2001 Summer Universiade

XXI Summer Universiade

Nations participating	165
Athletes participating	6,757
Events	12 sports
Opening ceremony	22 August
Closing ceremony	1 September
Officially opened by	Jiang Zemin
Athlete's Oath	Kou Qing (athletics)
Torch Lighter	Tian Liang
Main venue	Workers Stadium

The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, between the 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 runners-up the United States).

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 () Artistic gymnastics (14) () Rhythmic gymnastics (8) () Tennis (5) () Volleyball (2) ()

Optional

• Judo (18) ()
• Table tennis (7) ()

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	54	25	24	103
2	United States	21	13	13	47
3	Japan	14	14	25	53
4	Ukraine	14	14	7	34
5	Russia	12	18	20	52
6	Italy	8	8	6	22
7	Cuba	6	4	2	12
8	France	5	2	15	22
9	United Kingdom	4	2	4	9
10	South Korea	3	10	14	27
11	Poland	3	4	1	8
12	Romania	3	4	0	7
13	Australia	3	1	2	6
14	Brazil	2	3	2	7
15	Spain	2	3	1	6
16	North Korea	2	1	8	11
17	Czech Republic	1	4	8	13
18	Germany	1	4	2	7
19	Mexico	1	3	0	4
20	Netherlands	1	2	3	6
21	Uzbekistan	1	2	2	5
22	Israel	1	1	0	2
22	Latvia	1	1	0	2
24	Estonia	1	0	2	3
25	Slovenia	1	0	1	2
25	South Africa	1	0	1	2
25	FR Yugoslavia	1	0	1	2
28	Kenya	1	0	0	1
28	Morocco	1	0	0	1
28	Turkey	1	0	0	1
31	Belarus	0	6	11	17
32	Chinese Taipei	0	3	5	8
33	Kazakhstan	0	3	0	3
34	Belgium	0	2	0	2
34	Canada	0	2	0	2
34	Portugal	0	2	0	2
37	Switzerland	0	1	6	7
38	Austria	0	1	0	1
38	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
38	Georgia	0	1	0	1
38	Ireland	0	1	0	1
38	Namibia	0	1	0	1
43	Hungary	0	0	6	6
44	Botswana	0	0	2	2
45	Croatia	0	0	1	1
45	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
45	Egypt	0	0	1	1
45	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
45	Sweden	0	0	1	1
45	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Total		170	167	200	537

External links

• Official 2001 Summer Universiade website