Japan at the
Universiade
IOC codeJPN
National federationJapanese University Sports Board (JUSB)
Websitewww.joc.or.jp/games/univ/
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
473
Silver
482
Bronze
582
Total
1,537
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
  • 1960
  • 1962
  • 1964
  • 1966
  • 1968
  • 1970
  • 1972
  • 1975
  • 1978
  • 1981
  • 1983
  • 1985
  • 1987
  • 1989
  • 1991
  • 1993
  • 1995
  • 1997
  • 1999
  • 2001
  • 2003
  • 2005
  • 2007
  • 2009
  • 2011
  • 2013
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2019
  • 2023

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
Italy Turin 1959 2 2 3 7 9
Bulgaria Sofia 1961 9 5 4 18 2
Brazil Porto Alegre 1963 9 4 6 19 4
Hungary Budapest 1965 5 0 2 7 5
Japan Tokyo 1967 21 18 24 63 2
Italy Turin 1970 3 7 5 15 5
Soviet Union Moscow 1973 3 8 1 12 4
Italy Rome 1975 0 0 0 0 -
Bulgaria Sofia 1977 3 3 0 6 10
Mexico Mexico City 1979 1 2 6 9 12
Romania Bucharest 1981 3 2 2 7 7
Canada Edmonton 1983 2 3 5 10 10
Japan Kobe 1985 5 3 7 15 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb 1987 3 3 6 12 13
West Germany Duisburg 1989 0 2 0 2 22
United Kingdom Sheffield 1991 5 15 8 28 6
United States Buffalo 1993 5 13 12 30 8
Japan Fukuoka 1995 24 16 24 64 2
Italy Sicily 1997 14 8 11 33 3
Spain Palma de Mallorca 1999 11 13 16 40 4
China Beijing 2001 14 14 25 53 3
South Korea Daegu 2003 13 13 21 47 5
Turkey Ízmir 2005 18 18 20 56 3
Thailand Bangkok 2007 19 15 22 56 4
Serbia Belgrade 2009 20 21 32 73 4
China Shenzhen 2011 23 26 38 87 4
Russia Kazan 2013 24 29 33 86 3
South Korea Gwangju 2015 25 25 35 85 4
Taipei 2017 37 26 37 100 1
Italy Naples 2019 33 21 28 82 1
China Chengdu 2021 21 29 43 93 2
Germany Rhein-Rühr 2025 Future event
South Korea Chungcheong 2027 Future event
Total 361 365 476 1202 5

Winter Universiade

  Host country

Edition Rank
France Chamonix 1960 0 1 0 1 7
Switzerland Villars 1962 2 1 3 6 4
Czech Republic Špindlerův Mlýn 1964 1 4 1 6 5
Italy Sestriere 1966 3 2 2 7 3
Austria Innsbruck 1968 3 4 4 11 3
Finland Rovaniemi 1970 0 0 2 2 8
United States Lake Placid 1972 1 3 0 4 5
Italy Livigno 1975 0 0 0 0 -
Czech Republic Špindlerův Mlýn 1978 0 0 0 0 -
Spain Jaca 1981 0 2 2 4 7
Bulgaria Sofia 1983 1 0 0 1 6
Italy Belluno 1985 1 0 1 2 10
Czech Republic Štrbské Pleso 1987 0 1 0 1 9
Bulgaria Sofia 1989 2 1 3 6 8
Japan Sapporo 1991 11 9 10 30 1
Poland Zakopane 1993 6 5 4 15 1
Spain Jaca 1995 2 3 5 10 5
South Korea Muju-Jeonju 1997 9 9 7 25 1
Slovakia Poprad Tatry 1999 4 5 7 16 4
Poland Zakopane 2001 3 2 5 10 6
Italy Tarvisio 2003 5 6 3 14 5
Austria Innsbruck/Seefeld 2005 5 6 6 17 4
Italy Turin 2007 3 5 5 13 9
China Harbin 2009 9 8 3 20 4
Turkey Erzurum 2011 4 3 3 10 6
Italy Trentino 2013 3 1 4 8 11
SpainSlovakia Granada/Štrbské Pleso 2015 2 5 2 9 10
Kazakhstan Almaty 2017 6 12 10 28 4
Russia Krasnoyarsk 2019 5 4 4 13 3
United States Lake Placid 2023 21 17 10 48 1
Total 112 117 106 335 3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "First Universiade". fisu.net. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Universiade - All medals". sports123.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Japan's medalists at the Summer University Games". Japanese Olympic Committee.
  4. ↑ "Japan's medalists at the Winter University Games". Japanese Olympic Committee.
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