2003 Summer Universiade

The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea.

XXII Summer Universiade
제22회 하계 유니버시아드

Slogan : Dream for Unity!
Host city	Daegu, South Korea
Nations participating	174
Athletes participating	4,179
Events	13 sports
Opening ceremony	August 21
Closing ceremony	August 31
Officially opened by	President Roh Moo-hyun
Torch lighter	Lee Jin-Taek
Main venue	Daegu World Cup Stadium

Emblem

• The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade.
• It symbolizes the theme of "Dream for Unity" and the five goals (Dream, Advance, Equalize, Green and Unite) of the Games.
• The wide green stripe emphasizing Daegu's image as an environmentally friendly city.
• The Five-colored stripes symbolize Daegu as a city of textile and fashion.
• The soaring figure of the Universiade's five stars and five stripes in harmony symbolize the challenging spirit of youth across the globe, Daegu's upright spirit and vision for the bright future.

Mascot

• The mascot embodies the Image of Daegu Summer Universiade, a festival of the University Students on the global village.
• The rainbow colors symbolize the textile & fashion industry, environmentally friendly city and the dreams toward unity transcending all the barriers or differences.
• Cyber-typed Mascot represents the creativity and challenging spirit toward the future of the youth.

Venues

Daegu

Suseong

• Daegu Stadium — ceremonies, athletics, football
• Daegu Athletics Park Swimming Pool — water polo
• Daegu Athletics Arena — gymnastics
• Kyeongbuk High School Gymnasium — taekwondo
• Junghwa Girls' High School Gymnasium — basketball
• Suseong District Stadium — football

Buk

• Daegu Municipal Stadium — football
• Daegu Baseball Stadium — archery
• Daegu Citizens' Gymnasium — basketball
• Daegu Gymnasium — volleyball
• Daegu Il Middle School Gymnasium — volleyball
• Riverside Football Ground — football
• Daegu Expo Hall 1 — fencing

Dalseo

• Daegu Universiade Tennis Center — tennis
• Duryu Swimming Pool — swimming, diving
• Duryu Arena — judo
• Yeungnam High School Gymnasium — basketball

Nam

• Yeungnam College of Science & Technology Gymnasium — volleyball

Gumi

• Gumi Citizens' Stadium — football
• Park Chung Hee Gymnasium — basketball

Andong

• Andong Gymnasium — basketball

Gyeongju

• Sorabol College Gymnasium — basketball

Yeongcheon

• Yeongcheon Gymnasium — volleyball

Gyeongsan

• Kyungil University Gymnasium — volleyball
• Catholic University of Daegu Gymnasium — volleyball

Gimcheon

• Gimcheon Main Stadium — football

Sports

Events in a total of twelve sports were contested at this Universiade.

• Note: Numbers in brackets denote the number of different events held in each sport.

Obligatory sports

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

• Archery (8) ()
• Judo (18) ()
• Taekwondo (16) ()

Participants

Afghanistan  Albania  Algeria  Angola  Argentina  Armenia  Aruba  Australia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Bahamas  Bangladesh  Barbados  Belarus  Belgium  Benin  Bermuda  Bhutan  Bolivia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Botswana  Brazil  British Virgin Islands  Bulgaria  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cambodia  Cameroon  Canada  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Chile  China  Colombia  Comoros  DR Congo  Congo  Cook Islands  Costa Rica  Côte d'Ivoire  Croatia  Cuba

Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  Djibouti  Dominican Republic  East Timor  Ecuador  Egypt  El Salvador  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Estonia  Ethiopia  Fiji  Finland  France  Gabon  Gambia  Georgia  Germany  Ghana  Great Britain  Greece  Grenada  Guam  Guatemala  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Guyana  Haiti  Honduras  Hong Kong, China  Hungary  India  Indonesia  Iran  Iraq  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Jamaica  Japan  Jordan  Kazakhstan

Kenya  North Korea  South Korea (host)  Kyrgyzstan  Laos  Latvia  Lebanon  Libya  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Macau, China  Madagascar  Malawi  Malaysia  Maldives  Mali  Malta  Marshall Islands  Mauritania  Mexico  Federated States of Micronesia  Moldova  Mongolia  Morocco  Mozambique  Namibia    Nepal  Netherlands  Netherlands Antilles  New Zealand  Nicaragua  Niger  Nigeria  Norway  Oman  Pakistan  Palestine  Panama  Paraguay  Peru  Philippines  Poland  Portugal  Puerto Rico

Romania  Russia  Rwanda  Samoa  São Tomé and Príncipe  Saudi Arabia  Senegal  Serbia and Montenegro  Seychelles  Singapore  Slovakia  Slovenia  Solomon Islands  Somalia  South Africa  Spain  Sri Lanka  Sudan  Suriname  Swaziland  Sweden   Switzerland  Syria  Chinese Taipei  Tajikistan  Tanzania  Thailand  Togo  Tonga  Tunisia  Turkey  Turkmenistan  Uganda  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates  United States  Uruguay  Uzbekistan  Vietnam  United States Virgin Islands  Yemen  Zambia  Zimbabwe

Medal table

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	41	27	13	81
2	Russia (RUS)	26	22	34	82
3	South Korea (KOR)*	26	12	17	55
4	Ukraine (UKR)	23	15	17	55
5	Japan (JPN)	13	13	21	47
6	France (FRA)	8	8	4	20
7	Great Britain (GBR)	8	3	6	17
8	United States (USA)	5	13	18	36
9	North Korea (PRK)	3	8	3	14
10	Poland (POL)	3	4	3	10
11	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	3	5	11
12	Belarus (BLR)	3	3	4	10
13	Germany (GER)	3	2	8	13
14	Hungary (HUN)	3	2	7	12
15	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	0	3	6
16	Australia (AUS)	2	5	5	12
	Italy (ITA)	2	5	5	12
18	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	2	4	0	6
19	South Africa (RSA)	2	1	2	5
20	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	0	1	3
21	Spain (ESP)	1	4	8	13
22	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	8	11
23	Romania (ROM)	1	2	4	7
24	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	2	4
25	Morocco (MAR)	1	1	1	3
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	1	1	1	3
27	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	1	0	0	1
29	Mexico (MEX)	0	3	2	5
30	Finland (FIN)	0	3	1	4
31	Slovakia (SVK)	0	2	3	5
32	Iran (IRN)	0	2	2	4
33	Slovenia (SLO)	0	2	0	2
	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	0	2
35	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	2	3
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
38	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	1	2
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	1	2
40	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
42	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	3	3
	Thailand (THA)	0	0	3	3
44	Israel (ISR)	0	0	2	2
45	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (53 nations)		189	182	233	604

External links

• Official website (archived)