Athletics at the Summer Universiade
Athletics is one of the sports at the biennial Universiade competition. It has been one of the event's competed sports since the inaugural edition.Editions
| Games | Year | Host city | Host country |
| I | 1959 | Turin | |
| II | 1961 | Sofia | |
| III | 1963 | Porto Alegre | |
| IV | 1965 | Budapest | |
| V | 1967 | Tokyo | |
| VI | 1970 | Turin | |
| VII | 1973 | Moscow | |
| VIII | 1975 | Rome | |
| IX | 1977 | Sofia | |
| X | 1979 | Mexico City | |
| XI | 1981 | Bucharest | |
| XII | 1983 | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| XIII | 1985 | Kobe | |
| XIV | 1987 | Zagreb | |
| XV | 1989 | Duisburg | |
| XVI | 1991 | Sheffield | |
| XVII | 1993 | Buffalo, New York | |
| XVIII | 1995 | Fukuoka | |
| XIX | 1997 | Sicily | |
| XX | 1999 | Palma de Mallorca | |
| XXI | 2001 | Beijing | |
| XXII | 2003 | Daegu | |
| XXIII | 2005 | İzmir | |
| XXIV | 2007 | Bangkok | |
| XXV | 2009 | Belgrade | |
| XXVI | 2011 | Shenzhen | |
| XXVI | 2013 | Kazan | |
| XXVIII | 2015 | Gwangju | |
| XXIX | 2017 | Taipei |  Chinese Taipei |
| XXX | 2019 | Naples | |
| XXXI | 2021 | Chengdu | |
| XXXII | 2023 | Yekaterinburg | |
;Note: Last updated after the 2019 Summer Universiade
