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 |
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| 2027 | Korea Republic |
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| 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 |
External links
- The Geopolitics of Winter Olympic Medal Counts, The Atlantic, February 7, 2014
- One Benefit of Hosting the Olympics? More Medals, NPR, August 8, 2012
