2001 Summer Universiade

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).

XXI Summer Universiade
第21届夏季大学生运动会

Host city	Beijing, China
Nations	165
Athletes	6,657
Events	168 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)

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

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

Xicheng District

• Beijing Yuetan Gymnasium - judo

Shijingshan District

• Shougang Gymnasium - fencing

Dongcheng District

• Xiannongtan 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) ()
  •  Swimming (40) ()
  •  Water polo (1) ()
•  Athletics (45) ()
•  Basketball (2) ()
•  Fencing (12) ()

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

Optional

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

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	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