Summer Universiade 2013

The 2013 Summer Universiade , officially XXVII. Summer Universiade was held in the Russian city ​​of Kazan from July 6th to July 17th. 11,800 students from 163 countries competed for precious metals in 27 sports. Russia won the most medals ahead of China and Japan, Germany took 14th place, Austria 38th place and Switzerland 60th place in the medal table.

Opening ceremony

Competition venues

Kazan Arena

Rowing Center

Tatneft Arena

The Universiade is held in 64 different sports facilities in Kazan and the surrounding area, 30 sports facilities were built especially for the Universiade.

Sports facility	sport	capacity	opening
Kazan Arena	Opening and closing ceremonies	45,000	2013
Central Stadium	athletics	26,920	1960
Tatneft arena	Judo, sambo	10,000	2005
Ruby Stadium	Soccer	10,000	1978
Basket Hall	basketball	8219	2003
Raketa Stadium	Soccer	7500	2000
Tennis Academy	Tennis, badminton	7200	2010
Kazan Equestrian Complex	chess	6000	2005
Saint Peterburg Volleyball Center	volleyball	5166	2010
Trudovye Rezervy Stadium	Soccer	5017	2008
Sport Palace	Table tennis	3523 and 1100	1966
Aquatics Palace	Swimming, diving, synchronized swimming	3500	2013
Gymnastics Center	Apparatus gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics	3200	2012
Tulpar Stadium	7-a-side rugby	3020	2011
Kazanka Beach Volleyball Center	beach volleyball	2500	2013
Ak Bars Wrestling Palace	Belt rings, rings	2000	2010
Rowing Center	Rowing, canoeing, swimming	1065	2011
Boxing Center	Boxing	1980	2011
Olymp Stadium	Soccer	1460	2010
Miras Sports Complex	basketball	1206	2010
Bustan Sports Complex	volleyball	1000	2010
Field Hockey Center	hockey	1000	2007
Olymp swimming pool	Water polo	1000	2010
Tulpar Sports Complex	volleyball	1000	2011
Zilant Sports Complex	volleyball	1000	2009
Burevestnik swimming pool	Water polo	913	2010
Olympiets Sports Complex	volleyball	750	2010
Ak Bure Multipurpose Sports Complex	Weightlifting	700	2005
Kazan Equestrian Complex Indoor Hall	fencing	700

Accommodation

Athletes village

The athletes' village, which was built between 2009 and 2010, housed around 13,000 athletes and supervisors during the event. After the Games ended, the village became a campus of the Kazan State University and the Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Torch relay

The torch was lit on July 15, 2012 at the University of Paris-Sorbonne , which was the first university to organize an international university sports competition in 1923. Afterwards, the torch relay led around the world for 359 days and was carried by torchbearers through 51 cities in 2013.

Participating Nations

163 nations sent athletes.

List of participating nations:

•  Egypt
•  Albania
•  Algeria
•  American Samoa
•  American Virgin Islands
•  Andorra
•  Angola
•  Anguilla
•  Argentina
•  Armenia
•  Aruba
•  Azerbaijan
•  Ethiopia
•  Australia
•  Bahamas
•  Bangladesh
•  Barbados
•  Belgium
•  Benin
•  Bermuda
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Botswana
•  Brazil
•  Bulgaria
•  Burkina Faso
•  Burundi
•  Chile
•  People's Republic of China
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Costa Rica
•  Curacao
•  Denmark
•  Democratic Republic of Congo
•  Germany
•  Dominican Republic
•  Djibouti
•  Ecuador
•  El Salvador
•  Ivory Coast
•  Estonia
•  Fiji
•  Finland
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Ghana
•  Greece
•  Great Britain
•  Guatemala
•  Guinea
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Haiti
•  Honduras
•  Hong Kong
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  Iran
•  Ireland
•  Iceland
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Jamaica
•  Japan
•  Jordan
•  Cameroon
•  Canada
•  Kazakhstan
•  Qatar
•  Kenya
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Colombia
•  Comoros
•  Croatia
•  Cuba
•  Lesotho
•  Latvia
•  Lebanon
•  Liechtenstein
•  Lithuania
•  Luxembourg
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi
•  Malaysia
•  Maldives
•  Mali
•  Malta
•  North Macedonia
•  Mexico
•  Micronesia
•  Moldova
•  Monaco
•  Mongolia
•  Montenegro
•  Mozambique
•  Namibia
•  Nepal
•  New Zealand
•  Nicaragua
•  Netherlands
•  Niger
•  Nigeria
•  North Korea
•  Norway
•  Northern Mariana Islands
•  Oman
•  Austria
•  Pakistan
•  Palestine
•  Panama
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Philippines
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Puerto Rico
•  Republic of the Congo
•  Rwanda
•  Romania
•  Russia
•  Zambia
•  Samoa
•  San Marino
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland
•  Senegal
•  Serbia
•  Seychelles
•  Sierra Leone
•  Zimbabwe
•  Singapore
•  Slovakia
•  Slovenia
•  Somalia
•  Spain
•  Sri Lanka
•  South Africa
•  South Korea
•  Suriname
•  Swaziland
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan
•  Tanzania
•  Thailand
•  Togo
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  Chad
•  Czech Republic
•  Tunisia
•  Turkey
•  Turkmenistan
•  Uganda
•  Ukraine
•  Hungary
•  Uruguay
•  Uzbekistan
•  Venezuela
•  United Arab Emirates
•  United States
•  Vietnam
•  Belarus
•  Central African Republic
•  Cyprus

Sports and dates

Medals

Competitions in 27 sports will be held at the 2013 Summer Universiade. Five sports (7-a-side rugby, boxing, belt wrestling, sambo and synchronized swimming) have never been played at a Universiade before.

