| Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. | .USA United States | 31 | 21 | 6 | 58 | | 2. | .JPN Japan | 19 | 18 | 24 | 61 | | 3. | .FRG West Germany | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | | 4. | .GBR Great Britain | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | | 5. | .FRA France | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | | 6. | .ITA Italy | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | | 7. | .SWE Sweden | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | | 8. | .AUS Australia | 2 | | 4 | 6 | | 9. | .SUI Switzerland | 2 | | | 2 | | 10. |  South Korea | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 | | 11. |  Austria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | | 11. |  Finland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | | 13. |  Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 14. |  Ivory Coast | 1 | | | 1 | | 14. |  Spain | 1 | | | 1 | | 14. |  Yugoslavia | 1 | | | 1 | | 17. |  Canada | | 2 | | 2 | | 18. |  Mexico | | 1 | | 1 | | 18. |  Philippines | | 1 | | 1 | | 20. |  Brazil | | | 4 | 4 | | 21. |  Belgium | | | 1 | 1 | | 21. |  Hong Kong | | | 1 | 1 | | 21. |  Indonesia | | | 1 | 1 | | 21. |  Portugal | | | 1 | 1 | | Totals (24 nations) | 83 | 86 | 89 | 258 |
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| International sporting event for university students. | | Nations: 32. Athletes: 1,729. Sports: 10. | | Officially opened by: | | Main venue: National Stadium. | | Athletics, Basketball, Diving, Fencing, Gymnastics, Judo, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, Water polo. | | Eastern Block countries including: Soviet Union, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Cuba, Czechoslovakia and North Korea boycotted the Games due to the naming disputes about North Korea. |
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