The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea.

• The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade.
• It symbolizes the theme of "Dream for Unity" and the five goals (Dream, Advance, Equalize, Green and Unite) of the Games.
• The wide green stripe emphasizing Daegu's image as an environmentally friendly city.
• The Five-colored stripes symbolize Daegu as a city of textile and fashion.
• The soaring figure of the Universiade's five stars and five stripes in harmony symbolize the challenging spirit of youth across the globe, Daegu's upright spirit and vision for the bright future.

• The mascot embodies the Image of Daegu Summer Universiade, a festival of the University Students on the global village.
• The rainbow colors symbolize the textile & fashion industry, environmentally friendly city and the dreams toward unity transcending all the barriers or differences.
• Cyber-typed Mascot represents the creativity and challenging spirit toward the future of the youth.

Events in a total of twelve sports were contested at this Universiade.

• Note: Numbers in brackets denote the number of different events held in each sport.

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	41	27	13	81
2	Russia (RUS)	26	22	34	82
3	South Korea (KOR)*	26	12	17	55
4	Ukraine (UKR)	23	15	17	55
5	Japan (JPN)	13	13	21	47
6	France (FRA)	8	8	4	20
7	Great Britain (GBR)	8	3	6	17
8	United States (USA)	5	13	18	36
9	North Korea (PRK)	3	8	3	14
10	Poland (POL)	3	4	3	10
11	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	3	5	11
12	Belarus (BLR)	3	3	4	10
13	Germany (GER)	3	2	8	13
14	Hungary (HUN)	3	2	7	12
15	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	0	3	6
16	Australia (AUS)	2	5	5	12
	Italy (ITA)	2	5	5	12
18	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	2	4	0	6
19	South Africa (RSA)	2	1	2	5
20	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	0	1	3
21	Spain (ESP)	1	4	8	13
22	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	8	11
23	Romania (ROM)	1	2	4	7
24	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	2	4
25	Morocco (MAR)	1	1	1	3
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	1	1	1	3
27	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	1	0	0	1
29	Mexico (MEX)	0	3	2	5
30	Finland (FIN)	0	3	1	4
31	Slovakia (SVK)	0	2	3	5
32	Iran (IRI)	0	2	2	4
33	Slovenia (SLO)	0	2	0	2
	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	0	2
35	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	2	3
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
38	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	1	2
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	1	2
40	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
42	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	3	3
	Thailand (THA)	0	0	3	3
44	Israel (ISR)	0	0	2	2
45	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (53 entries)		189	182	233	604

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