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 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

  *   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)	14	14	7	35
5	Russia (RUS)	12	18	20	50
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	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	1	2
	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	1	2
	Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia)	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)		170	167	200	537