# Gymnastics at the Summer World University Games

Gymnastics is a sport at the World University Games (formerly branded as the Universiade, before 2020). It was first contested in 1961 as an optional sport, and turned compulsory in 1963. Since then, it has been out of the program twice, in 1975 and 1989. In 1973, for the first time, a competition in apparatus was added to the program; it would become mandatory in 1979. In 1991, rhythmic gymnastics was one of the two optional sports chosen by the organizers. It was present with the same status in 1995 and 1997, becoming a compulsory sport in 2001. At the 2011 edition, aerobic gymnastics was also part of the program.

## Overall

| Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Winner | Second | Third |
| II | 1961 | Sofia | Bulgaria | Soviet Union | Japan | Bulgaria |
| III | 1963 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Japan | Hungary | Soviet Union |
| IV | 1965 | Budapest | Hungary | Hungary | Japan | Soviet Union |
| V | 1967 | Tokyo | Japan | Japan | United States | South Korea |
| VI | 1970 | Turin | Italy | Soviet Union | Japan | United States |
| VII | 1973 | Moscow | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Romania | Cuba |
| IX | 1977 | Sofia | Bulgaria | Soviet Union | Romania | Japan |
| X | 1979 | Mexico City | Mexico | Soviet Union | Romania | Japan |
| XI | 1981 | Bucharest | Romania | Romania | China | Soviet Union |
| XII | 1983 | Edmonton | Canada | Soviet Union | Romania | China |
| XIII | 1985 | Kobe | Japan | Soviet Union | Romania | China |
| XIV | 1987 | Zagreb | Yugoslavia | Soviet Union | China | Romania |
| XVI | 1991 | Sheffield | Great Britain | North Korea | Soviet Union | China |
| XVII | 1993 | Buffalo | United States | Ukraine | China | Belarus |
| XVIII | 1995 | Fukuoka | Japan | Bulgaria | Russia | China |
| XVIX | 1997 | Catania | Italy | China | Japan | Ukraine |
| XX | 1999 | Palma de Mallorca | Spain | Russia | Belarus | Ukraine |
| XXI | 2001 | Beijing | China | China | Russia | Ukraine |
| XXII | 2003 | Daegu | South Korea | Russia | Ukraine | South Korea |
| XXIII | 2005 | İzmir | Turkey | Ukraine | China | Japan |
| XXIV | 2007 | Bangkok | Thailand | Ukraine | Japan | Ukraine |
| XXV | 2009 | Belgrade | Serbia | Russia | China | Japan |
| XXVI | 2011 | Shenzhen | China | China | Russia | Japan |
| XXVII | 2013 | Kazan | Russia | Russia | Japan | South Korea |
| XXVIII | 2015 | Gwangju | South Korea | Russia | Ukraine | Japan |
| XXVIX | 2017 | Taipei | Taiwan | Russia | Japan | Ukraine |
| XXX | 2019 | Naples | Italy | Russia | Japan | Chinese Taipei |
| XXXI | 2021 | Chengdu | China | China | Japan | Ukraine |
| XXXII | 2025 | Essen | Germany | | | |

### All-time medal table
#### Note

    Last updated after the 2021 Summer World University Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 89 | 63 | 61 | 213 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 69 | 57 | 48 | 174 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 63 | 44 | 34 | 141 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 54 | 70 | 77 | 201 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 47 | 46 | 40 | 133 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 30 | 23 | 26 | 79 |
| 7 | South Korea (KOR) | 16 | 13 | 19 | 48 |
| 8 | North Korea (PRK) | 14 | 12 | 10 | 36 |
| 9 | Belarus (BLR) | 9 | 16 | 16 | 41 |
| 10 | Hungary (HUN) | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Canada (CAN) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 15 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 16 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 | United States (USA) | 3 | 13 | 19 | 35 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 |
| 19 | Cuba (CUB) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 21 | Armenia (ARM) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 26 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 34 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 42 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (46 entries) | Totals (46 entries) | 456 | 424 | 428 | 1,308 |