1979 Summer Universiade

Multi-sport event in Mexico City, Mexico

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X Summer Universiade
X Universiadas de Verano

Host city| Mexico City, Mexico
Nations| 94
Athletes| 2,974
Events| 95 in 10 sports
Opening| September 2, 1979
Closing| September 13, 1979
Opened by| José López Portillo
Torch lighter| Ana Maria Orendain
Main venue| Estadio Olimpico Universitario

<- 1977 Sofia

1981 Bucharest ->

The 1979 Summer Universiade, also known as the X Summer Universiade, took place in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Sports

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* Athletics (37)
* Basketball (2)
* Diving (4)
* Fencing (8)
* Football (1)
* Gymnastics (14)
* Swimming (26)
* Tennis (5)
* Volleyball (2)
* Water polo (1)

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Mexico)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 33| 29| 14| 76
2|  United States (USA)| 21| 14| 16| 51
3|  Romania (ROU)| 13| 3| 14| 30
4|  East Germany (GDR)| 6| 4| 4| 14
5|  West Germany (FRG)| 4| 6| 7| 17
6|  Hungary (HUN)| 4| 3| 3| 10
7|  Italy (ITA)| 3| 2| 4| 9
8|  Netherlands (NED)| 2| 4| 3| 9
9|  Poland (POL)| 2| 3| 3| 8
10|  Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 2| 0| 3| 5
11|  Great Britain (GBR)| 1| 6| 4| 11
12|  Japan (JPN)| 1| 2| 6| 9
13|  Mexico (MEX)*| 1| 2| 1| 4
14|  Brazil (BRA)| 1| 2| 0| 3
15|  China (CHN)| 1| 1| 4| 6
16|  France (FRA)| 1| 1| 3| 5
17|  South Korea (KOR)| 1| 1| 0| 2
18|  Australia (AUS)| 1| 0| 1| 2
19|  Austria (AUT)| 1| 0| 0| 1
20|  Cuba (CUB)| 0| 3| 3| 6
21|  Finland (FIN)| 0| 3| 0| 3
22|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Yugoslavia (YUG)| 0| 1| 1| 2
24|  India (IND)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Ivory Coast (CIV)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Uruguay (URU)| 0| 1| 0| 1
28|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 0| 3| 3
29|  Kenya (KEN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (29 entries)| 99| 95| 99| 293

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FISU World University Games

Summer Games|

* Turin 1959
* Sofia 1961
* Porto Alegre 1963
* Budapest 1965
* Tokyo 1967
* Turin 1970
* Moscow 1973
* Rome 1975
* Sofia 1977
* Mexico City 1979
* Bucharest 1981
* Edmonton 1983
* Kobe 1985
* Zagreb 1987
* Duisburg 1989
* Sheffield 1991
* Buffalo 1993
* Fukuoka 1995
* Sicily 1997
* Palma de Mallorca 1999
* Beijing 2001
* Daegu 2003
* İzmir 2005
* Bangkok 2007
* Belgrade 2009
* Shenzhen 2011
* Kazan 2013
* Gwangju 2015
* Taipei 2017
* Naples 2019
* Chengdu 2021†
* Yekaterinburg 2023‡
* Rhine-Ruhr 2025
* Chungcheong 2027
* North Carolina 2029

Winter Games|

* Chamonix 1960
* Villars 1962
* Špindlerův Mlýn 1964
* Sestriere 1966
* Innsbruck 1968
* Rovaniemi 1970
* Lake Placid 1972
* Livigno 1975
* Špindlerův Mlýn 1978
* Jaca 1981
* Sofia 1983
* Belluno 1985
* Štrbské Pleso 1987
* Sofia 1989
* Sapporo 1991
* Zakopane 1993
* Jaca 1995
* Muju-Chonju 1997
* Poprad-Tatry 1999
* Zakopane 2001
* Tarvisio 2003
* Innsbruck-Seefeld 2005
* Turin 2007
* Harbin 2009
* Erzurum 2011
* Trentino 2013
* Granada-Štrbské Pleso 2015
* Almaty 2017
* Krasnoyarsk 2019
* Lucerne 2021§
* Lake Placid 2023
* Turin 2025
* TBD 2027

* †Postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* ‡Cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* §Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

* FISU
* Sports at the FISU World University Games
* All-time FISU World University Games medal table
* FISU World University Games medals by host nation

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