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II Summer Universiade
Nations participating	32
Athletes participating	1.270
Events	9 sports
Opening ceremony	August 25
Closing ceremony	September 3
Officially opened by	President of Bulgarian Committee of the University and Youth Sport Alan Vasilev
Athlete's Oath	Nikole Ivanova
Judge's Oath	no taken, since 1965
Torch Lighter	Yeduard Nikolev
Stadium	Vasil Levski Stadium
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The 1961 Summer Universiade, also known as the II Summer Universiade, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.

[edit] Medal table

1961 SUMMER UNIVERSIADE FINAL MEDAL TABLE
POS	PARTICIPATING NATION	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1	Soviet Union	21	23	7	51
2	Japan	9	5	4	18
3	Hungary	8	2	8	18
4	Romania	6	6	9	21
5	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	6
6	Czechoslovakia	3	6	8	17
7	West Germany	3	4	12	19
8	Poland	3	4	4	11
9	Italy	3	0	2	5
10	Bulgaria	2	5	7	14
11	United Kingdom	2	5	4	11
12	South Africa	1	1	0	2
12	Sweden	1	1	0	2
14	Ireland	1	0	1	2
15	Cuba	1	0	0	1
16	Austria	0	2	1	3
17	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
18	Belgium	0	1	0	1
TOTAL		68	69	67	204

[edit] Events

• Tennis
• Basketball

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