Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade

At the 2001 Summer Universiade, the athletics events were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China between 27 August and 1 September. A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. The host country, China, took the most gold medals (9) and the most medals overall (16). The United States were a close second with a total of 8 golds. Five Universiade records were broken during the course of the athletics competition.

Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
Dates27 August – 1 September
Host cityBeijing, China
VenueOlympic Sports Centre
LevelSenior
Events45
Records set5 Universiade records


Amongst the gold medallists for the host country were Dong Yanmei, who won golds in the women's 5000 and 10,000 metres races, and 18-year-old Liu Xiang in the 110 metres hurdles. It was Liu's first gold on a world stage and he became the 2004 Olympic champion in world record time three years later. As well as Dong, three other athletes took medals in multiple individual events: Gennadiy Chernovol won silver in both the 100 and 200 metres for Kazakhstan, Swiss athlete Christian Belz won two bronze medals via the 5000 m and steeplechase races, and Brazilian Maurren Maggi took the women's long jump gold and a silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles.

Records

Name Event Country Record Type
Alwyn Myburgh400 metres hurdles South Africa48.09UR
Gao ShuyingPole vault China4.52UR
Tatyana LebedevaTriple jump Russia14.81UR
Osleidys MenéndezJavelin throw Cuba69.82UR
Gao Hongmiao10 km racewalk China43:20UR
Key:0000 WR — World record   AR — Area record   UR — Universiade record   NR — National record

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
 Marcus Brunson (USA)10.15  Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)10.29  Chris Lambert (GBR)10.38
200 metres
 Marcin Urbaś (POL)20.56  Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)20.57  Corné du Plessis (RSA)20.58
400 metres
 Andrew Pierce (USA)45.34  Clinton Hill (AUS)45.63  Andriy Tverdostup (UKR)45.78
800 metres
 Khalid Tighazouine (MAR)1:45.27  Derrick Peterson (USA)1:45.49  Otukile Lekote (BOT)1:45.63
1500 metres
 Pedro Antonio Esteso (ESP)3:43.98  Gareth Turnbull (IRL)3:44.21  Aléxis Abraham (FRA)3:44.48
5000 metres
 Serhiy Lebid (UKR)13:44.24  Mikhayil Yeginov (RUS)13:46.63  Christian Belz (SUI)13:48.21
10,000 metres
 John Kanyi (KEN)28:27.42  Ignacio Cáceres (ESP)28:43.63  Kazuyoshi Tokumoto (JPN)28:47.34
110 metres hurdles
 Liu Xiang (CHN)13.33  Elmar Lichtenegger (AUT)13.36  Robert Kronberg (SWE)13.40
400 metres hurdles
 Alwyn Myburgh (RSA)48.09 UR  Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ)48.46  Chen Tien-Wen (TPE)48.63
3000 metres steeplechase
 Anthony Famiglietti (USA)8:21.97  Jakub Czaja (POL)8:23.00  Christian Belz (SUI)8:24.46
4 × 100 metres relay
 Japan (JPN)
Shingo Kawabata
Kenji Nara
Yusuke Omae
Masayuki Okusako
38.77  United States (USA)
Kaaron Conwright
Gerald Williams
Marcus Brunson
Josh Norman
39.14  Italy (ITA)
Andrea Rabino
Luca Verdecchia
Andrea Colombo
Massimiliano Donati
39.35
4 × 400 metres relay
 United States (USA)
Geno White
Thomas Gerding
Brandon Couts
Andrew Pierce
3:02.83  Ukraine (UKR)
Oleksandr Kaydash
Yevhen Zyukov
Andriy Tverdostup
Volodymyr Rybalka
3:02.87  Japan (JPN)
Mitsuhiro Sato
Ken Yoshizawa
Ryuji Muraki
Masayuki Okusako
3:03.63
Half marathon
 Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN)1:04:12  Wodage Zvadya (ISR)1:04:30  Ryoji Matsushita (JPN)1:04:53
20 kilometres walk
 Lorenzo Civallero (ITA)1:24:42  Juan Manuel Molina (ESP)1:25:07  He Xiaodong (CHN)1:25:17
High jump
 Aleksandr Kravtsov (RUS)2.28  Gennadiy Moroz (BLR)2.28  Tora Harris (USA)2.26
Pole vault
 Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)5.80  Štěpán Janáček (CZE)5.70  Laurens Looije (NED)5.60
Long jump
 Miguel Pate (USA)8.07  Stephan Louw (NAM)8.04  Gable Garenamotse (BOT)7.99
Triple jump
 Kenta Bell (USA)17.22  Marian Oprea (ROU)17.11  Jadel Gregório (BRA)16.92
Shot put
 Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez (ESP)20.97  Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)20.16  Milan Haborák (SVK)19.90
Discus throw
 Aleksander Tammert (EST)65.19  Leonid Cherevko (BLR)63.15  Aleksandr Malashevich (BLR)62.81
Hammer throw
 Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)78.41  Vladislav Piskunov (UKR)77.99  Adrián Annus (HUN)77.73
Javelin throw
 Ēriks Rags (LAT)82.72  Isbel Luaces (CUB)81.68  Gergely Horváth (HUN)80.03
Decathlon
 Raúl Duany (CUB)8069  Volodymyr Mykhailenko (UKR)8019  Qi Haifeng (CHN)8019

