2001 Summer Universiade

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XXI Summer Universiade
第21届夏季大学生运动会

Host city	Beijing, China
Nations	165[1]
Athletes	6,657[1]
Events	173 in 12 sports
Opening	22 August 2001
Closing	1 September 2001
Opened by	Jiang Zemin
Athlete's Oath	Wang Haibin (Fencing)
Judge's Oath	Wen Fushen (Athletics)
Torch lighter	Tian Liang
Main venue	Workers' Stadium
Website	universiade21.org.cn (archived)
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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. Beijing also hosted the 1990 Asian Games. 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.

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

• 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

• Beijing Yuetan Gymnasium - judo

• Shougang Gymnasium - fencing

• Xiannongtan Stadium- football

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.

Rhythmic gymnastics became an obligatory sport at this edition.

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

  *   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	22	52
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
	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	202	538