Japan has participated in all editions of the Summer and Winter World University Games held since the first edition in 1959 and 1960.[1] The nation is ranked 5th in the all-time medal table behind Russia, China, United States, and Soviet Union.[2] Japan has won 1,202 medals at the Summer World University Games and are in the fifth place on the all-time Summer World University medal table.[3] In the winter games, they have won 335 medals at the Winter Universiade and are in the third place on the all-time Winter Universiade medal table.[4]
Medal count
Summer Universiade
Host country
| Edition | 
|
|
|
|
Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Turin 1959
|
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
 Sofia 1961
|
9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 2 |
 Porto Alegre 1963
|
9 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 4 |
 Budapest 1965
|
5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
 Tokyo 1967
|
21 | 18 | 24 | 63 | 2 |
| Turin 1970
|
3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
 Moscow 1973
|
3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
| Rome 1975
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Sofia 1977
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
 Mexico City 1979
|
1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
 Bucharest 1981
|
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
 Edmonton 1983
|
2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Kobe 1985
|
5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
 Zagreb 1987
|
3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 |
 Duisburg 1989
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
 Sheffield 1991
|
5 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 6 |
 Buffalo 1993
|
5 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 8 |
| Fukuoka 1995
|
24 | 16 | 24 | 64 | 2 |
| Sicily 1997
|
14 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 3 |
 Palma de Mallorca 1999
|
11 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 4 |
 Beijing 2001
|
14 | 14 | 25 | 53 | 3 |
 Daegu 2003
|
13 | 13 | 21 | 47 | 5 |
 Ízmir 2005
|
18 | 18 | 20 | 56 | 3 |
 Bangkok 2007
|
19 | 15 | 22 | 56 | 4 |
 Belgrade 2009
|
20 | 21 | 32 | 73 | 4 |
| Shenzhen 2011
|
23 | 26 | 38 | 87 | 4 |
 Kazan 2013
|
24 | 29 | 33 | 86 | 3 |
| Gwangju 2015
|
25 | 25 | 35 | 85 | 4 |
 Taipei 2017
|
37 | 26 | 37 | 100 | 1 |
| Naples 2019
|
33 | 21 | 28 | 82 | 1 |
| Chengdu 2021
|
21 | 29 | 43 | 93 | 2 |
| Rhein-Rühr 2025
|
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| Chungcheong 2027
|
Future event | ||||
| Total | 375 | 364 | 476 | 1215 | 5 |
Winter Universiade
Host country
| Edition |
|
|
|
|
Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chamonix 1960
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
 Villars 1962
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
 Špindlerův Mlýn 1964
|
1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Sestriere 1966
|
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
 Innsbruck 1968
|
3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
 Rovaniemi 1970
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Lake Placid 1972
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Livigno 1975
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Špindlerův Mlýn 1978
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jaca 1981
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Sofia 1983
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Belluno 1985
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Štrbské Pleso 1987
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Sofia 1989
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Sapporo 1991
|
11 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 1 |
 Zakopane 1993
|
6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 1 |
| Jaca 1995
|
2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Muju-Jeonju 1997
|
9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 1 |
 Poprad Tatry 1999
|
4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 |
| Zakopane 2001
|
3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| Tarvisio 2003
|
5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
| Innsbruck/Seefeld 2005
|
5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 4 |
| Turin 2007
|
3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 |
| Harbin 2009
|
9 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 4 |
| Erzurum 2011
|
4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
| Trentino 2013
|
3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| Granada/Štrbské Pleso 2015
|
2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
 Almaty 2017
|
6 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 4 |
| Krasnoyarsk 2019
|
5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 |
| Lake Placid 2023
|
21 | 17 | 10 | 48 | 1 |
| Total | 112 | 117 | 106 | 335 | 3 |
See also
References
- ^ "First Universiade". fisu.net. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "Universiade - All medals". sports123.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "Japan's medalists at the Summer University Games". Japanese Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Japan's medalists at the Winter University Games". Japanese Olympic Committee.
External links
- FISU History Archived 2009-01-25 at the Wayback Machine at the FISU
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