1985 Summer Universiade
The 1985 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIII Summer Universiade, took place in Kobe, Japan.
Host city | Kobe, Japan |
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Nations participating | 106 |
Athletes participating | 2,783 |
Events | 11 sports |
Opening ceremony | August 24 |
Closing ceremony | September 4 |
Officially opened by | Crown Prince Akihito |
Main venue | Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |
Mascot
The mascot of the Kobe Universiade, "Unitan", designed by Osamu Tezuka, is a red-crested white crane, symbolic of Japan and a good omen. The name was chosen from some 8,000 suggestions received from throughout the country. The name is derived from a combination of 'uni' from 'Universiade' and 'tan' from the Japanese name for red-crested crane, namely 'tancho-tsuru'.
Gender test
The sex chromatin test was used at these games to decide on participants' gender; Spanish hurdler Maria José Martínez-Patiño was declared a man and thus ruled ineligible for the women's events.[1][2][3] In agreement with officials who suggested she fake an injury so she could withdraw without publicity, she complied. She later fought, successfully, to have that diagnosis reversed.[4]
Sports
- Athletics ()
- Basketball ()
- Diving ()
- Fencing ()
- Football ()
- Gymnastics ()
- Judo ()
- Swimming ()
- Tennis ()
- Volleyball ()
- Water polo ()
Medal table
* Host nation (Japan)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 42 | 23 | 18 | 83 |
2 | United States (USA) | 24 | 21 | 23 | 68 |
3 | Cuba (CUB) | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
4 | China (CHN) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
5 | Romania (ROU) | 5 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
6 | Japan (JPN)* | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
7 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
8 | North Korea (PRK) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
9 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
11 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
13 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
14 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
15 | Nigeria (NGR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
16 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
17 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
18 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
19 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
20 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
21 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
22 | France (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
23 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
24 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
28 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (29 nations) | 120 | 122 | 125 | 367 |
References
- Ruth Padawer (June 28, 2016). "The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes". The New York Times.
- Ljungqvist, A. (2008-04-15). "Gender Verification". In Barbara L. Drinkwater (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine: An IOC Medical Commission Publication, Women in Sport. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 183–93. ISBN 9780470756850. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- Schultz, Jaime (2014). Qualifying Times: Points of Change in U.S. Women's Sport. U of Illinois P. pp. 111–12. ISBN 9780252095962.
- Cole, Cheryl L. (2000). "One Chromosome Too Many?". In Kay Schaffer (ed.). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Sidonie Smith. Rutgers UP. pp. 128–46. ISBN 9780813528205. Retrieved 2 March 2015.