Colonel William A. Phillips

The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 7 August.

Bidding process

In 2003, FISU officially confirmed five candidate cities:

Bangkok, Saskatoon, Poznań, Kaohsiung and Monterrey were the five candidate cities.[2][3] However, Saskatoon Bid was withdrawn.

Bangkok's bid

Identity

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2007 Summer Universiade is a rabbit named Mighty Mai-Tri.The name of this mascot not only suggests power and friendship but it also corresponds to the Year of the Rabbit, which is the lunar year of King Bhumibol's birth. The rabbit is a symbol of agility, intelligence, gentleness, and welcomes athletes of all nations. With a smile and friendship His appearance, color, and mannerism express humility. Which is one of the uniqueness of Thai's very long established culture.

Slogan

The slogan for the 24th Summer Universiade is, "All Become One", suggesting the unity of people of all races and religions from 150 countries.

The logo itself consists of 5 line colors arranged in a U shape, which is derived from the word Universiade is comparable to the lines of experience transmission. The exchange of knowledge and culture between representatives and athletes from universities from 5 continents around the world all in one. Connected into a golden yellow bird patterned symbol. Which is the identity of the Thai nation Filled with joy and pride to be honored as the center of transmission and exchange of cultures.

Venues

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Provinces Venues Stadiums Sports
Bangkok Kasetsart University Insee Chantarasatit Stadium Football
Ramkhamhaeng University Ramkhamhaeng University Stadium Football
Royal Thai Army Thai Army Sports Stadium Football
Sports Authority of Thailand Clay Target Range Shooting
Indoor Stadium Huamark Volleyball
Rajamangala Stadium Football
Shooting Range Shooting
Thailand National Stadium Supachalasai Stadium Football
Nimibutr Stadium Basketball
Thai-Japanese Stadium Gymnasium 1 Basketball
Gymnasium 2 Volleyball
Nakhon Nayok Srinakharinwirot University Aquatic Stadium Water Polo
Gymnasium 1 Basketball
Srinakharinwirot University Stadium Football
Softball Stadium Softball
Ongkharak Watermill Golf & Gardens Golf
Nonthaburi IMPACT Arena Muang Thong Thani Arena Hall Artistic Gymnastics
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Hall 2 Volleyball
Hall 5−6 Table Tennis
Hall 7−8 Fencing
Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand The National Tennis Development Center Tennis
Pathum Thani Bangkok University Bangkok University Stadium Football
Pathum Thani Chiang Rak Noi−Chiang Rak Yai Road Athletics (Marathon)
Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi RMUTT Satadium Football
Thammasat University Aquatic Center Diving
Gymnasium 1−Hall 1 Basketball
Gymnasium 1−Hall 3 Volleyball
Gymnasium 2 Badminton
Gymnasium 4 Judo
Gymnasium 6 Taekwondo
Thammasat Stadium Athletics
Softball Field Softball
Swimming Pool Swimming
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Ayutthaya Historical Park Athletics (Walk)
Samut Prakan Assumption University John Paul II Sports Center Volleyball

Calendar

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 ●  Opening Ceremony  ●  Competitions  ●  Finals  ●  Closing Ceremony
August 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Ceremonies
Aquatics – Diving 1 1 4 6 12
Aquatics – Swimming 6 6 7 7 6 8 40
Aquatics – Water polo 1 1
Athletics 4 7 8 8 9 10 46
Badminton 1 5 6
Basketball 1 1 2
Fencing 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Football 2 2
Golf 4 4
Gymnastics – Artistic 1 1 2 10 14
Gymnastics – Rhythmic 2 6 8
Judo 4 4 4 4 2 18
Shooting 4 12 12 12 40
Softball 1 1
Table tennis 2 1 2 2 7
Taekwondo 4 3 3 3 3 16
Tennis 2 3 5
Volleyball 1 1 2
Total Gold Medals 15 21 35 42 38 25 16 14 22 8 236

Sports

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Thailand)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)33312892
2 Russia (RUS)28283995
3 Ukraine (UKR)28221868
4 Japan (JPN)19152256
5 South Korea (KOR)15181851
6 Thailand (THA)*1371030
7 Germany (GER)115925
8 United States (USA)10111536
9 Chinese Taipei (TPE)791329
10 Italy (ITA)66921
11 Kazakhstan (KAZ)54716
12 Canada (CAN)53816
13 Mexico (MEX)43512
14 Iran (IRI)4149
15 Australia (AUS)35311
16 Belarus (BLR)34613
17 Turkey (TUR)33410
18 Austria (AUT)3238
19 Poland (POL)25916
20 Hungary (HUN)2316
21 North Korea (PRK)2147
22 Czech Republic (CZE)2125
23 Morocco (MAR)2103
24 Lithuania (LIT)2035
25  Switzerland (SUI)2024
26 Finland (FIN)2002
27 France (FRA)16714
28 Great Britain (GBR)14510
29 Brazil (BRA)13610
30 Romania (ROM)1225
 Slovakia (SVK)1225
32 South Africa (RSA)1214
33 Cyprus (CYP)1203
 Ireland (IRL)1203
35 Latvia (LAT)1113
 Slovenia (SLO)1113
37 Egypt (EGY)1102
 Mongolia (MGL)1102
 Portugal (POR)1102
40 Algeria (ALG)1012
 Cuba (CUB)1012
 Georgia (GEO)1012
 India (IND)1012
 Uzbekistan (UZB)1012
45 Azerbaijan (AZE)1001
 Bulgaria (BUL)1001
 Montenegro (MNE)1001
48 Spain (ESP)0426
49 Serbia (SRB)0415
50 Croatia (CRO)0224
51 Belgium (BEL)0213
52 Estonia (EST)0112
 Uganda (UGA)0112
54 Cameroon (CMR)0101
 Israel (ISR)0101
 Kenya (KEN)0101
 Malaysia (MAS)0101
 Mozambique (MOZ)0101
 New Zealand (NZL)0101
60 Armenia (ARM)0033
 Indonesia (INA)0033
62 Moldova (MDA)0022
63 Greece (GRE)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 Philippines (PHI)0011
 Puerto Rico (PUR)0011
 Vietnam (VIE)0011
Totals (67 entries)237236293766

References

  1. ^ The Taiwan Republic of China is recognised as Chinese Taipei by FISU and the majority of international organisations it participates in due to political considerations and Cross-Strait relations with the People's Republic of China.
  2. ^ "Minutes of the general assembly in Daegu, Republic of Korea". Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Proces-Verbal De L'assemblée Générale en Daegu, République de Corée". Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Venues". Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  5. ^ "Sports results". Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

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