Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade

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Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade
Cibalisettoreospiti.jpg
Host stadium in 2010.
Dates26–31 August 1997
Host city Catania, Italy
Venue Stadio Cibali
LevelSenior
Events45


The athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade took place in the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Sicily (Italy) at the end of August 1997, shortly after the World Championships in Athens, Greece. New events were the women's hammer throw, pole vault and half marathon competition. The marathon was dropped from the programme in favour of the half distance. A total of 23 men's and 22 women's events were contested (the difference being that steeplechase was held for men only).

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The United States topped the athletics medal table (as it had in 1995) with a total of 21 medals, eight of them gold. Russia was the next most successful nation, with six golds among its haul of 16 medals. Ukraine won five gold medals, while Cuba won four events and had the third highest medal total at twelve. The host nation, Italy, won eight medals. A total of 34 nations reached the medal table.

Among the 1995 men's champions, Ukrainian shot putter Yuriy Bilonoh and hammer thrower Balázs Kiss of Hungary successfully defended their titles. On the women's side, double distance champion Gabriela Szabo won the 1500 metres again and Russia's Natalya Sadova repeated as discus throw winner. Student-athletes Szabo, Iván Pedroso (long jump) Yoelbi Quesada (triple jump) and Marius Corbett (javelin) won both Universiade and World Championships gold medals that year, though there was an upset in the Universiade racewalking events, as world champion and world leader Annarita Sidoti only managed third place.

