Japan has participated in all editions of the Summer and Winter World University Games held since the first edition in 1959 and 1960. The nation is ranked 5th in the all-time medal table behind Russia, China, United States, and Soviet Union. 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. 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.

Medal count Summer Universiade

EditionRank Turin 195922379 Sofia 1961954182 Porto Alegre 1963946194 Budapest 196550275 Tokyo 1967221824642 Turin 1970375155 Moscow 1973381124 Rome 19750000- Sofia 19775511110 Mexico City 1979126912 Bucharest 198132277 Edmonton 19832351010 Kobe 1985537156 Zagreb 19873361213 Duisburg 1989020222 Sheffield 19915158286 Buffalo 199351312308 Fukuoka 1995241624642 Sicily 199714811333 Palma de Mallorca 1999111316404 Beijing 2001141425533 Daegu 2003131321475 Ízmir 2005181820563 Bangkok 2007191522564 Belgrade 2009202132734 Shenzhen 2011232638874 Kazan 2013242933863 Gwangju 2015252535854 Taipei 20173726371001 Naples 2019332128821 Chengdu 2021212943932 Rhein-Rühr 2025342227831 Chungcheong 2027Future eventTotal41239050413064

Winter Universiade

EditionRank Chamonix 196001017 Villars 196221364 Špindlerův Mlýn 196414165 Sestriere 196632273 Innsbruck 1968344113 Rovaniemi 197000228 Lake Placid 197213045 Livigno 19750000- Špindlerův Mlýn 19780000- Jaca 198102247 Sofia 198310016 Belluno 1985101210 Štrbské Pleso 198701019 Sofia 198921368 Sapporo 199111910301 Zakopane 1993654151 Jaca 1995235105 Muju-Jeonju 1997997251 Poprad Tatry 1999457164 Zakopane 2001325106 Tarvisio 2003563145 Innsbruck/Seefeld 2005566174 Turin 2007355139 Harbin 2009983204 Erzurum 2011433106 Trentino 2013314811 Granada/Štrbské Pleso 2015252910 Almaty 201761210284 Krasnoyarsk 2019544133 Lake Placid 2023211710481 Torino 2025784194Total1191251103543

See also Japan at the Olympics Japan at the Paralympics Japan at the Asian Games

References

External links FISU History at the FISU