1973 Summer Universiade

The 1973 Summer Universiade, also known as the VII Summer Universiade, took place in Moscow, Soviet Union.

VII Summer Universiade

Host city	Moscow, Soviet Union
Nations participating	72[1]
Athletes participating	some 4,000[1]
Events	10 sports
Opening ceremony	August 15
Closing ceremony	August 25
Officially opened by	Leonid Brezhnev
Main venue	Central Lenin Stadium[2]

Sports and venues at the 1973 Summer Universiade

• Athletics () (Central Lenin Stadium)
• Basketball () (Sport Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium)
• Diving () (Tchaika Pool)
• Gymnastics () (Sport Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium)
• Fencing () (Znamenskie Brother ring)
• Swimming () (Lenin Stadium Pool)
• Tennis () (Tennis City of the Central Lenin Stadium)
• Volleyball () (Sokolniki Palace)
• Water polo () (Swimming Palace)
• Wrestling () (University Ring)

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Medal table

  *   Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)*	69	35	30	134
2	United States (USA)	19	15	18	52
3	Japan (JPN)	3	9	2	14
4	Romania (ROU)	3	8	6	17
5	Poland (POL)	2	3	5	10
6	Cuba (CUB)	2	3	2	7
7	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	3	1	6
	Great Britain (GBR)	2	3	1	6
9	Italy (ITA)	2	0	6	8
10	Finland (FIN)	2	0	0	2
11	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	7	7	15
12	West Germany (FRG)	1	4	7	12
13	East Germany (GDR)	1	3	8	12
14	France (FRA)	1	2	1	4
15	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	1	2	4
16	Mongolia (MGL)	1	0	1	2
17	Hungary (HUN)	0	7	3	10
18	Iran (IRN)	0	4	0	4
19	Canada (CAN)	0	2	5	7
20	Australia (AUS)	0	1	3	4
21	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
22	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	5	5
23	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	2	2
24	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 nations)		112	111	118	341

References

1. Panorama of the 1973 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1974.
2. Olympic Review