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1977 Summer Universiade

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IX Summer Universiade
IX Лятна универсиада
Host citySofia, Bulgaria
Nations78
Athletes2,939
Events102 in 10 sports
OpeningAugust 17, 1977
ClosingAugust 28, 1977
Opened byTodor Zhivkov
Torch lighterNikolay Georgiev
Main venueVassil Levski Stadion

The 1977 Summer Universiade, also known as the IX Summer Universiade or World University Games, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Sports

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Participating NUSFs

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The following 78 National University Sporting Federations sent delegations to the 1977 Summer Universiade.13 delegations were composed exclusively of male athletes (Algeria, Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Madagascar, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia, Barbados, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, North Korea, Bangladesh, Jordan and Kuwait).The three all-female delegation was Guinea's, with just one woman and Peru with the woman's volleyball team.[1]

Participating National University Sports Federations
  1.  Algeria (23)
  2.  Argentina (6)
  3.  Australia (18)
  4.  Austria (19)
  5.  Bangladesh (1)
  6.  Barbados (2)
  7.  Belgium (29)
  8.  Brazil (27)
  9.  Bulgaria (206)
  10.  Central African Republic (11)
  11.  Canada (98)
  12.  Republic of the Congo (12)
  13.  China (62)
  14.  Cuba (81)
  15.  Colombia (4)
  16.  Czechoslovakia (94)
  17.  Denmark (14)
  18.  Dominican Republic (2)
  19.  East Germany (48)
  20.  Egypt (15)
  21.  Ethiopia (5)
  22.  Finland (24)
  23.  France (91)
  24.  The Gambia (1)
  25.  Guinea (1)
  26.  Greece (22)
  27.  Great Britain (84)
  28.  Hungary (87)
  29.  Iceland (3)
  30.  Israel (16)
  31.  Indonesia (6)
  32.  India (11)
  33.  Iran (28)
  34.  Iraq (14)
  35.  Italy (112)
  36.  Jamaica (3)
  37.  Japan (119)
  38.  Jordan (1)
  39.  Kenya (8)
  40.  South Korea (34)
  41.  Kuwait (12)
  42.  Lebanon (4)
  43.  Liechtenstein (1)
  44.  Luxembourg (3)
  45.  Madagascar (2)
  46.  Malta (1)
  47.  Mongolia (14)
  48.  Mexico (12)
  49.  Netherlands (39)
  50.  New Zealand (2)
  51.  Nigeria (19)
  52.  Norway (11)
  53.  North Korea (21)
  54.  Panama (2)
  55.  Pakistan (4)
  56.  Paraguay (1)
  57.  Peru (12)
  58.  Puerto Rico (5)
  59.  Philippines (3)
  60.  Poland (121)
  61.  Romania (143)
  62.  Senegal (4)
  63.  Soviet Union (184)
  64.  Spain (41)
  65.  Sudan (11)
  66.  Sri Lanka (2)
  67.  Sweden (44)
  68.  Switzerland (31)
  69.  Syria (11)
  70.  Trinidad and Tobago (2)
  71.  Tunisia (8)
  72.  Turkey (38)
  73.  Uruguay (5)
  74.  United States (195)
  75.  Venezuela (2)
  76.  West Germany (117)
  77.  Yugoslavia (46)
  78.  Zambia (6)

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)26312582
2 United States (USA)19111444
3 Bulgaria (BUL)*1681135
4 Romania (ROM)981128
5 Japan (JPN)55111
6 Czechoslovakia (TCH)54110
7 Canada (CAN)46515
8 Cuba (CUB)43411
9 Poland (POL)36413
10 West Germany (FRG)33612
11 Hungary (HUN)24410
12 France (FRA)2226
13 Italy (ITA)1337
14 Yugoslavia (YUG)1315
15 Mongolia (MGL)1023
16 Austria (AUT)1001
 Belgium (BEL)1001
 Brazil (BRA)1001
19 Great Britain (GBR)0415
20 East Germany (GDR)0336
21 Algeria (ALG)0011
 China (CHN)0011
 Iran (IRI)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (26 entries)104104104312

References

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  1. ^ FISU (1977). Summer Universiade Sofia 1977 – Official Technical Report. Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU), published in December 1977.
  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Diving
    • "Universiade: Diving Medalists". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012.
    • "GBR Athletics". GBR Athletics (Men). Retrieved 15 August 2021.
    • "GBR Athletics". GBR Athletics (Women). Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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