Italy at the FISU World University Games

Italy has participated in all editions of the Summer Universiade held since the first edition of 1959 Summer Universiade.^[1]

Italy at the Summer Universiade
IOC code	ITA
National federation	Centro Universitario Sportivo Italiano
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 211 Silver 226 Bronze 279 Total 716
Summer Universiade appearances (overview)
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2025 2027

Medal count

Italy won 641 medals at the Summer Universiade.^[2]

  Host nation

Edition					Rank	Notes
Turin 1959	18	10	10	38	1	details
Sofia 1961	3	0	2	5	9	details
Porto Alegre 1963	3	5	10	18	6	details
Budapest 1965	6	2	1	9	5	details
Tokyo 1967	4	5	10	19	6	details
Turin 1970	4	4	7	15	4	details
Moscow 1973	2	0	6	8	9	details
Rome 1975	5	1	1	7	3	details
Sofia 1977	1	3	3	7	12	details
Mexico City 1979	3	2	4	9	7	details
Bucarest 1981	6	4	3	13	5	details
Edmonton 1983	8	11	6	25	4	details
Kobe 1985	4	6	5	15	7	details
Zagreb 1987	12	8	10	30	4	details
Duisburg 1989	8	3	5	16	4	details
Sheffield 1991	6	7	10	23	5	details
Buffalo 1993	5	9	11	25	9	details
Fukuoka 1995	3	7	11	21	12	details
Sicily 1997	7	15	10	32	6	details
Palma de Mallorca 1999	6	11	8	25	10	details
Beijing 2001	8	8	6	22	6	details
Daegu 2003	2	5	5	12	17	details
Ízmir 2005	5	6	13	24	10	details
Bangkok 2007	6	6	9	21	10	details
Belgrade 2009	6	14	11	31	8	details
Shenzhen 2011	12	5	13	30	6	details
Kazan 2013	6	17	22	44	9	details
Gwangju 2015	11	15	17	43	7	details
Taipei 2017	9	6	16	31	8	details
Naples 2019	15	13	16	44	6	details
Chengdu 2021	16	18	21	55	4	details
Total	211	226	279	716	7

Athletics

Italy won 47 gold medals, 45 silver and 57 bronze until 2017 Summer Universiade.^[3]

Edition	Event
2009 Belgrade	4x100 metres relay	Audrey Alloh Doris Tomasini Giulia Arcioni Maria Aurora Salvagno
	Pole vault		Giorgio Piantella
	Shot put		Chiara Rosa
	3000 metres hurdles			Emanuele Abate
	Half marathon			Francesco Bona
2011 Shenzhen	1500 metres steeplechase			Stefano La Rosa
	Hammer throw			Lorenzo Povegliano
2013 Kazan	Discus throw		Giovanni Faloci
	3000 metres steeplechase			Patrick Nasti
	1500 metres			Margherita Magnani
2015 Gwangju	Discus throw			Stefania Strumillo
Taipei 2017	Women's 100 m		Irene Siragusa
	Women's 100 m	Irene Siragusa		Anna Bongiorni
	Women's 400 m hs	Ayomide Folorunso
	Men's high jump		Marco Fassinotti
	Men's pole vault			Claudio Stecchi
		47	45	57

See also

• Italy at the Olympics
• Italy at the Paralympics
• Italy at the Mediterranean Games