2009 Winter Universiade

XXIV Winter Universiade
第二十四届冬季大学生运动会
Dì èrshísì jiè dōngjì dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì

Slogan: "Youth, Future, Ice and Snow"
Host city	Harbin, China
Nations participating	44
Athletes participating	2,326[1]
Events	12 sports
Opening ceremony	18 February 2009 (2009-02-18)
Closing ceremony	28 February 2009 (2009-02-28)
Officially opened by	Liu Yandong
Athlete's Oath	Wang Fei
Judge's Oath
Torch lighter	Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao
Main venue	Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium
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The 2009 Winter Universiade, the XXIV Winter Universiade took place in Harbin, China. Student athletes from 44 countries took part in the games.

Selection[]

Harbin was selected by FISU on January 10, 2005 over future 2011 Winter Universiade host city Erzurum. They were the only two candidates.

Venues[]

Harbin now has four stadiums for international ice games and five training stadiums. Among the venues, the following are mentioned in the official web site:

• Yabuli Olympic Snow Sports Center (about 100 km from Harbin)
• Heilongjiang University
• Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center (Both stadium and gymnasium)

These venues were used for the Asian Games and were part of Harbin's unsuccessful application for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

There will be two athlete's villages, the main one in Harbin and the second one in Yabuli.

Sports[]

Ice disciplines[]

• Speed skating
• Short track
• Figure skating
• Ice Hockey
• Curling

Snow disciplines[]

• Alpine skiing
• Cross country skiing
• Ski jumping
• Nordic combined
• Freestyle skiing
• Snowboarding
• Biathlon

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)*	18	18	12	48
2	Russia (RUS)	18	14	19	51
3	South Korea (KOR)	12	7	9	28
4	Japan (JPN)	9	8	3	20
5	Switzerland (SUI)	7	3	4	14
6	Austria (AUT)	4	3	2	9
7	France (FRA)	2	6	5	13
8	Poland (POL)	2	4	8	14
9	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	1	4
10	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
11	Canada (CAN)	1	4	1	6
12	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	3	5	9
13	Ukraine (UKR)	1	2	4	7
14	Germany (GER)	1	2	3	6
15	Israel (ISR)	1	0	0	1
16	Finland (FIN)	0	2	2	4
17	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	2	3
18	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
19	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
Totals (20 nations)		81	81	81	243

See also[]

• Sports in China

References[]

External links[]

• Official web site of Harbin 2009

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