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XXIII Summer Universiade
XXIII Yaz Üniversite Oyunları
Slogan : World Unity on the Aegean Blue
Host city İzmir, Turkey
Nations171 (estimated)
Athletes9,500 (estimated)
Events14 sports
OpeningAugust 11, 2005
ClosingAugust 22, 2005
Opened by Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Main venue İzmir Atatürk Stadium

The 2005 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXIII Summer Universiade, took place in İzmir, Turkey, in August.

Emblem

The emblem is the letter "U", inspired by the bird's-eye view of the Gulf of İzmir. This shape has perfectly fit the letter "U" of Universiade, symbolizing its multi-cultural feature, while the smooth outline emphasizes the harmony and uniformity of the Universiade spirit.

Mascot

Name: EFE

Efes are the leaders and heroes of societies that lived in Western Anatolia during the early 1990s. The village dandy Efe, guards and defends all the members of his society and also deals with much of their social work and events as if he is the father of all. For this reason, all the members of the society behave respectfully towards him with strong, emotional, family ties. The Efes were legends in these areas with their smart, fearless, alert dashing behaviors as brave and manly young fellows. They became the symbols of bravery, power and justice throughout the Aegean history.

Nowadays, the word "Efe" is the explanation of a virtuous, brave man who is the symbol of justice in every case. Therefore, we call successful athletes "Efe" stating their various qualifications in one brief word.

Venues

Sports

Core Events

Optional Events

Participants

Medal table

  *   Host nation ( Turkey)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)26162365
2  China (CHN)21161249
3  Japan (JPN)18182056
4  Ukraine (UKR)18161852
5  United States (USA)17121443
6  Poland (POL)128828
7  South Korea (KOR)1114934
8  Turkey (TUR)*1011627
9  Chinese Taipei (TPE)62412
10  Italy (ITA)561324
11  France (FRA)53715
12  Germany (GER)45817
13  Brazil (BRA)42915
14  Great Britain (GBR)39719
15  Belarus (BLR)36615
16  Canada (CAN)36312
17  Estonia (EST)3126
18  Uganda (UGA)3003
19  Iran (IRN)26412
20  Netherlands (NED)2125
21  Czech Republic (CZE)2024
22  Croatia (CRO)2002
23  Mexico (MEX)15713
24  North Korea (PRK)1326
25  New Zealand (NZL)1315
26  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1269
27  Hungary (HUN)1225
  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)1225
29  Cuba (CUB)1146
30  Spain (ESP)1124
31  Jamaica (JAM)1113
  Thailand (THA)1113
33  Georgia (GEO)1034
34  South Africa (RSA)1023
35  Austria (AUT)1012
  Romania (ROM)1012
37  Latvia (LAT)1001
  Mongolia (MGL)1001
  Slovenia (SLO)1001
40   Switzerland (SUI)0235
41  Portugal (POR)0202
42  Armenia (ARM)0145
  Ireland (IRL)0145
44  Australia (AUS)0134
  Greece (GRE)0134
  Morocco (MAR)0134
47  Belgium (BEL)0123
  Slovakia (SVK)0123
49  Finland (FIN)0112
  Lithuania (LIT)0112
  Senegal (SEN)0112
52  Algeria (ALG)0101
  Egypt (EGY)0101
  Moldova (MDA)0101
55  Azerbaijan (AZE)0022
  Kenya (KEN)0022
57  Malaysia (MAS)0011
Totals (57 entries)197196244637

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