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The 1989 Winter Universiade, the XIV Winter Universiade, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1]
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Host city | Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Opening | 2 March 1989 |
Closing | 12 March 1989 |
Opened by | Todor Zhivkov |
Iran boycotted the event in response to the Iran–Iraq War in 1980. Iran and Iraq also chose to boycott the 1989 Summer Universiade in Duisburg for the same reason.
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Medal table
edit* Host nation (Bulgaria)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
3 | China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
4 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
6 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
8 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Bulgaria (BUL)* | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
10 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
11 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
12 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | United States (USA) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
14 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
17 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |
References
edit- ^ "1989 Winter Universiade". Archived from the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2011-09-16.