2001 Summer Universiade

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XXI Summer Universiade
第21届夏季大学生运动会
Host cityBeijing, China
Nations165[1]
Athletes6,657[1]
Events173 in 12 sports
Opening22 August 2001
Closing1 September 2001
Opened byJiang Zemin
Athlete's OathKou Qing (athletics)
Judge's OathHuang Youang (basketball)
Torch lighterTian Liang
Main venueWorkers' Stadium

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

Fengtai District

Haidian District

Xicheng District

Shijingshan District

Dongcheng District

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.

Optional

Medal table

  *   Host nation (

FR Yugoslavia (YUG)1012 Slovenia (SLO)1012 South Africa (RSA)101228 Kenya (KEN)1001 Morocco (MAR)1001 Turkey (TUR)100131 Belarus (BLR)06111732 Chinese Taipei (TPE)035833 Kazakhstan (KAZ)030334 Belgium (BEL)0202 Canada (CAN)0202 Portugal (POR)020237  Switzerland (SUI)016738 Austria (AUT)0101 Azerbaijan (AZE)0101 Georgia (GEO)0101 Ireland (IRL)0101 Namibia (NAM)010143 Hungary (HUN)006644 Botswana (BOT)002245 Croatia (CRO)0011 Cyprus (CYP)0011 Egypt (EGY)0011 Slovakia (SVK)0011 Sweden (SWE)0011 Thailand
 (THA)0011Totals (50 entries)169167200536

References

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  2. ^ "Venues". Archived from the original on 22 February 2001. Retrieved 4 November 2021.