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Soviet Union at the Universiade

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Soviet Union at the
Universiade
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The Soviet Union participated in 14 games of the Universiade, from the 1959 Summer Universiade to the 1991 Summer Universiade, until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.[1]

Medal count

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Soviet Union won 988 medals at the Summer Universiade and are at the 3rd rank in the all-time Summer Universiade medal table.

   Host nation
Edition
Italy Turin 1959 11 8 5 24
Bulgaria Sofia 1961 21 23 8 52
Brazil Porto Alegre 1963 18 12 3 33
Hungary Budapest 1965 14 26 15 55
Japan Tokyo 1967 did not participate
Italy Turin 1970 26 17 15 58
Soviet Union Moscow 1973 69 37 31 137
Italy Rome 1975 7 5 11 23
Bulgaria Sofia 1977 26 31 25 82
Mexico Mexico City 1979 33 29 14 76
Romania Bucharest 1981 38 36 36 112
Canada Edmonton 1983 57 30 25 112
Japan Kobe 1985 41 22 17 80
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb 1987 23 34 19 76
West Germany Duisburg 1989 9 11 8 28
United Kingdom Sheffield 1991 16 14 19 49
Total 408 339 241 988

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History of the Universiade". fisu.net. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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