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

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Name Event Country Record Type
Alwyn Myburgh 400 metres hurdles   South Africa 48.09 UR
Gao Shuying Pole vault   China 4.52 UR
Tatyana Lebedeva Triple jump   Russia 14.81 UR
Osleidys Menéndez Javelin throw   Cuba 69.82 UR
Gao Hongmiao 10 km racewalk   China 43:20 UR
Key:0000 WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • UR — Universiade record  • NR — National record

Medal summary

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

Women

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

Medal table

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  *   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 entries)454545135

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