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The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII 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 Daegu

Daegu

Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

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.

Sports

Events in a total of twelve sports

Olympic sports

Olympic sports, as defined by the International Olympic Committee, are all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The Summer Olympics, as of 2012, will include 26 sports, with two additionall sports due to be added in 2016...

were contested at this Universiade.

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

Obligatory sports

Aquatics

Medal table

1	Mainland China	41	27	13	81
2	Russia	26	22	34	82
3	South Korea	26	12	17	55
4	Ukraine	23	15	17	55
5	Japan	13	13	21	47
6	Early Modern France	8	8	4	20
7	United Kingdom	8	3	6	17
8	United States	5	13	18	36
9	North Korea	3	8	3	13
10	Poland	3	4	3	10
11	Chinese Taipei	3	3	5	11
12	Belarus	3	3	4	10
13	Germany	3	2	8	13
14	Hungary	3	2	7	12
15	Czech Republic	3	0	3	6
16	Australia	2	5	5	12
17	Italy	2	5	5	12
18	Kazakhstan	2	4	0	6
19	South Africa	2	1	2	5
20	Uzbekistan	2	0	1	3
21	Spain	1	4	8	13
22	Brazil	1	2	8	11
23	Kingdom of Romania	1	2	4	7
24	Netherlands	1	1	2	4
25	Morocco	1	1	1	3
25	Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	1	3
27	Latvia	1	0	0	1
27	Moldova	1	0	0	1
29	Mexico	0	3	2	5
30	Finland	0	3	1	4
31	Slovakia	0	2	3	5
32	Iran	0	2	2	4
33	Slovenia	0	2	0	2
33	Turkey	0	2	0	2
35	Canada	0	1	2	3
35	Switzerland	0	1	2	3
35	Estonia	0	1	2	3
38	Cuba	0	1	1	2
38	Republic of Ireland	0	1	1	2
40	Denmark	0	1	0	1
40	Uganda	0	1	0	1
42	Independent State of Croatia	0	0	3	3
42	Thailand	0	0	3	3
44	Israel	0	0	2	2
45	Armenia	0	0	1	1
45	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
45	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
45	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
45	Austria	0	0	1	1
45	Greece	0	0	1	1
45	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
45	The Bahamas	0	0	1	1
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1

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