Basic Overview
The World University Games (WUG) is a world comprehensive games organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), which consists of three major events, namely, the World University Summer Games, the World University Winter Games and the World University Sports Championships. " and "World University Sports Championships".
Planning period
In the early 1920s, when the 1924 Warsaw Universiade scene
International University Organization has begun to plan for the World University Games. 1923 May, held in Paris, the World Congress of University Sports, the meeting decided to hold the first International Universiade in the following year. 1924, the first International Universiade (International University Games). In 1924, the first International Universities' Games was held in Warsaw, with three events: track and field, swimming and fencing. Since then, the Games have been held from time to time, and up to 1939*** they were held eight times. The Games were interrupted by the Second World War and resumed in 1947. But from 1951 due to changes in the international situation, split into two East and West Games, the Western name of the "International Student Games", the East called "Youth Student Games" or "Youth Friendship Games". The two camps organized and held their own university games. In 1957, in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the French National Union of Schools, the international university games and international cultural festival were held in Paris. With the unanimous agreement of the representatives of the 30 participating countries, it was decided to hold regular worldwide university sports competitions in the future, named "World University Games", which will be held once every two years in principle.
The First World University Games
The first World University Games were held in Turin, Italy, in 1959, with 985 athletes from 45 countries participating. Since then, it has been held every two years, and by 1999, the World University Games had been held 20 times. The emblems of the previous Universiade
The official regulations of the World University Games generally include nine competition items, such as athletics, swimming, diving, water polo, gymnastics, fencing, tennis, basketball and volleyball, etc., but the host country has the right to add one more item. For example, the host country Bulgaria added wrestling in 1977, Mexico added soccer in 1979, and Japan added judo in 1985.
Brief history of development
In 1960, the World University Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, again modeled after the Olympic Games system. At first, the Summer Games and Winter Games were held in odd and even years respectively, but from 1981 onwards, they were held in the same year. Until 1999, the World University Winter Games have been held 19 times, the competition items are speed skating, short track speed skating, figure skating, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, biathlon, ice hockey, Nordic biathlon, skateboarding.
China's participation
China participated in some of the track and field events at the first World University Games in 1959. From the second session in 1961 to the eighth session, China did not send a delegation to participate. 1975, China was admitted as a full member of the International University Sports Federation (FISU). Since the ninth edition in 1977, China has sent delegations to all the World University Games to date.
Response of countries
Since the World University Games is the world's largest comprehensive games, second only to the Olympic Games, countries around the world have attached great importance to it since the first one was held in 1959, sending their best athletes to take part in the competition. Since the 1960s, 18 track and field and swimming world records have been broken at successive World University Summer Games*** (see below).
Edited World Records
Athletics
Successive Universiade emblems
Second edition: Sofia (Bulgaria), August 25-September 3, 1961 Men's high jump: 2.25 m Valery Brumel (Soviet Union) Women's discus: 58.06 m Tamara Press ( Tamara Press USSR 6th: Turin (Italy), August 26-September 6, 1970 Women's long jump: 6.84 m Heide Rosendahl FRG Men's pole vault: 5.46 m Wolfgang Nordwig GDR 9th: Sofia (Bulgaria), August 8, 1977 Ninth: Sofia (Bulgaria), August 17-August 28, 1977 Men's 800m: 1:43.40 Alberto Juantorena Cuba Men's 110m Hurdles: 13.21 Alejandro Casanas Cuba Tenth: Mexico City (Mexico), September 2-13, 1979 Men's 200m: 5.46m Wolfgang Nordwig Germany Men's 200m: 19:72 Pietro Mennea Italy 13th: Kobe (Japan), August 24-September 4, 1985 Men's High Jump: 2.41m Igor Paklin USSR
Swimming
Fifth: Tokyo (Japan), August 27-September 9, 1967 August 27-September 4, 1967 Shenzhen Grand Olympic Center
