# 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).
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.

### Optional

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

## 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 |
| 22 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | FR Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | 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 |
| 34 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 38 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | 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 |
| 45 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (50 entries) | Totals (50 entries) | 169 | 167 | 202 | 538 |