1991 Winter Universiade

XV Winter Universiade
第15回 冬季ユニバーシアード

Host city	Sapporo, Japan
Opening	March 2, 1991
Closing	March 10, 1991
Opened by	Crown Prince Naruhito
Main venue	Makomanai Ice Arena

The 1991 Winter Universiade, the XV Winter Universiade, took place in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Universiade to be held in Asia.

Venues

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Makomanai Park	Ski jumping, Nordic Combined, Cross-country skiing, Biathlon	20,000
Makomanai Ice Arena	Ice hockey, Figure skating and ceremonies	10,000
Makomanai Open Stadium	Speed skating	25,000
Hokkaido	Alpine skiing	12,000

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)*	14	9	9	32
2	Soviet Union (URS)	6	10	6	22
3	South Korea (KOR)	5	2	2	9
4	North Korea (PRK)	4	1	3	8
5	United States (USA)	2	7	3	12
6	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	4	1	7
7	Austria (AUT)	2	2	2	6
8	China (CHN)	2	1	3	6
9	Germany (GER)	2	1	0	3
10	Canada (CAN)	2	0	1	3
11	Italy (ITA)	1	2	3	6
12	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	3	5
13	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	1	3
14	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
15	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	1	3
16	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	1	2
18	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
19	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		45	45	45	135

Sports

•  Alpine skiing (10) ()
•  Cross-country skiing (8) ()
•  Figure skating (4) ()
•  Ice hockey (1) ()
•  Nordic combined (1) ()
•  Short track speed skating (10) ()
•  Ski jumping (2) ()
•  Speed skating (10) ()