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
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(Wind: -0.5)
Flag of the United States.svg  Vincent Henderson  (USA)10.22Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy  (RUS)10.39Flag of the United States.svg  Jonathan Carter  (USA)10.42
200 metres
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(Wind: -0.3)
Flag of the United States.svg  Gentry Bradley  (USA)20.48Flag of the United States.svg  Tony Wheeler  (USA)20.64Flag of Cyprus.svg  Anninos Marcoullides  (CYP)20.72
400 metres
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Flag of Nigeria.svg  Clement Chukwu  (NGR)44.81Flag of the United States.svg  Jerome Davis  (USA)45.30Flag of Jamaica.svg  Linval Laird  (JAM)45.54
800 metres
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Flag of Cuba.svg  Norberto Téllez  (CUB)1:47.63Flag of South Africa.svg  Hezekiél Sepeng  (RSA)1:47.77Flag of the United States.svg  Bryan Woodward  (USA)1:48.43
1500 metres
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Anthony Whiteman  (GBR)3:43.57Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos García  (ESP)3:43.97Flag of Portugal (official).svg  António Travassos  (POR)3:44.14
5000 metres
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Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Zanon  (ITA)13:57.54Flag of Germany.svg  Thorsten Naumann  (GER)13:58.35Flag of the United States.svg  Dan Browne  (USA)14:00.94
10,000 metres
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Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kamiel Maase  (NED)28:22.11Flag of the United States.svg  Dan Browne  (USA)28:27.64Flag of Italy.svg  Rachid Berradi  (ITA)28:30.05
110 metres hurdles
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(Wind: -0.7)
Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Kislykh  (RUS)13.44Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jonathan Nsenga  (BEL)13.51Flag of the United States.svg  Dudley Dorival  (USA)13.53
400 metres hurdles
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Flag of South Africa.svg  Llewellyn Herbert  (RSA)48.99Flag of Russia.svg  Ruslan Mashchenko  (RUS)49.36Flag of Qatar.svg  Mubarak Al-Nubi  (QAT)49.48
3000 metres steeplechase
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Flag of Germany.svg  Mark Ostendarp  (GER)8:25.83Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marcel Laros  (NED)8:27.91Flag of Austria.svg  Michael Buchleitner  (AUT)8:28.92
4 × 100 metres relay
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Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Vincent Henderson
Bryan Howard
Jonathan Carter
Tony McCall
38.48Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
Anier García
Misael Ortiz
Iván García
Luis Alberto Pérez Rionda
38.52Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Dan Money
Jamie Henthorn
Ross Baillie
Douglas Walker
39.23
4 × 400 metres relay
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Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Octavius Terry
Tony Wheeler
Jerome Davis
Bryan Woodward
3:02.53Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)
Ian Weakley
Linval Laird
Garth Robinson
Dennis Blake
3:02.68Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Richard Knowles
Sean Baldock
Mark Sesay
Jared Deacon
3:02.74
Half marathon
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Flag of Brazil.svg  Marílson dos Santos  (BRA)1:03:32Flag of Kenya.svg  Stephen Mayaka  (KEN)1:03:51Flag of Kenya.svg  Solomon Wachira  (KEN)1:04:05
20 kilometres walk
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Flag of Russia.svg  Ilya Markov  (RUS)1:25:36Flag of Mexico.svg  Alejandro López  (MEX)1:26:00Flag of Italy.svg  Arturo Di Mezza  (ITA)1:26:12
High jump
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Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Jin-Taek  (KOR)2.32Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Charles Lefrançois  (CAN)2.32Flag of France.svg  Didier Detchénique  (FRA)2.28
Pole vault
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Flag of France.svg  Khalid Lachheb  (FRA)5.70Flag of the United States.svg  Chad Harting  (USA)5.60Flag of Germany.svg  Werner Holl  (GER)5.55
Long jump
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Flag of Cuba.svg  Iván Pedroso  (CUB)8.40Flag of Jamaica.svg  James Beckford  (JAM)8.35Flag of Slovenia.svg  Gregor Cankar  (SLO)8.11
Triple jump
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Flag of Cuba.svg  Yoelbi Quesada  (CUB)17.35Flag of Cuba.svg  Aliecer Urrutia  (CUB)17.11Flag of the United States.svg  Robert Howard  (USA)17.08
Shot put
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Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuriy Bilonoh  (UKR)20.34Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Dal Soglio  (ITA)20.01Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Miller  (USA)19.72
Discus throw
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Flag of Belarus.svg  Vladimir Dubrovshchik  (BLR)66.40Flag of the United States.svg  Andy Bloom  (USA)63.12Flag of the United States.svg  Doug Reynolds  (USA)62.76
Hammer throw
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Flag of Hungary.svg  Balázs Kiss  (HUN)79.42Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vadim Kolesnik  (UKR)77.16Flag of Russia.svg  Ilya Konovalov  (RUS)76.16
Javelin throw
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Flag of South Africa.svg  Marius Corbett  (RSA)86.50Flag of Cuba.svg  Emeterio González  (CUB)83.48Flag of Austria.svg  Gregor Högler  (AUT)81.12
Decathlon
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Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Roman Šebrle  (CZE)8380Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Kamil Damašek  (CZE)8072Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marcel Dost  (NED)7899

