1970 Summer Universiade

The 1970 Summer Universiade, also known as the VI Summer Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy.

VI Summer Universiade
VI Universiade estiva

Host city	Turin, Italy
Nations	58
Athletes	2,084
Events	81 in 9 sports
Opening	August 26, 1970
Closing	September 6, 1970
Opened by	Giuseppe Saragat
Main venue	Stadio Comunale

After the city of Lisbon, Portugal failed to host the 1969 Summer Universiade, the games were assigned to Turin to be held next year.

Sports at the 1970 Summer Universiade

•  Athletics (33)
•  Basketball (2)
•  Diving (4)
•  Fencing (8)
•  Gymnastics (4)
•  Swimming (22)
•  Tennis (5)
•  Volleyball (2)
•  Water polo (1)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	26	17	15	58
2	United States (USA)	22	18	14	54
3	East Germany (GDR)	8	3	4	15
4	Italy (ITA)*	4	4	7	15
5	Japan (JPN)	3	7	5	15
6	Hungary (HUN)	3	6	6	15
7	West Germany (FRG)	3	6	3	12
8	Great Britain (GBR)	3	4	7	14
9	Poland (POL)	3	1	5	9
10	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	1	1	5
11	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	2	4
12	Austria (AUT)	1	1	1	3
	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	1	3
14	France (FRA)	1	0	4	5
15	Romania (ROU)	0	4	2	6
16	Cuba (CUB)	0	2	2	4
17	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
21	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	0	0	1	1
	Panama (PAN)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		82	80	83	245