The 2015 Summer Universiade (Korean: 2015년 하계 유니버시아드, romanized:Icheon sip-o nyeon Hagye Yunibeosiadeu), officially known as the XXVIII Summer Universiade (Korean: 제28회 하계 유니버시아드, romanized:Jeisippalhoe Hagye Yunibeosiadeu) and also known as Gwangju 2015 (Korean: 광주2015, romanized:Gwangju Icheon sip-o) was a multi-sport event for student and youth athletes sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), held in the city of Gwangju, South Korea. It took place from July 3 to July 14, 2015.

Bid selection

The cities of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Taipei, Taiwan; and Gwangju, South Korea were in initial contention for the Games. Edmonton previously hosted the 1983 Summer Universiade, and all the infrastructure built for those two events was in use and was part of the project, which gave the city a big advantage, but the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008 led the city to withdraw. This left only Gwangju and Taipei at the final phase. On May 23, 2009, FISU awarded the hosting rights to Gwangju.

Venues

Gwangju

South Jeolla (Jeonnam)

Boseong

  • Boseong Public Stadium: football

Gurye

  • Gurye Indoor Gymnasium: handball

Hwasun

  • Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center: badminton

Jangseong

  • Jangseong Hong Gil-Dong Gymnasium: table tennis
  • Jangseong Lake : marathon swimming

Mokpo

Muan

  • Muan Indoor Stadium: basketball

Naju

  • Dongshin University Gymnasium: volleyball
  • Naju Public Stadium: football
  • Naju Gold Lake Country Club: golf
  • Naju, South Jeolla Province Shooting Range: shooting
  • Naju Indoor Stadium: handball

Suncheon

  • Palma Gymnasium: volleyball

Yeonggwang

  • Yeonggwang Sportium Gymnasium: basketball
  • Yeonggwang Sportium Football Field: football

North Jeolla (Jeonbuk)

Gochang

  • Gochang County Gymnasium: handball
  • Gochang Public Stadium: football

Jeongeup

  • Jeongeup Public Stadium: football

North Chungcheong (Chungbuk)

Chungju

Identity

Mascot

Nuribi, the official mascot

The official mascot of the 2015 Summer Universiade is an angel of light named Nuribi. The name Nuribi is a combination of the Korean words ‘nuri’ for world and ‘bi’ for fly. It is described as the messenger of light, symbol of Gwangju Universiade vision and bridge of communication of world's youth which spreads hope of creation to deliver light to the world.

Slogan

The slogan of the 2015 Summer Universiade is "Light Up Tomorrow" (Korean: 창조의 빛, 미래의 빛, romanized:Changjoui Bich, Milaeui Bich, lit.'Light of the Creation, Light of the Future') which represents the city's identity derived from its name Gwangju, the town of light, its position at the center of 21st-century high-tech industry era, the challenging spirit and passion of the world's youth especially university student athlete at the Universiade, expectations for better performance of athlete, Gwangju's effort to help brighten the future of the world through the Universiade, city's intention to create momentum for sustainable development toward a better future, and will of Guangju to set new standards for universiade.

Logo

The logo of the 2015 Summer Universiade is the "Wings of Light". Its unique 'U' letter shape resembles the Universiade Games. Overall, it represents the passion of athletes compete against all odds beyond limits, the dynamic atmosphere of sport, and the harmony of nations around the world, and Gwangju's vision to reach worldwide recognition and admiration. 5 blue wings represents the world's oceans and 6 Red wings represents the world's six continents. The overlapping light denotes the harmony and friendship among the world's youth especially university student athlete in the Universiade. The soaring U-shaped wings emitting light symbolize Gwangju as a global city and aiming for greater heights during the universiade.

Sports

Participants

Schedule

OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsCCClosing ceremony
July2nd Thu3rd Fri4th Sat5th Sun6th Mon7th Tue8th Wed9th Thu10th Fri11th Sat12th Sun13th Mon14th TueEvents
CeremoniesOCCC
Archery●●●5510
Athletics2111491450
Badminton●●1●●56
Baseball●●●●●11
Basketball●●●●●●●●●22
Diving●22211513
Fencing22222212
Football●●●●●●●●●112
Golf●●●44
Gymnastics●2210●2622
Handball●●●●●●●22
Judo4444218
Rowing●5813
Shooting67195634
Swimming3667378242
Table tennis●●●●21227
Taekwondo234444223
Tennis●●●●●●●257
Volleyball●●●●●●●●●112
Water polo●●●●●●●●●●●112
Total events00112228402834342434161272
Cumulative total00113361101129163197221255271272
July2nd Thu3rd Fri4th Sat5th Sun6th Mon7th Tue8th Wed9th Thu10th Fri11th Sat12th Sun13th Mon14th TueEvents

Medal table

* Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1South Korea (KOR)*473229108
2Russia (RUS)343949122
3China (CHN)34211671
4Japan (JPN)25253585
5United States (USA)20151954
6France (FRA)139830
7Italy (ITA)11151743
8Ukraine (UKR)817631
9Iran (IRI)72615
10Chinese Taipei (TPE)6121937
11Kazakhstan (KAZ)60410
12Germany (GER)55818
13Lithuania (LTU)5139
14Poland (POL)410418
15Australia (AUS)431219
16Belarus (BLR)43512
17Great Britain (GBR)34411
18Czech Republic (CZE)3339
19Belgium (BEL)3137
20Thailand (THA)27918
21Canada (CAN)2428
22Turkey (TUR)221216
23Brazil (BRA)2248
24Mongolia (MGL)2125
25South Africa (RSA)2046
26Hungary (HUN)2035
27Azerbaijan (AZE)2013
28Dominican Republic (DOM)2002
29Romania (ROU)1337
30Jamaica (JAM)1315
New Zealand (NZL)1315
32Serbia (SRB)1247
33Estonia (EST)1214
Portugal (POR)1214
35India (IND)1135
36Ireland (IRL)1113
Ivory Coast (CIV)1113
38Cyprus (CYP)1023
39Armenia (ARM)1001
Barbados (BAR)1001
Uganda (UGA)1001
Uzbekistan (UZB)1001
43Mexico (MEX)0325
44Croatia (CRO)0303
Morocco (MAR)0303
46Slovakia (SVK)0224
47Latvia (LAT)0213
48Netherlands (NED)0178
49Indonesia (INA)0134
50Algeria (ALG)0101
Botswana (BOT)0101
Burkina Faso (BUR)0101
Hong Kong (HKG)0101
Norway (NOR)0101
Slovenia (SLO)0101
56Spain (ESP)0033
Switzerland (SUI)0033
58Finland (FIN)0022
Malaysia (MAS)0022
Sweden (SWE)0022
Vietnam (VIE)0022
62Argentina (ARG)0011
Denmark (DEN)0011
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0011
Totals (64 entries)274272337883

See also

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