1987 Summer Universiade

XIV Summer Universiade
Slogan : World of the young for a World of peace!
Nations participating	122
Athletes participating	6,423
Events	12 sports
Opening ceremony	July 8
Closing ceremony	July 19
Officially opened by	Lazar Mojsov, president of the Presidency of the SFRY
Athlete's Oath	Ivan Karpović (football)
Judge's Oath	Janka Dorožić (athletics)
Torch Lighter	Dražen Petrović, basketball player
Stadium	Maksimir Stadium

The 1987 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIV Summer Universiade, took place in Zagreb, Croatia (then SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia). It involved participants from 111 countries and over 6,000 individual sportspersons and members of teams.

Sports

• Athletics ()
• Basketball ()
• Canoeing ()
• Diving ()
• Fencing ()
• Football ()
• Gymnastics ()
• Rowing ()
• Swimming ()
• Tennis ()
• Volleyball ()
• Water polo ()

Medal table

Zagi, the XIV Summer Universiade mascot, was created by Croatian animator Nedjeljko Dragić.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	27	20	24	71
2	Soviet Union	23	33	19	75
3	Romania	21	13	9	43
4	Italy	12	8	10	30
5	China	11	8	10	29
6	Yugoslavia	7	7	5	19
7	East Germany	5	3	5	13
8	Hungary	4	3	5	12
9	United Kingdom	4	1	4	9
10	Netherlands	3	10	8	21
11	West Germany	3	5	5	13
12	Bulgaria	3	4	1	8
13	Japan	3	3	6	12
14	Poland	3	1	2	6
15	Cuba	1	3	2	6
16	Czechoslovakia	1	2	2	5
17	Greece	1	2	1	4
18	Belgium	1	1	1	3
19	Australia	1	1	0	2
19	New Zealand	1	1	0	2
21	Spain	1	0	1	2
22	Morocco	1	0	0	1
22	Norway	1	0	0	1
22	Portugal	1	0	0	1
25	Nigeria	0	3	3	6
26	Canada	0	2	5	7
27	France	0	1	3	4
28	South Korea	0	1	1	2
29	Brazil	0	1	0	1
29	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
29	Senegal	0	1	0	1
32	North Korea	0	0	2	2
33	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
33	Mexico	0	0	1	1
33	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Total		139	139	137	415

External links

• ZAGREB WELCOMES THE XIVMER UNIVERSIADE by VAN MECANOVIC PRESIDENT OF THE YUGOSLAVIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
• Univerzijada ‘87. – drugi ilirski preporod
• U Beogradu nisu htjeli da Dražen otvori Univerzijadu (Croatian)