Older Than deck / Events and discoveries
First Universiade
First held (summer)
1959
The world student games, first held under this name in Turin.
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“First Universiade (1959)”International University Sports Federation (FISU): source, retrieved 2026-10-27; quote re-found by the server check
“1959”British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS): source, retrieved 2026-10-27; quote found in the PDF’s text by content-verify-pdf
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