XI Summer Universiade
XI Universiada de vară

Host city	Bucharest, Romania
Nations	86
Athletes	2,912
Events	124 in 10 sports
Opening	July 19, 1981
Closing	July 30, 1981
Opened by	Nicolae Ceauşescu
Torch lighter	Nadia Comăneci
Main venue	Lia Manoliu Stadium
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The 1981 Summer Universiade, also known as the XI Summer Universiade, took place in Bucharest, Romania. The events were watched by 200,000 spectators.^{[citation needed]}

•  Athletics (details)
•  Basketball (details)
•  Diving (details)
•  Fencing (details)
•  Gymnastics (details)
•  Swimming (details)
•  Tennis (details)
•  Volleyball (details)
•  Water polo (details)
•  Wrestling (details)

  *   Host nation (Romania)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	38	38	36	112
2	Romania (ROU)*	30	17	20	67
3	United States (USA)	29	19	9	57
4	China (CHN)	10	6	5	21
5	Italy (ITA)	6	4	3	13
6	East Germany (GDR)	4	6	1	11
7	Japan (JPN)	3	2	2	7
8	Cuba (CUB)	2	2	4	8
9	West Germany (FRG)	2	1	3	6
10	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	2	5
11	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	3	2	6
12	Hungary (HUN)	1	2	2	5
13	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	2	1	4
14	Poland (POL)	1	0	4	5
15	Morocco (MAR)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
17	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	4	5	9
18	Brazil (BRA)	0	3	10	13
19	Canada (CAN)	0	3	2	5
20	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	4	5
21	France (FRA)	0	1	3	4
22	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
26	Algeria (ALG)	0	0	1	1
	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		132	119	123	374

• Universiada 81-TVR^{[permanent dead link‍]}