The 1985 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIII Summer Universiade

Universiade

The Universiade is an International multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation . The name is a combination of the words "University" and "olympiad"...

, took place in Kobe

Kobe

, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

.

Mascot

Name: UNITAN

Artist: Osamu Tezuka

The mascot of the Kobe Universiade is a red-crested white crane

Crane (bird)

Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the order Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back...

which is symbolic of Japan. From olden times it has been considered to be a bird of good omen. The crane flying dynamically with large wings wide spread evokes the image of the Universiade, the sporting festival of students, full of youth, passion and health.

The name 'Unitan' was chosen from some 8,000 suggestions received from throughout the country. The name is derived from a combination of 'uni' from 'Universiade' and 'tan' from the Japanese name for red-crested crane, namely 'tancho-tsuru'.

Special Feature: For the first time a Universiade mascot appeared in more than one pose. Unitan appeared in sixteen different poses, including those depicting each of the ten competitive events and taking the athletes' pledge or carrying the sacred torch.

Medal table

1		42	22	20	84
2		23	22	24	69
3		8	8	5	21
4		7	7	6	20
5	Romania	6	7	6	19
6		6	3	7	16
7		4	6	5	15
8	Bulgaria	4	6	4	14
9		3	1	4	8
10		3	1	3	7
10		3	1	3	7
12		2	4	8	14
13		2	3	2	7
14		2	1	5	8
15		2	1	2	5
16		1	4	4	9
17		1	2	3	6
18		1	2	2	5
19		1	1	0	2
20		1	0	1	2
20		1	0	1	2
22		0	6	6	12
23		0	5	3	8
24		0	1	2	3
25		0	1	0	1
25		0	1	0	1
25		0	1	0	1
28		0	0	1	1
28		0	0	1	1
Total		123	117	128	368