Basic profile

The World University Games is a comprehensive world games sponsored by the International University Sports Federation. It consists of three major events, namely the Summer Universiade, the Winter Universiade and the World University Sports Championship.

Planning period

In the early 1920s, 1924 Warsaw Universiade site.

Our international university organization has begun to plan to hold the World University Games. 1923 in may, the world university sports conference was held in Paris, and the conference decided to hold the first international university games the following year. 1924, the first international Universiade was held in Warsaw, with three events: track and field, swimming and fencing. Since then, the sports meeting has been held irregularly, and it was held for 8 times in 1939 * * *. Later, due to the interruption of the World War II Games, 1947 resumed. However, since 195 1, due to the changes in the international situation, it has been divided into two sports meetings, one in the west is called "International Student Games" and the other in the east is called "Youth Student Games" or "Youth Goodwill Games". These two camps organize and hold their own university sports meeting. 1957, in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the French National Union of Students, the International Universiade and the International Cultural Festival were held in Paris. With the unanimous consent of the representatives of 30 countries attending the meeting, it is decided to hold world-wide college sports competitions on a regular basis in the future, named "World University Games", which will be held every two years in principle.

First opening ceremony

From 65438 to 0959, the first World Universiade was held in Turin, Italy, with 985 athletes from 45 countries participating. Since then, it has been held every two years. By 1999, the Universiade has been held for 20 times. Emblems of previous Universiade

Generally, the Universiade will include nine officially stipulated events, including track and field, swimming, diving, water polo, gymnastics, fencing, tennis, basketball and volleyball, but the host country has the right to add 1 event. For example, the host country Bulgaria 1977 increased wrestling, Mexico 1979 increased football and Japan 1985 increased judo.

A brief history of development

1960, the Universiade was held in Chamonix, France, imitating the Olympic system. At first, the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games were held in odd years and even years respectively. From 198 1, held in the same year. Up to 1999, the Universiade has been held for 19, and the competition events include speed skating, short track speed skating, figure skating, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, platform skiing, biathlon, ice hockey, nordic combined and skateboarding.

China entered the competition.

China participated in some track and field events of the first Universiade from 65438 to 0959. From the second session to the eighth session 196 1, China did not send a delegation to participate. From 65438 to 0975, China was accepted as a full member of the International University Sports Federation. From the 9th session of 1977, China sent a delegation to participate in all previous World University Games.

National response measures

Since the Universiade is a large-scale comprehensive sports meeting in the world, second only to the Olympic Games, since the first competition was held in 1959, all countries in the world have attached great importance to it and sent the best athletes to participate. Since 1960s, * * * has broken 65,438+08 world records in track and field and swimming at previous Summer Universiade (see below).

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Emblems of previous Universiade

2nd session: Sofia (Bulgaria)1961August 25th to September 3rd Men's High Jump: 2.25m vaieriy brume Soviet Women's Discus: 58.06m Tamara Press 6th Soviet Union: Turin (Italy) 1970 August 26th to September 6th Women's Long Jump: 6.80. Federal Germany men's pole vault: 5.46m Wolfgang Nordweger, the 9th GDR: Sofia (Bulgarian Cuban men/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/0m hurdles:/KOOC-0/3second 2/KOOC-0/Alejandro casas Cuba 10th place: Mexico City (Mexico)/KOOC. Kloc-0/9.72 Pietro Mennea 13th Italy: Kobe (Japan)1985 August 24th to September 4th, 8 Men's High Jump: 2.

swim

The 5th session: August 27th to September 4th, Shenzhen Universiade Center in Tokyo (Japan), 1967.

Men's 400m freestyle: 4 minutes 08 seconds 2 Gregory Charlton American men1500m freestyle: 16 minutes 34 seconds 6 Michael Burton American men100m backstroke: 59 seconds 5 douglas russell. Sell) USA 59 seconds 3 Charles Hicks American men's 200m backstroke: 2 minutes 09 seconds 4 Charles Hicks American men100m butterfly: 56 seconds 5 douglas russell USA 56. Seconds 3 douglas russell American men's 200m butterfly: 2 minutes 06 seconds 0 John Ferris, Shenzhen Universiade venue, USA.

