2001 Summer Universiade
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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, People's Republic of China, between the 22 August and 1 September. A total of 6757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 sports. The hosts, China, topped the medal table with a total of 103 medals and 54 gold medals (more than twice the number of runners-up the United States).
were contested at the Universiade.
became an obligatory sport at this edition.
Universiade
The Universiade is an International multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation . The name is a combination of the words "University" and "olympiad"...
, was an international multi-sport event
Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...
that took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, between the 22 August and 1 September. A total of 6757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 sports. The hosts, China, topped the medal table 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 sportsOlympic sports
Olympic sports, as defined by the International Olympic Committee, are all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The Summer Olympics, as of 2012, will include 26 sports, with two additionall sports due to be added in 2016...
were contested at the Universiade.
- Note: Numbers in brackets denote the number of different events held in each sport.
Obligatory sports
Rhythmic gymnasticsRhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...
became an obligatory sport at this edition.
- Aquatics
Medal table
Key:| 1 |  People's Republic of China |
54 | 25 | 24 | 103 |
| 2 |  United States |
21 | 13 | 13 | 47 |
| 3 |  Russia |
14 | 18 | 21 | 53 |
| 4 |  Japan |
14 | 14 | 25 | 53 |
| 5 |  Ukraine |
13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 |  Italy |
8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 |  Cuba |
6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 |  Early Modern France |
5 | 2 | 16 | 23 |
| 9 |  South Korea |
3 | 10 | 14 | 27 |
| 10 |  Poland |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 |  Kingdom of Romania |
3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 |  United Kingdom |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 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 |  Belarus |
1 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 18 |  Germany |
1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 |  Czech Republic |
1 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 20 |  Mexico |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 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= | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28= |  Kenya |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28= |  Morocco |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28= |  Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 |  Chinese Taipei |
0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 32 |  Netherlands |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 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 (country) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38= |  Republic of Ireland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38= |  Namibia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 |  Hungary |
0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 44 |  Botswana |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 45= |  Independent State of 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 |