	7
10	Romania (ROU)	2	1	2	5
11	Poland (POL)	1	5	8	14
12	Greece (GRE)	1	1	1	3
13	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	0	2
14	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
16	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		60	60	61	181

References

1. "World Games Open". California Pasadena Independent. 28 August 1959. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. "Spotlight: Take a look back to the Torino 1959 Summer Universiade". fisu.net. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
3. "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.

External links

• (in Italian) Le Universiadi in Italia