The 1963 Summer Universiade, also known as the III Summer Universiade, took place in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

•  Athletics (29)
•  Basketball (1)
•  Diving (4)
•  Fencing (8)
•  Gymnastics (4)
•  Swimming (15)
•  Tennis (5)
•  Volleyball (2)
•  Water polo (1)

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	18	13	6	37
2	Soviet Union (URS)	18	12	3	33
3	West Germany (FRG)	10	11	14	35
4	Japan (JPN)	9	4	6	19
5	Great Britain (GBR)	4	6	3	13
6	Italy (ITA)	3	5	10	18
7	Poland (POL)	2	1	0	3
8	Brazil (BRA)*	2	0	9	11
9	France (FRA)	1	6	3	10
10	Cuba (CUB)	1	3	5	9
11	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	0	2
12	Peru (PER)	0	1	2	3
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	2	3
14	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
	South Africa (SAF)	0	1	1	2
16	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
18	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		69	68	69	206