2001 Summer Universiade

XXI Summer Universiade
第21届夏季大学生运动会
Host city	Beijing, China
Nations	165
Athletes	6,657
Events	173 in 12 sports
Opening	22 August 2001
Closing	1 September 2001
Opened by	Jiang Zemin
Athlete's Oath	Kou Qing (athletics)
Judge's Oath	Huang Youang (basketball)
Torch lighter	Tian Liang
Main venue	Workers' Stadium
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The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, between 22 August and 1 September. A total of 6,757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 sports. The hosts, China, topped the medal table for the first time, with a total of 103 medals and 54 gold medals (more than twice the number of gold- medals won by the United States, in second place).

The event was also considered a rehearsal for the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to the announcement that Beijing would host the 2008 Olympic Games, which was made one month before the Opening Ceremony of the Universiade.

Venues

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Chaoyang District

Beijing Workers' Stadium — ceremonies and football (men's finals)
Olympic Sports Center Stadium — athletics
Ying Tung Natatorium — swimming
Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium - volleyball (finals)
Sino-Japanese Youth Center pool - water polo
Beijing Chaoyang Gymnasium - volleyball

Fengtai District

Fengtai Sports Center - volleyball, football
Guangcai Gymnasium - volleyball
Beijing Tennis Center — tennis

Haidian District

Haidian Stadium - football
Peking University Haidian Gymnasium — table tennis
Peking University Main Gymnasium - basketball
Peking University May Fourth Stadium - football
Peking University Swimming Pool- water polo
Peking University Health Science Center Gymnasium- volleyball
Tsinghua University Gymnasium - basketball
Tsinghua University Stadium - football
Tsinghua University Diving Pool - diving
Beijing Sport University Gymnasium - basketball
Beijing Sport University Stadium - football
Capital Indoor Stadium — gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic)
Beijing Jiaotong University Gymnasium - basketball
Beijing Forestry University Gymnasium - basketball
Minzu University of China Gymnasium - basketball
Beihang University Gymnasium - volleyball
Capital Normal University stadium - football

Sports

Events in a total of twelve sports were contested at the Universiade.

Note: Numbers in brackets denote the number of different events held in each sport.

Obligatory sports

Rhythmic gymnastics became an obligatory sport at this edition.

Aquatics
- Diving (12) (details)
- Swimming (40) (details)
- Water polo (1) (details)
Athletics (45) (details)
Basketball (2) (details)
Fencing (12) (details)

Football (2) (details)
Gymnastics (22) (details)
- Artistic gymnastics (14)
- Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
Tennis (5) (details)
Volleyball (2) (details)

Optional

Judo (18) (details)
Table tennis (7) (details)

Medal table

* Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)*	54	25	24	103
2	United States (USA)	21	13	13	47
3	Japan (JPN)	14	14	25	53
4	Ukraine (UKR)	13	14	7	34
5	Russia (RUS)	12	18	20	50
6	Italy (ITA)	8	8	6	22
7	Cuba (CUB)	6	4	2	12
8	France (FRA)	5	2	15	22
9	Great Britain (GBR)	4	2	4	10
10	South Korea (KOR)	3	10	14	27
11	Poland (POL)	3	4	1	8
12	Romania (ROM)	3	4	0	7
13	Australia (AUS)	3	1	2	6
14	Brazil (BRA)	2	3	2	7
15	Spain (ESP)	2	3	1	6
16	North Korea (PRK)	2	1	8	11
17	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	4	8	13
18	Germany (GER)	1	4	2	7
19	Mexico (MEX)	1	3	0	4
20	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	3	6
21	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	2	2	5
22	Israel (ISR)	1	1	0	2
22	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	0	2
24	Estonia (EST)	1	0	2	3
25	FR Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	0	1	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	1	2
	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	1	2
28	Kenya (KEN)	1	0	0	1
	Morocco (MAR)	1	0	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
31	Belarus (BLR)	0	6	11	17
32	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	3	5	8
33	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	3	0	3
34	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	0	2
	Canada (CAN)	0	2	0	2
	Portugal (POR)	0	2	0	2
37	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	6	7
38	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	1	0	1
	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Namibia (NAM)	0	1	0	1
43	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	6	6
44	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	2	2
45	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (50 entries)		169	167	200	536

References

^ ^a ^b Masterman, Guy (2010). Strategic Sports Event Management. Routledge. p. 45. ISBN 9781136435171.
^ "Venues". Archived from the original on 22 February 2001. Retrieved 4 November 2021.