1973 Summer Universiade

VII Summer Universiade

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]

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

Sports and venues at the 1973 Summer Universiade ^[2]

• 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)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	69	35	30	134
2	United States	19	15	18	52
3	Japan	3	9	2	14
4	Romania	3	8	6	17
5	Poland	2	3	5	10
6	Cuba	2	3	2	7
7	Czechoslovakia	2	3	1	6
7	United Kingdom	2	3	1	6
9	Italy	2	0	6	8
10	Finland	1	9	4	14
11	Bulgaria	1	7	7	15
12	West Germany	1	4	7	12
13	East Germany	1	3	8	12
14	France	1	2	1	4
15	Yugoslavia	1	1	2	4
16	Mongolia	1	0	1	2
17	Hungary	0	7	3	10
17	Iran	0	4	0	4
18	Canada	0	2	5	7
19	Australia	0	1	3	4
20	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
21	Brazil	0	0	5	5
22	South Korea	0	0	2	2
23	India	0	0	1	1
24	Kenya	0	0	1	1
25	Mexico	0	0	1	1
Total		111	120	122	353

References

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