| Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade | |
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| Dates | 23–28 August 2017 |
| Host city |  Taipei, Taiwan |
| Venue | Taipei Municipal Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Events | 46 |
| Participation | 1258 athletes from 115 nations |
| Records set | 2 UR s |
Athletics was contested at the 2017 Summer Universiade from August 23 to 28 at the Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. [1]
* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 |  Poland (POL) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  Dominican Republic (DOM) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE)* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Portugal (POR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 |  Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
 Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 13 |  Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 |  Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 19 |  Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 |  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 |  Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 33 |  Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 |  Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (42 entries) | 50 | 50 | 49 | 149 | |
Albania (2) Algeria (15)
Argentina (12)
Aruba (2) Australia (45) Austria (7) Azerbaijan (2) Belarus (7) Belgium (10)
Bermuda (3)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Bolivia (1)
Botswana (8)
Brazil (22)
Bulgaria (4) Burkina Faso (4)
Cameroon (2) Canada (51)
Central African Republic (1)
Chile (8) China (28) Chinese Taipei (47)
Colombia (11)
Costa Rica (3)
Croatia (6) Cuba (2) Cyprus (4) Czech Republic (17)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
Denmark (30) Dominican Republic (11)
Ecuador (1)
El Salvador (1)
Equatorial Guinea (2)
Estonia (22)
Ethiopia (1)
Federated States of Micronesia (1) Finland (19) France (16) Germany (25)
Ghana (10) Great Britain (20)
Greece (1)
Guatemala (1)
Guyana (2)
Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (7) Hungary (15) India (17)
Indonesia (4)
Iraq (3)
Ireland (11)
Israel (5) Italy (23)
Ivory Coast (2) Jamaica (15) Japan (37)
Jordan (2) Kazakhstan (24)
Kenya (7) Kyrgyzstan (2) Latvia (18)
Lebanon (8)
Lesotho (2) Lithuania (21)
Luxembourg (4)
Macau (3)
Macedonia (1)
Madagascar (1)
Malaysia (8) Mexico (28) Moldova (3)
Mongolia (5)
Montenegro (2)
Namibia (2)
Nepal (1) Netherlands (11)
Niger (2)
Nigeria (14) New Zealand (11)
Norway (9)
Oman (12)
Pakistan (4)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (2)
Philippines (15) Poland (53) Portugal (11) Romania (13)
Rwanda (2)
Saudi Arabia (13)
Senegal (2) Serbia (9)
Sierra Leone (6)
Singapore (5) Slovakia (18)
Slovenia (21)
Sri Lanka (21) South Africa (42)
South Korea (21)
Swaziland (3)
Sweden (2) Switzerland (20)
Tajikistan (4)
Tanzania (2)
Thailand (24)
Trinidad and Tobago (5) Turkey (25) Uganda (17) Ukraine (23)
United Arab Emirates (1) United States (30)
Vietnam (2)
Zambia (8)
Zimbabwe (3)
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