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
 Abi Oyepitan (GBR)11.42  Zeng Xiujun (CHN)11.58  Mireille Donders (SUI)11.59
200 metres
 Li Xuemei (CHN)22.86  Kim Gevaert (BEL)22.94  Natallia Safronnikava (BLR)23.16
400 metres
 Demetria Washington (USA)51.22  Otilia Ruicu (ROU)51.82  Miki Barber (USA)51.92
800 metres
 Brigita Langerholc (SLO)2:00.96  Nedia Semedo (POR)2:01.64  Tatyana Rodionova (RUS)2:01.68
1500 metres
 Süreyya Ayhan (TUR)4:06.91  Maria Cristina Grosu (ROU)4:08.84  Sabina Fischer (SUI)4:08.93
5000 metres
 Dong Yanmei (CHN)15:30.28  Tatyana Khmeleva (RUS)15:43.18  Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN)15:43.94
10,000 metres
 Dong Yanmei (CHN)32:45.14  Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN)32:53.55  Yukiko Akaba (JPN)32:57.35
100 metres hurdles
 Su Yiping (CHN)12.95  Maurren Maggi (BRA)13.13  Jacquie Munro (AUS)13.17
400 metres hurdles
 Tasha Danvers (GBR)54.94  Małgorzata Pskit (POL)55.27  Sonia Brito (AUS)55.72
4 × 100 metres relay
 China (CHN)
Chen Yueqin
Yan Jiankui
Li Xuemei
Zeng Xiujun
43.72  Brazil (BRA)
Maíla Machado
Lucimar Moura
Maurren Maggi
Rosemar Coelho Neto
44.13  France (FRA)
Sylvanie Morandais
Reïna-Flor Okori
Katia Benth
Céline Thelamon
44.24
4 × 400 metres relay
 United States (USA)
Me'Lisa Barber
Demetria Washington
Carolyn Jackson
Mikele Barber
3:28.04  Great Britain (GBR)
Tasha Danvers
Tracey Duncan
Lee McConnell
Jennifer Meadows
3:30.40  Belarus (BLR)
Natallia Safronnikava
Sviatlana Usovich
Hanna Kazak
Iryna Khliustava
3:30.65
Half marathon
 Ham Bong-Sil (PRK)1:15:24  Miki Oyama (JPN)1:15:31  Kim Chang-Ok (PRK)1:15:36
10 kilometres walk
 Gao Hongmiao (CHN)43:20 UR  Susana Feitor (POR)43:40  Wang Liping (CHN)44:01
High jump
 Vita Palamar (UKR)1.96  Nicole Forrester (CAN)1.94  Nevena Lendjel (CRO)1.91
Pole vault
 Gao Shuying (CHN)4.52 UR  Sabine Schulte (GER)4.35  Šárka Mládková (CZE)4.20
Long jump
 Maurren Maggi (BRA)6.83  Guan Yingnan (CHN)6.56  Kumiko Ikeda (JPN)6.52
Triple jump
 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)14.81 UR  Natallia Safronava (BLR)14.57  Yelena Oleynikova (RUS)14.39w
Shot put
 Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)18.90  Lee Myung-Sun (KOR)18.79  Katarzyna Żakowicz (POL)18.31
Discus throw
 Li Qiumei (CHN)61.66  Li Yanfeng (CHN)60.50  Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA)58.04
Hammer throw
 Manuela Montebrun (FRA)69.78  Yipsi Moreno (CUB)68.39  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)67.97
Javelin throw
 Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)69.82 UR  Nikola Tomecková (CZE)62.20  Wei Jianhua (CHN)57.84
Heptathlon
 Jane Jamieson (AUS)6041  Svetlana Sokolova (RUS)5985  Sonja Kesselschläger (GER)5973

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China*93416
2 United States82212
3 Cuba3205
4 Ukraine2417
5 Russia2327
6 Japan22610
7 Spain2204
8 Great Britain2114
9 Italy2013
10 Brazil1214
 Poland1214
12 Australia1124
13 Israel1102
14 France1034
15 North Korea1012
 South Africa1012
17 Estonia1001
 Kenya1001
 Latvia1001
 Morocco1001
 Slovenia1001
 Turkey1001
23 Belarus0347
24 Kazakhstan0303
 Romania0303
26 Czech Republic0213
27 Portugal0202
28 Germany0112
29 Austria0101
 Belgium0101
 Canada0101
 Ireland0101
 Namibia0101
 South Korea0101
35  Switzerland0044
36 Botswana0022
 Hungary0022
38 Chinese Taipei0011
 Croatia0011
 Netherlands0011
 Slovakia0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (42 nations)454545135

References

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