Men's 4× 100 meter medley relay: 3 minutes 57 seconds 2 Charles hickok, Kenneth Merton of America, douglas russell of America, Kenneth Walsh of America, 10th in America. Three sessions: Kobe (Japan),1985 August 24th to September 4th, men's100m freestyle: 49 seconds 14 Matt Biondi, USA.

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Nineteenth session

The 9th World Universiade was held in Catania, Sicily, Italy from August 19 to August 3 19, 1997. More than 6,000 athletes from 160 countries and regions participated in track and field, swimming, diving, tennis, fencing, football, basketball, volleyball, water polo, gymnastics (including rhythmic gymnastics) and other 10 events. The top three medals are the United States (20 gold 19 silver and 22 bronze), Ukraine (17 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze) and Japan (14 gold and 8 silver1bronze). China sent 1 16 athletes to participate in eight events except swimming and water polo, and won 10 gold medal, 9 silver medals and 7 bronze medals, ranking fifth.

Twentieth session

Shenzhen Universiade Gymnasium

1From July 3rd to June 3rd, 999, the 20th Universiade was held in Palma, Spain. 5776 athletes from 1 14 countries participated in 12 events such as track and field, swimming, judo, sailing, diving, tennis, fencing, football, basketball, volleyball, water polo and gymnastics. Results The United States ranked first in the gold medal list with 30 gold medals, 19 silver medals and 15 bronze medals, Russia ranked second with 14 gold medals, 18 silver medals and 12 bronze medals, and Cuba ranked second with 12 gold medals and bronze medals. Japan ranked fourth with 1 1 gold medal, 13 silver medal and 17 bronze medal. China sent 174 athletes to participate in 9 events except sailing, football and water polo, and * * * won 9 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 10 bronze medals, ranking fifth. Athletes experience China culture in the Universiade Village.

The Universiade did not break a world record, but set a Universiade record of 10. The reason may be that since the mid-1980s, competitive sports have been strongly impacted by the wave of professionalization and commercialization, and some top athletes have not participated in the Universiade without appearance fees. However, according to a statistical data 1999 published in the first month, the World Universiade since the 1990s is still at a fairly high level, just as many Olympic stars made their debut at the Universiade in the 1960s and 1980s, many athletes who won medals at the Olympic Games today are still outstanding athletes who participated in the Universiade. In the192 Barcelona Olympic Games and196 Atlanta Olympic Games, outstanding college students who "hung gold and silver" won 80 gold medals, 84 silver medals and 62 bronze medals in the competitions organized by the International University Sports Federation (see the table below). Among these athletes who stepped onto the Olympic podium from the Universiade, michael johnson and mike powell are famous. Basketball players larry bird, charles barkley and arvydas sabonis, cyclist Jenny Longo, fencer giovanna trillini, gymnast Xiong Wei Sachl Bo, etc. Countdown board for Shenzhen Universiade

Facing the comments of the news media, the International University Sports Federation denied that the level of the Universiade was gradually declining, but how to attract top athletes through reasonable commercial operation and improve the appreciation and overall sports level of the Universiade is indeed the key to continue to run the Universiade well in the 2 1 century.

Session 2 1

2 1 Universiade goes down in history with a series of new records. This is Beijing's warm embrace of the world, Beijing's concentrated display of the world, and Beijing's powerful proof of the world ... China sports delegation ranked first with 54 gold, 25 silver and 24 bronze, the United States ranked second with 2 1 gold 13 silver 13 bronze, and the Russian team ranked second with 14 gold and 64 bronze.

Twenty-second session

The 22nd Universiade ended in Daegu World Cup Stadium in 2003. China sports delegation ranked first with 4 1 gold 27 silver 13 bronze, and won the gold medal again after the last Beijing Universiade. Russia ranked second in the gold medal list with 26 gold, 22 silver and 34 bronze, while South Korea ranked third with 26 gold 1 silver 15 bronze. Publicity board for Shenzhen Universiade

Twenty-third session

The 23rd Universiade was held in Izmir, the second largest port city in Turkey, on August 23rd, 2005. China sports delegation ranked second in the gold medal list with 2 1 gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze. Russia ranked first in the gold medal list with 26 gold 16 silver and 23 copper, and Japan ranked third with 18 gold 18 silver and 20 copper.

