The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer

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, was an international

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that took place in Beijing, China, between 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 gold- medals won by the United States, in second place). The event was also considered a rehearsal for the

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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) *

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pool - water polo *

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- volleyball

Fengtai District Fengtai District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies mostly to the southwest of the city center, extending into the city's southwestern suburbs beyond the Sixth Ring Road, but also to the south and, to a smaller extent, the so ...

Fengtai Sports Center Fengtai (mostly ) may refer to: *Fengtai District, Beijing **Beijing Fengtai railway station, station currently under renovation in the district **Fengtai Subdistrict, subdivision of Fengtai District *Fengtai County (), Huainan, Anhui *, town in an ...

- volleyball, football * Guangcai Gymnasium - volleyball *

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— tennis

Haidian District Haidian District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It is mostly situated in northwestern Beijing, but also to a lesser extent in the west, where it has borders with Xicheng District and Fengtai District. It is 431 square km in ...

Haidian Stadium Haidian may refer to: * Haidian District, a district in Beijing, China * Haidian River, in Haikou, Hainan, China * Haidian Island Haidian Island () is an island that forms part of the city of Haikou, Hainan Province, China. It is separated from ...

- football *

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Haidian Gymnasium — table tennis * Peking University Main Gymnasium - basketball * Peking University

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- football * Peking University Swimming Pool- water polo * Peking University Health Science Center Gymnasium- volleyball *

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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) *

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Gymnasium - basketball * Beijing Forestry University Gymnasium - basketball * Minzu University of China Gymnasium - basketball * Beihang University Gymnasium - volleyball * Capital Normal University stadium - football

Xicheng District Xicheng District () is a district of Beijing. Xicheng District spans , covering the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road - the eastern half is Dongcheng District, Beijing, Dongcheng District), and has 706,691 inhabitant ...

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- judo

Shijingshan District Shijingshan District () is an urban district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies to the west of the urban core of Beijing, and is part of the Western Hills area, bordering the districts of Haidian to the northeast and east, Fengtai to the s ...

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- fencing

Dongcheng District

* Xiannongtan Stadium- football

Sports

Events in a total of twelve

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were contested at the Universiade. * ''Note: Numbers in brackets denote the number of different events held in each sport.''

Obligatory sports

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became an obligatory sport at this edition. * Aquatics ** ** ** * * * * * ** ** * *

Optional

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Medal table

References

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