Women

GamesGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
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(Wind: +1.5)
Flag of Greece.svg  Ekaterini Thanou  (GRE)11.20Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anzhela Kravchenko  (UKR)11.34Flag of France.svg  Katia Benth  (FRA)11.35
200 metres
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(Wind: -0.6)
Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Leshchova  (RUS)23.18Flag of France.svg  Katia Benth  (FRA)23.31Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Monika Gachevska  (BUL)23.60
400 metres
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Allison Curbishley  (GBR)50.84Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kotlyarova  (RUS)51.35Flag of Cuba.svg  Idalmis Bonne  (CUB)51.72
800 metres
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Flag of Ukraine.svg  Irina Nedelenko  (UKR)2:00.21Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yelena Buzhenko  (UKR)2:00.84Flag of Russia.svg  Mariya Sinyusova  (RUS)2:01.38
1500 metres
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Flag of Romania.svg  Gabriela Szabo  (ROM)4:10.31Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Carla Sacramento  (POR)4:10.40Flag of Poland.svg  Lidia Chojecka  (POL)4:12.38
5000 metres
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Flag of the United States.svg  Nnenna Lynch  (USA)15:47.61Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Lori Durward  (CAN)15:48.68Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sarah Howell  (CAN)15:49.96
10,000 metres
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Flag of the United States.svg  Deena Drossin  (USA)33:45.31Flag of Italy.svg  Lucilla Andreucci  (ITA)33:54.22Flag of Japan.svg  Miwako Yamanaka  (JPN)34:10.28
100 metres hurdles
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(Wind: -1.1)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Angela Atede  (NGR)13.16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Feng Yun  (CHN)13.19Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Laukhova  (RUS)13.22
400 metres hurdles
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Flag of Ukraine.svg  Tetyana Tereshchuk  (UKR)54.91Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Bakhvalova  (RUS)55.91Flag of Cuba.svg  Daimí Pernía  (CUB)56.13
4 × 100 metres relay
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Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Juan Ball
Melinda Sergent
Shani Anderson
Passion Richardson
44.04Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Yekaterina Leshcheva
Irina Korotya
Olga Povtoryova
Natalya Ignatova
44.37Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Sonia Paquette
Tara Perry
LaDonna Antoine
Karen Clarke
44.59
4 × 400 metres relay
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Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Natalya Sharova
Svetlana Goncharenko
Yekaterina Bakhvalova
Olga Kotlyarova
3:27.93Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
Nancy McLeón
Julia Duporty
Daimí Pernía
Idalmis Bonne
3:29.00Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Vicki Jamison
Michelle Pierre
Michelle Thomas
Allison Curbishley
3:30.57
Half marathon
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Flag of Japan.svg  Mari Sotani  (JPN)1:11:49Flag of Italy.svg  Agata Balsamo  (ITA)1:13:06Flag of Japan.svg  Miyuki Tokura  (JPN)1:13:20
10 kilometres walk
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Flag of Belarus.svg  Larisa Ramazanova  (BLR)44:01Flag of Italy.svg  Rossella Giordano  (ITA)44:31Flag of Italy.svg  Annarita Sidoti  (ITA)44:38
High jump
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Flag of the United States.svg  Amy Acuff  (USA)1.98Flag of Romania.svg  Monica Iagar  (ROM)1.96Flag of France.svg  Marie Collonvillé  (FRA)1.94
Pole vault
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Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Emma George  (AUS)4.40Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cai Weiyan  (CHN)4.30Flag of Austria.svg  Doris Auer  (AUT)4.10
Long jump
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Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Shekhovtsova  (UKR)6.78Flag of Ukraine.svg  Viktoriya Vershynina  (UKR)6.44Flag of Romania.svg  Cristina Nicolau  (ROM)6.40
Triple jump
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Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Hovorova  (UKR)14.23Flag of Cuba.svg  Olga Cepero  (CUB)14.12Flag of Belarus.svg  Zhanna Gureyeva  (BLR)13.93
Shot put
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Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Korzhanenko  (RUS)19.39Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Corrie de Bruin  (NED)18.65Flag of the United States.svg  Tressa Thompson  (USA)18.26
Discus throw
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Flag of Russia.svg  Natalya Sadova  (RUS)67.02Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Hu Honglian  (CHN)61.00Flag of Romania.svg  Nicoleta Grasu  (ROM)60.08
Hammer throw
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Flag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)69.84Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)65.96Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Deborah Sosimenko  (AUS)65.02
Javelin throw
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Flag of Cuba.svg  Isel López  (CUB)64.30Flag of Cuba.svg  Sonia Bisset  (CUB)63.46Flag of Germany.svg  Karen Forkel  (GER)60.70
Heptathlon
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Flag of Germany.svg  Mona Steigauf  (GER)6546Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Vostrikova  (RUS)6175Flag of France.svg  Marie Collonvillé  (FRA)6143

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)85821
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)67316
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)5409
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)46212
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)2125
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)2125
7Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)2103
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)2035
9Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)2013
10Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)2002
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)*1438
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1214
13Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1146
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1102
15Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1023
16Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)1012
17Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1001
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)1001
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1001
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1001
21Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0303
22Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0224
23Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)0213
24Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)0112
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal  (POR)0112
26Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0101
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)0101
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0101
29Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0033
30Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0011
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0011
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)0011
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0011
Totals (34 entries)454545135

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