Twenty-fourth session

The 24th Universiade was held in Hua Mu National Sports Center in Bangkok, Thailand on August 8th, 2007, which is also an important day for the countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games. When the China delegation entered the opening ceremony, a huge banner "Welcome to Beijing-August 8th, 2008" (English meaning "Welcome to Beijing on August 8th, 2008") attracted people's attention. China university students sent an invitation to the world to participate in the Bangkok Olympic Games. This is the Universiade with China as the lead singer. The China team, whose average age is less than 22, is composed of college students. With an impressive record of 33 golds, 30 silvers and 27 bronzes, it ranks first in the gold medal list of the Universiade, greatly surpassing the previous gold medal count of 2 1, and has written a wonderful chapter related to youth and accompanied by honor. Russia and Ukraine ranked second and third with 29 gold, 26 silver, 38 copper and 27 gold, 22 silver 17 copper respectively, and the host team Thailand ranked sixth with 15 gold. The word "Olympic mascot" originated from Mascotto in Provence, France, and was not officially included in the French dictionary until the end of 19. English mascots evolved from this, meaning people, animals or things that can bring good luck. The design of mascots for the Winter Olympics began in Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics. This cartoon-like skier named Schuss, with an exaggerated huge head and a delicate and hard body, symbolizes a strong-willed spirit. Schuss originally meant "high speed skiing". The design of mascots for the Summer Olympic Games began in 1972 Munich Olympic Games. This decorative German purebred beagle, called Valdi, can be seen everywhere in Bavaria. The flexibility, patience and tenacity of beagles are also the characteristics of athletes. Its head and tail are symmetrically painted with light blue, dark blue, dark green, light green, yellow and brown to symbolize the colors of the German earth and sky. This warm tone also expresses a lively and harmonious atmosphere. This hue was imitated and inherited by successors. Most Olympic mascots are based on animal images with the characteristics of the host country. 1976 The Montreal Olympic Games is the image of a beaver, called Amik; 1980 Moscow Olympic Games is the image of a bear, named Misa; 1984 The Los Angeles Olympic Games is the image of an eagle, named Sam, which is synonymous with "Uncle Sam" for Americans. 1988 The Seoul Olympic Games is the image of a tiger, called Khodory. 1992 The abstract cartoon shape was used for the first time in the Barcelona Olympic Games. It is the image of a sheepdog in the Pyrenees, called Cobi. From one direction, it seems to be laughing, but from another angle, it seems to be smelling something with its nose. Its lovely nose and mouth and squinting reveal naughty appearance, which is deeply loved by children. Modern science and technology are everywhere in the Olympic movement. 1996 In the mascot design of Atlanta Olympic Games, traditional painting and manual design were finally replaced by computer technology. The "monster" designed by the Atlanta subsidiary of Crawford Communications Company in the United States, formerly known as "What is it"? ), then the organizing Committee received thousands of children from all over the world to name it, and finally adopted the suggestion of 32 children in Atlanta and named it Isi. The mascots of the 2000 Olympic Games are three animal models in Australia: platypus, echidna hedgehog and kookaburra, which are named Sydney, Millie and Oil. The mascots of the 28th Athens Olympic Games to be held in August 2004 are two dolls based on the ancient Greek clay doll "Dedala", named Athena and Fevos respectively. They have big feet, long necks and small heads. One was dressed in dark yellow, the other in dark blue, and his head and feet were all golden yellow. They are very cute. According to Greek mythology, Athena and Fevos are brothers and sisters. Athena is the goddess of wisdom, and Phevos is the god of light and music. Athena and Fevos represent Greece, the Olympic spirit of cooperation, fair competition, friendship and equality, and the four core values of the Athens Olympic Games: inheritance, participation and celebration.