| Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Half marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's long jump event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 30 and 31 August. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| Iván Pedroso | James Beckford | Gregor Cankar |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iván Pedroso | 8.40 | |||
| James Beckford | 8.35 | |||
| Gregor Cankar | 8.11 | |||
| 4 | Nélson Carlos Ferreira | 8.01 | ||
| 5 | Kevin Dilworth | 7.92 | ||
| 6 | Brian Bowers | 7.85 | ||
| 7 | Olexiy Lukashevych | 7.79 | ||
| 8 | Bogdan Țăruș | 7.62 | ||
| 9 | Yevgeniy Tretyak | 7.61 | ||
| 10 | Diego Boschiero | 7.60 | ||
| 11 | Douglas de Souza | 7.55 | ||
| 12 | Bogdan Tudor | 7.47 |