• 7-a-side rugby
• badminton
• basketball
• beach volleyball
• Boxing
• fencing
• Soccer
• Apparatus gymnastics
• Weightlifting
• Belt rings
• hockey
• Judo
• canoe
• athletics
• Rhythmic sports gymnastics
• Wrestling
• rowing
• Sambo
• chess
• shoot
• swim
• Synchronized swimming
• tennis
• Table tennis
• volleyball
• Water polo
• Diving

Legend for the competition program shown below:

Opening and closing ceremony

Qualifying competitions

1

Final decisions

Last column: total number of decisions in the individual sports

Summer Universiade schedule (with number of decisions)
July	5th Fri	6th Sat	7. Sun	8th Mon	9. Tue	10. Wed	11. Thu	12. Fri.	13th Sat	14. So	15. Mon.	16. Tue	17th Wed	total
opening
7-a-side rugby													2	2
badminton			1				5							6th
basketball											1	1		2
beach volleyball								1	1					2
Boxing						10								10
fencing			2	2	2	2	2	2						12
Soccer											1	1		2
Apparatus gymnastics			1	1	2	10					2	6th		22nd
Weightlifting			3	2	2	2	3	3						15th
Belt rings			7th	5	7th									19th
hockey										1	1			2
Judo			4th	4th	4th	4th	2							18th
canoe										6th	18th			24
athletics			2	6th	11	10	7th	14th						50
Wrestling							4th	3	4th	3	4th	3		21st
rowing			5	8th										13
Sambo										6th	6th	6th		18th
chess											3			3
shoot								6th	4th	4th	8th	8th	4th	34
swim						4th	5	5	7th	4th	7th	8th	2	42
Synchronized swimming				2	2									42
tennis											2	5		7th
Table tennis								2	1	2	2			7th
volleyball											1	1		2
Water polo												1	1	2
Diving			2	2		2	2	4th						12
graduation
Medal decisions			27	32	30th	44	30th	40	17th	26th	56	40	9	351
July	5th Fri	6th Sat	7. Sun	8th Mon	9. Tue	10. Wed	11. Thu	12. Fri.	13th Sat	14. So	15. Mon.	16. Tue	17th Wed	total

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	155	75	62	292
2	People's Republic of China	26th	29	22nd	77
3	Japan	24	28	32	84
4th	South Korea	17th	12	12	41
5	Belarus	13	13	14th	40
6th	Ukraine	12	29	36	77
7th	United States	11	14th	15th	40
8th	South Africa	7th	3	4th	14th
9	Italy	6th	17th	21st	44
10	Australia	6th	4th	6th	16
11	Lithuania	6th	1	3	10
12	Poland	5	9	16	30th
13	France	5	9	12	26th
14th	Germany	4th	6th	9	19th
15th	Azerbaijan	4th	5	7th	16
16	Chinese Taipei	4th	4th	7th	15th
17th	Brazil	4th	3	4th	11
18th	Hungary	4th	2	9	15th
19th	Kazakhstan	3	11	16	30th
20th	Mongolia	3	6th	16	25th
21st	Czech Republic	3	6th	7th	16
22nd	Uzbekistan	2	7th	10	19th
23	Thailand	2	7th	6th	15th
24	Canada	2	5	9	16
25th	Turkmenistan	2	3	9	14th
26th	Kyrgyzstan	2	2	8th	12
27	North Korea	2	2	2	6th
28	Israel	2	1	1	4th
29	Turkey	2	0	5	7th
30th	Romania	2	0	4th	6th
31	Portugal	2	0	2	4th
32	Armenia	1	5	4th	10
33	Iran	1	5	3	9
34	Mexico	1	4th	6th	11
35	Slovakia	1	3	2	6th
36	Cuba	1	2	2	5
37	United Kingdom	1	1	4th	4th
38	Austria	1	0	3	4th
39	Belgium	1	0	1	2
40	Botswana	1	0	0	1
40	American Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
40	Philippines	1	0	0	1
43	Moldova	0	2	11	13
44	Tajikistan	0	2	3	5
45	Serbia	0	1	8th	9
46	Bulgaria	0	1	3	4th
46	Jamaica	0	1	3	4th
48	Georgia	0	1	2	3
48	Latvia	0	1	2	3
50	Argentina	0	1	1	2
50	Spain	0	1	1	2
52	Finland	0	1	0	1
52	Indonesia	0	1	0	1
52	India	0	1	0	1
52	Ireland	0	1	0	1
52	Kenya	0	1	0	1
52	Madagascar	0	1	0	1
52	Senegal	0	1	0	1
59	Malaysia	0	0	3	3
60	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
60	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
62	Albania	0	0	1	1
62	Chile	0	0	1	1
62	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
62	Croatia	0	0	1	1
62	Estonia	0	0	1	1
62	Greece	0	0	1	1
62	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
62	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
62	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Total		353	351	461	1165

Source:

Web links

Commons : 2013 Summer Universiade  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Russian, Tatar, English)
• Results from 2002

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 162 nations to compete for medals at Summer Universiade. Retrieved October 30, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Venues. Retrieved October 30, 2014 . 
3. ^ Universiade Village. Retrieved October 30, 2014 . 
4. ^ Sports. Retrieved October 30, 2014 . 
5. ^ Medal Tally. Retrieved October 30, 2014 .