Summer Universiade 2015

XXIX. Summer Universiade

venue	Gwangju , South Korea
opening	3rd July 2015
Closing ceremony	July 14, 2015
Disciplines	{{{Disciplines}}}
Competitions	272 in 21 sports
Participating teams	143
Participating athletes	12,885
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The 2015 Summer Universiade , officially XXVIII. Summer Universiade , took place from July 3rd to 14th in the South Korean city ​​of Gwangju . 12,885 students from 143 countries competed for precious metals in 21 sports.

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The cities of Edmonton , Taipei and Gwangju applied to host the Summer Universiade 2015. Hamburg also submitted an application, but later withdrew it. On May 23, 2009, the FISU announced Gwangju as the venue at its meeting in Brussels. Gwangju had already applied to host the 2013 Summer Universiade .

Competition venues

The Universiade is held in 37 sports facilities in Gwangju and the surrounding area. Most of the sports facilities were renovated for the Universiade, two stadiums were newly built.

Sports facility	sport	capacity	opening
World Cup Stadium	Athletics, soccer	40 245	2004
Yeomju swimming pool	Water polo	21 554	1993
Yeomju Sports Complex	basketball	8500	1987
Bitgoeul Sports Complex	Judo	2000
Kimdaejung Convention Center	fencing	1000	1997
Mudeung Baseball Stadium	baseball	13 872
Yeomju Indoor Tennis Court	tennis	216	2006
Honam University Football Stadium	Soccer	2000	1997
Salesian High School Gym	basketball	700	1989
Sosok High School Gym	basketball	2064	1981
Jungang Girl's High School Gym	basketball	1500	2005
Gwangju University Gym	volleyball	1200	2006
Honam University Gym	volleyball	1000	2001
Chosun University Gym	Taekwondo	1000	2003
DongKang College Gym	Handball	2924	2002
New Construction Swimming Pool	Diving, swimming
New Construction Sports Complex	Volleyball, rhythmic gymnastics, apparatus gymnastics
Gwangju Baseball Stadium	baseball
Naju Public Stadium	Soccer	7000	2001
Hwasun Public Stadium	Soccer	2000	2003
Damyang Chuseong Stadium	Soccer		1979
Yeonggwang Sportium Football Field	Soccer	2097	2007
Mokpo International Football Center Football Field	Soccer		2009
Mokpo International Football Center Auxiliary Football Field	Soccer	1240	2009
Muan Chodang University High School	basketball	450	1997
Muan Indoor Gymnasium	basketball	1799	2009
Yeonggwang Sportium High School	basketball	1554	2007
Naju Dongshin University High School	volleyball	1329	2010
Jangseong Hong Gildong High School	Tennis tennis	1279	2001
Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center	badminton		2008
Naju Multipurpose High School	Handball	1658	2011
Naju Indoor Gymnasium	Handball	2152	2002
Gurye Indoor Gymnasium	Handball	2300	1988
Mokpo Indoor Gymnasium	Handball	5500	1987
Naju Shooting Range Complex	shoot	1700	2008
Jangseong Boating Complex	rowing	3000	2009
Jinwol Tennis Complex	tennis	3000
Naju Assistant Stadium	Soccer		2011

Participating Nations

143 nations sent athletes.

List of participating nations:

Afghanistan  Algeria  American Virgin Islands  Angola  Anguilla  Equatorial Guinea  Argentina  Armenia  Aruba  Azerbaijan  Ethiopia  Australia  Bangladesh  Barbados  Belgium  Benin  Bhutan  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Botswana  Brazil  Bulgaria  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Chile  Costa Rica  Denmark  Germany  Dominican Republic  Djibouti  Ecuador  El Salvador  Ivory Coast  Estonia  Finland  Micronesia  France  Gabon  Gambia  Ghana  Greece  Haiti  Honduras  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia  Iran  Ireland  Israel

Italy  Jamaica  Japan  Jordan  Cambodia  Cameroon  Canada  Kazakhstan  Qatar  Kenya  Kyrgyzstan  Colombia  Comoros  Democratic Republic of Congo  South Korea  Croatia  Cuba  Latvia  Lebanon  Liberia  Liechtenstein  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Madagascar  Malaysia  Mali  Malta  Morocco  Mauritius  Macedonia  Mexico  Moldova  Monaco  Mongolia  Montenegro  Mozambique  Namibia  Nepal  New Zealand  Netherlands  Niger  Nigeria  Northern Mariana Islands  Norway  Oman  Austria  Pakistan  Palestine

Panama  Paraguay  Peru  Philippines  Poland  Portugal  Taiwan  Rwanda  Romania  Russia  Solomon Islands  Zambia  Sweden  Switzerland  Senegal  Serbia  Sierra Leone  Zimbabwe  Singapore  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sri Lanka  South Africa  Suriname  Swaziland  Tajikistan  Tanzania  Thailand  Trinidad and Tobago  Chad  Czech Republic  Tunisia  Turkey  Turkmenistan  Uganda  Ukraine  Hungary  Uruguay  Uzbekistan  Venezuela  United States  United Kingdom  Vietnam  People's Republic of China  Belarus  Cyprus

sports

Competitions in 21 sports were held at the 2015 Summer Universiade.