Men's 400m freestyle: 4min 08sec 2 Gregory Charlton USA Men's 1500m freestyle: 16min 34sec 6 Michael Burton USA Men's 100m backstroke: 59sec 5 Douglas Russell USA Men's 100m backstroke: 59sec 5 Douglas Russell USA Men's 1500m freestyle: 16min 34sec 5 Douglas Russell USA Men's 100m backstroke: 59sec 5 Douglas Russell USA Men's 100m backstroke: 59sec 5 Douglas Russell USA Douglas Russell USA 59'3 Charles Hickockx USA Men's 200m Backstroke: 2:09'4 Charles Hickockx USA Men's 100m Butterfly: 56'5 Douglas Russell USA 56'3 Douglas Russell USA 56'3 Douglas Russell USA 56'3 Douglas Russell USA 56'3 Douglas Russell USA 56'3 Douglas Russell USA 56'3 Douglas Russell USA 56'3 Douglas Russell USA USA 56'3 Douglas Russell USA Men's 200m Butterfly: 2:06'0 John Ferris USA Shenzhen Universiade Venue
Men's 4×100m Medley Relay: 3:57'2 Charles Hickockx USA Kenneth Merten USA Douglas Russell USA Kenneth Walsh USA 13th: Kobe (Japan), August 24-September 4, 1985 Men's 100m Freestyle: 49:14 Matt Biondi USA
Men's 4×100m Medley Relay: 3:57:2 Biondi (Matt Biondi) USA
Edited summary of previous editions
Nineteenth
The nineteenth edition of the World University Games was held from August 19 to 31, 1997, in Catania, Sicily, Italy. More than 6,000 athletes from 160 countries and regions competed in 10 sports: athletics, swimming, diving, tennis, fencing, soccer, basketball, volleyball, water polo and gymnastics (including artistic gymnastics). The top three countries in the medal table are: the United States (20 gold, 19 silver, 22 bronze), Ukraine (17 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze), Japan (14 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze). China sent 116 athletes to compete in eight sports except swimming and water polo, winning 10 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals to finish fifth.
Twentieth
Shenzhen Universiade Stadium
July 3-13, 1999, the Twentieth World University Games were held in Palma, Spain. 5,776 athletes from 114 countries competed in 12 sports: athletics, swimming, judo, sailing, diving, tennis, fencing, soccer, basketball, volleyball, water polo and gymnastics. As a result of the competition, the United States topped the gold medal table 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 third with 12 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 12 bronze medals. Japan was fourth with 11 gold, 13 silver and 17 bronze medals. China sent 174 athletes to compete in nine sports except sailing, soccer and water polo,*** and finished fifth with nine gold, six silver and 10 bronze medals. Athletes experience Chinese culture at the Winter Universiade Village
This year's World University Games did not break a single world record, and only 10 Universiade records were set. The reason for this may have something to do with the fact that since the mid-1980s, competitive sports have been subjected to the strong impact of professionalization and commercialization, and some of the top athletes have not participated in the Universiade, which has no appearance fee. However, a statistic released by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) in July 1999 shows that the World University Games since the 1990s are still at a fairly high level, and just as many Olympic stars first came to prominence at the Universiade from the 1960s to the 1980s, many athletes who win medals at the Olympic Games nowadays are still outstanding competitors who have taken part in the Universiade. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the best university athletes, who had won gold and silver in competitions organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), won a total of 80 gold medals, 84 silver medals, and 62 bronze medals*** (see table below). Among these athletes who went from the Universiade to the Olympic podium, some of the more famous ones are track and field athletes Michael Johnson and Mike Powell, basketball players Larry Bird, Charles Barkley and Arvidas Sabonis. （Arvidas Sabonis, cyclist Jeanie Longo, fencer Giovanna Trillini and gymnast Vitor Saherbo. Shenzhen Universiade countdown sign
While the International University Sports Federation (FISU) has denied that the level of the Universiade is declining in the face of press comments, it is true that the key to continuing to organize the Universiade in the 21st century is to attract top athletes to participate in the event through reasonable commercial operations and to improve the spectacle and overall level of the Games, in the face of the ever-changing situation in the international sports world. The key to continuing to organize the World University Games in the 21st century.
The 21st
The 21st World University Games went down in history with a series of new records. This is a warm embrace of Beijing to the world, is a concentrated display of Beijing to the world, but also a strong proof of Beijing to the world ...... China's sports delegation with 54 gold, 25 silver and 24 bronze ranked first, the United States with 21 gold, 13 silver and 13 bronze ranked second in the gold medal list, Russia with 14 gold, 19 silver and 20 bronze ranked Third place.
