2007 Summer Universiade

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XXIV Summer Universiade
กีฬามหาวิทยาลัยโลกฤดูร้อน ครั้งที่ 24

Slogan: "All Become One"
Host city	Bangkok, Thailand
Nations	170 (estimated)
Athletes	10,000 (estimated)
Events	236 in 15 sports
Opening	August 8, 2007
Closing	August 18, 2007
Opened by	Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn
Athlete's Oath	Boonsak Ponsana (Badminton)
Judge's Oath	Visuit Jundung
Torch lighter	HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana
Main venue	Rajamangala National Stradium
Website	bangkok2007.com (archived)
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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. Bangkok also hosted the Asian Games in 1966, 1970, 1978 and 1998.

In August 2003, FISU officially confirmed five candidate cities:

• Bangkok, Thailand
• Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei^[1]
• Monterrey, Mexico
• Poznań, Poland
• Saskatoon, Canada

Bangkok, Saskatoon, Poznań, Kaohsiung and Monterrey were the five candidate cities.^[2][3] However, Saskatoon Bid was withdrawn.

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.

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.

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  *   Host nation (Thailand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	33	31	28	92
2	Russia (RUS)	28	28	39	95
3	Ukraine (UKR)	28	22	18	68
4	Japan (JPN)	19	15	22	56
5	South Korea (KOR)	15	18	18	51
6	Thailand (THA)*	13	7	10	30
7	Germany (GER)	11	5	9	25
8	United States (USA)	10	11	15	36
9	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	7	9	13	29
10	Italy (ITA)	6	6	9	21
11	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5	4	7	16
12	Canada (CAN)	5	3	8	16
13	Mexico (MEX)	4	3	5	12
14	Iran (IRI)	4	1	4	9
15	Australia (AUS)	3	5	3	11
16	Belarus (BLR)	3	4	6	13
17	Turkey (TUR)	3	3	4	10
18	Austria (AUT)	3	2	3	8
19	Poland (POL)	2	5	9	16
20	Hungary (HUN)	2	3	1	6
21	North Korea (PRK)	2	1	4	7
22	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	1	2	5
23	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	0	3
24	Lithuania (LIT)	2	0	3	5
25	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	2	4
26	Finland (FIN)	2	0	0	2
27	France (FRA)	1	6	7	14
28	Great Britain (GBR)	1	4	5	10
29	Brazil (BRA)	1	3	6	10
30	Romania (ROM)	1	2	2	5
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	2	2	5
32	South Africa (RSA)	1	2	1	4
33	Cyprus (CYP)	1	2	0	3
	Ireland (IRL)	1	2	0	3
35	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	1	3
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	1	3
37	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	0	2
	Mongolia (MGL)	1	1	0	2
	Portugal (POR)	1	1	0	2
40	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	1	2
	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	1	2
	Georgia (GEO)	1	0	1	2
	India (IND)	1	0	1	2
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	1	2
45	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
	Montenegro (MNE)	1	0	0	1
48	Spain (ESP)	0	4	2	6
49	Serbia (SRB)	0	4	1	5
50	Croatia (CRO)	0	2	2	4
51	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	1	3
52	Estonia (EST)	0	1	1	2
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	1	2
54	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	0	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	1	0	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
60	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	3	3
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	3	3
62	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	2	2
63	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (67 entries)		237	236	293	766

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