• Archery
• badminton
• baseball
• basketball
• fencing
• Soccer
• Apparatus gymnastics
• golf
• Handball
• Judo
• athletics
• Rhythmic sports gymnastics
• rowing
• shoot
• swim
• Taekwondo
• tennis
• Table tennis
• volleyball
• Water polo
• Diving

Legend for the competition program shown below:

Opening and closing ceremony

Qualifying competitions

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Final decisions

Last column: total number of decisions in the individual sports

Summer Universiade schedule (with number of decisions)
July	2nd Thursday	3 Fri	4th Sat	5th Sun	6th Mon	7th Tuesday	8. Wed	9. Thu	10. Fri.	11th Sat	12. So	13. Mon.	14th Tuesday	total
opening
badminton							1				5			6th
baseball										1				1
basketball												2		2
Archery						5	5							10
fencing			2	2	2	2	2	2						12
Soccer											1	1		2
Apparatus gymnastics				2	2	10								14th
golf										4th				4th
Handball												2		2
Judo			4th	4th	4th	4th	2							18th
athletics							2	11	14th	9	14th			50
Rhythmic sports gymnastics											2	6th		8th
rowing					5	8th								13
shoot				6th	7th	1	9	5	6th					34
swim			3	6th	6th	7th	3	7th	8th	2				42
Taekwondo						2	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	2		23
tennis										2	5			7th
Table tennis									2	1	2	2		7th
volleyball										1	1			2
Water polo												1	1	2
Diving			2	2	2	1	1	5						13
graduation
Medal decisions			11	22nd	28	40	28	34	34	24	34	16	2	272
July	2nd Thursday	3 Fri	4th Sat	5th Sun	6th Mon	7th Tuesday	8. Wed	9. Thu	10. Fri.	11th Sat	12. So	13. Mon.	14th Tuesday	total

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	South Korea	47	32	29	108
2	Russia	34	39	49	122
3	People's Republic of China	34	22nd	16	72
4th	Japan	25th	25th	35	85
5	United States	20th	15th	19th	54
6th	France	13	9	8th	30th
7th	Italy	11	15th	17th	43
8th	Ukraine	8th	17th	6th	31
9	Iran	7th	2	6th	15th
10	Chinese Taipei	6th	12	18th	36
11	Kazakhstan	6th	0	4th	10
12	Germany	5	5	8th	18th
13	Lithuania	5	1	3	9
14th	Poland	4th	10	4th	18th
15th	Australia	4th	3	12	19th
16	Belarus	4th	3	5	12
17th	United Kingdom	0	4th	4th	8th
18th	Czech Republic	0	3	3	6th
19th	Belgium	0	1	3	4th
20th	Thailand	0	7th	9	16
21st	Canada	0	4th	2	6th
22nd	Turkey	0	2	12	14th
23	Brazil	0	2	4th	6th
24	Mongolia	0	1	2	3
25th	South Africa	0	0	4th	4th
26th	Hungary	0	0	3	3
27	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
28	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0
29	Romania	0	3	3	6th
30th	Jamaica	0	3	1	4th
	New Zealand	0	3	1	4th
32	Serbia	0	2	4th	6th
33	Estonia	0	2	1	3
	Portugal	0	2	1	3
35	India	0	1	3	4th
36	Ivory Coast	0	1	1	2
	Ireland	0	1	1	2
38	Cyprus	0	0	2	2
39	Armenia	0	0	0	0
	Barbados	0	0	0	0
	Uganda	0	0	0	0
	Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0
43	Mexico	0	3	2	5
44	Croatia	0	3	0	3
	Morocco	0	3	0	3
46	Slovakia	0	2	2	4th
47	Latvia	0	2	1	3
48	Netherlands	0	1	7th	8th
49	Indonesia	0	1	3	4th
50	Algeria	0	1	0	1
	Botswana	0	1	0	1
	Burkina Faso	0	1	0	1
	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
56	Spain	0	0	3	3
	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
58	Finland	0	0	2	2
	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
	Sweden	0	0	2	2
	Vietnam	0	0	2	2
62	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
Total		274	273	336	883

Web links

• Official website (Korean, English)
• Results from 2002

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Universiade Gwangju 2015; the journey from inception to conclusion. (No longer available online.) July 27, 2015, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on August 4, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Not a sports festival: Hamburg pulls the Universiade emergency brake. In: Spiegel Online . October 1, 2008, accessed January 23, 2016 . 
3. ↑ FISU Attributes 2015 Universiades. May 23, 2009, accessed July 4, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Sports facilities. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on July 4, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ^ Sports. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on July 4, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.