22nd
The 22nd World University Games came to an end in 2003 at the Daegu World Cup Stadium. The Chinese sports delegation ranked first with 41 gold, 27 silver and 13 bronze medals, and won the first gold medal again after the last Beijing Universiade. The Russian team ranked second in the gold medal list with 26 gold, 22 silver and 34 bronze medals, and the South Korean team ranked third with 26 gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze medals. Promotional sign for Shenzhen Universiade
The 23rd
The 23rd World University Games was held on August 23, 2005 in Izmir, Turkey's second largest port city. The Chinese sports delegation ranked second in the gold medal table with 21 gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze medals. The Russian team ranked first in the gold medal list with 26 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze, while the Japanese team ranked third with 18 gold, 18 silver and 20 bronze.
The 24th
24th World University Games was held at the Wamu National Sports Center in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, on August 8, 2007, which was also the big day for the Beijing Olympics to mark the first anniversary of the countdown. When the Chinese delegation stepped into the opening ceremony, a huge banner "Welcome To Beijing-8 Aug. 2008" stood out, and the Chinese university students in Bangkok sent a message to the world. Chinese university students in Bangkok have extended an invitation to the world to participate in the Olympic Games. It was a Chinese "lead" Games. The average age of less than 22 years old, all in college students composed of the Chinese team with 33 gold, 30 silver and 27 bronze medals topped the list of gold medals in the Universiade, greatly exceeding the previous 21 gold, writing a wonderful chapter related to youth, and honor. Russia, Ukraine with 29 gold, 26 silver and 38 copper and 27 gold, 22 silver and 17 copper respectively, ranked second and third, host Thailand with 15 gold ranked sixth. Olympic mascot origin The word mascot, from the French Provencal language Mascotto, until the end of the 19th century was formally Mascotte spelling in the French dictionary, the English Mascot from this derivation, meaning that can bring good luck, good luck, people, animals or things. The design of the mascot for the Winter Olympics began at the 10th Winter Olympics in Grenoble in 1968. The cartoonish, half-human, half-object skiing figure called Schuss, with its exaggeratedly large head and thin, hard body, symbolizes a small, strong-willed elf; Schuss originally meant "high-speed skiing". The design of the mascot for the Summer Olympics began at the 1972 Munich Games. The decorative German purebred beagle, known as Waldi, can be seen all over Bavaria. The beagle's characteristics of agility, endurance and toughness also characterize the athlete's personality. Their heads and tails were symmetrically painted in light blue, dark blue, dark green, soft green, yellow and brown to symbolize the colors of the German earth and sky, and the warm tones also expressed a lively and harmonious atmosphere. This color palette was imitated and inherited by the successors. Most of the Olympic mascots are based on the animal characters of the host country. 1976 Montreal Olympic Games was the image of beaver, called Amik; 1980 Moscow Olympic Games was the image of bear, called Micha; 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games was the image of the eagle, called Sam, that is, synonymous with the Americans "Uncle Sam"; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games was the image of the eagle, called Sam, that is, American "Uncle Sam". The 1988 Seoul Olympics was the image of the tiger, known as Hodori (Hodori). 1992 Barcelona Olympics for the first time to use the abstract cartoon shape, is the Pyrenean shepherd dog image, known as Cobi (Cobi). It looks from one direction as if smiling, another angle seems to be sniffing something with his nose, the small cute mouth and nose, the squinting eyes, through a naughty phase, loved by the children. Modern technology is ubiquitous in the Olympic movement, the traditional painting and handmade design finally in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games mascot design by computer technology instead of that by the United States Clover Communications Atlanta subsidiary design "monster", initially called "what is it" (What is it?), and later, the organizing committee received thousands of children from around the world to give it a name, and finally adopted the Atlanta, the Atlanta Olympic Games mascot design. Finally, the organizing committee adopted the suggestion of 32 children in Atlanta and named it "Izzy" (Izzy). The mascots of the 2000 Olympic Games were three Australian Ichthyology animals: the platypus, the echidna hedgehog, and the laughing kingfisher, named "Syd" (Syd), "Millie" (Millie), and "Oily" (Oily), respectively. The mascots of the 28th Athens Olympic Games to be held in August 2004 are two dolls named Athena and Favors, based on the ancient Greek clay sculpture doll "Dajdala". They have big feet, long necks, small heads, one in dark yellow and the other in dark blue, and their heads and feet are golden yellow. The head and feet were golden yellow and very cute. According to Greek mythology, Athena and Fervos were brother and sister. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and Fervos was the god of light and music. Athena and Fervos represent Greece and the Olympic spirit of cooperation, fair play, friendship and equality, as well as the four core values of the Athens Olympic Games: legacy, participation and celebration.