Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games

Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games
Dates	21–27 July 2025
Host city	Bochum, Germany
Venue	Lohrheidestadion (track and field events) Kemnader See (half marathon & race walk)
Level	Senior
Events	51
Participation	1422 athletes from 86 nations
← 2021 2027 → 2025 Summer World University Games

Athletics took place at the 2025 Summer World University Games from 21 to 27 July 2025 at the Lohrheidestadion in Bochum, Germany and Kemnader See. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medal Table

  *   Host nation (Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	5	3	3	11
2	Australia	5	2	3	10
3	China	4	4	3	11
4	South Africa	4	2	4	10
5	Italy	4	1	4	9
6	Poland	3	3	1	7
7	Turkey	3	2	3	8
8	Germany*	2	3	4	9
	Spain	2	3	4	9
10	Switzerland	2	3	1	6
11	Finland	2	1	2	5
12	France	2	1	0	3
13	Kenya	1	1	1	3
14	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
	Ireland	1	1	0	2
	Norway	1	1	0	2
	Sweden	1	1	0	2
18	Ukraine	1	0	2	3
19	South Korea	1	0	1	2
20	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Israel	1	0	0	1
	Luxembourg	1	0	0	1
	Portugal	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
26	United States	0	4	1	5
27	Hungary	0	3	3	6
28	Great Britain	0	3	2	5
	India	0	3	2	5
30	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	Thailand	0	1	0	1
	Virgin Islands	0	1	0	1
35	Canada	0	0	2	2
36	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (40 entries)		51	51	51	153

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Bayanda Walaza   South Africa	10.16	Puripol Boonson   Thailand	10.22	Hiroki Yanagita   Japan	10.23
200 metres details	Bayanda Walaza   South Africa	20.63	Adrià Alfonso Medero   Spain	20.70	Lee Jae-seong   South Korea	20.75
400 metres details	Lythe Pillay   South Africa	44.84 SB	Patrik Simon Enyingi   Hungary	45.41	Edoardo Scotti   Italy	45.61
800 metres details	David Barroso   Spain	1:47.64	Maciej Wyderka   Poland	1:48.01	Mehmet Çelik   Turkey	1:48.07
1500 metres details	Filip Ostrowski   Poland	3:46.10	Titouan Le Grix   France	3:46.32	Samuel Charig   Great Britain	3:46.62
5000 metres details	Arthur Gervais  [ fr ]   France	15:02.00	David Mullarkey   Great Britain	15:02.39	Collins Kiprotich   Kenya	15:02.47
10,000 metres details	Brian Musau   Kenya	28:42.39 SB	David Mullarkey   Great Britain	28:43.44	Mario Priego   Spain	28:45.02 PB
110 metres hurdles details	Tatsuki Abe  [ de ]   Japan	13.47	Ángel Díaz Rodríguez   Spain	13.59	Mondray Barnard   South Africa	13.59
400 metres hurdles details	Berke Akçam   Turkey	49.29	Ryan Matulonis   United States	49.38 PB	Patrik Dömötör   Slovakia	49.45
3000 metres steeplechase details	Ruben Querinjean   Luxembourg	8:18.46 GR	Alejandro Quijada  [ es; fr ]   Spain	8:20.70 PB	István Palkovits  [ de; es ]   Hungary	8:35.05 PB
4 × 100 metres relay details	South Korea  (KOR) Lee Jae-seong Kim Jeong-yun Nwamadi Joel-jin Seo Min-jun	38.50 SB	South Africa  (RSA) Kyle Zinn Retshidisitswe Mlenga Mthi Mthimkulu Bayanda Walaza	38.80 SB	India  (IND) Lalu Bhoi Animesh Kujur Manikanta Hoblidhar Dondapati Mrutyam Jayaram	38.89 SB
4 × 400 metres relay details	Poland  (POL) Daniel Sołtysiak Marcin Karolewski Wiktor Wróbel Maksymilian Szwed	3:03.64 SB	United States  (USA) Joey Gant Xavier Donaldson Ryan Matulonis Jake Palermo	3:04.34 SB	Turkey  (TUR) İlyas Çanakçı Kubilay Ençü Berke Akçam İsmail Nezir	3:04.40 SB
Half marathon details	Shinsaku Kudo   Japan	1:02:29 GR	Ramazan Baştuğ   Turkey	1:02:35 PB	Ryuto Uehara   Japan	1:02:39
Half marathon team details	Japan  (JPN) Shinsaku Kudo Ryuto Uehara Kento Baba	3:07:52	Turkey  (TUR) Ramazan Baştuğ Ayetullah Aslanhan Azat Demirtaş	3:13:56	China  (CHN) Ma Rui Chen Zhongping Wang Wenjie	3:17:45
20 kilometres walk details	Andrea Cosi  [ es; it ]   Italy	1:19:48 GR	Atsuki Tsuchiya   Japan	1:20:08	Mykola Rushchak   Ukraine	1:20:10
20 kilometres walk team details	Japan  (JPN) Atsuki Tsuchiya Keisuke Hara Taisei Yoshizako	4:03:45	Australia  (AUS) William Thompson Timothy Fraser Isaac Beacroft Corey Dickson	4:04:50	China  (CHN) Hu Xuanfei Huang Peiyang Sun Chaofan	4:09:07
High jump details	Yonathan Kapitolnik   Israel	2.27 m	Fu Chao-hsuan  [ de ]   Chinese Taipei	2.25 m	Roman Anastasios   Australia	2.20 m =SB
Pole vault details	Simen Guttormsen   Norway	5.75 m PB	Valters Kreišs   Latvia	5.65 m	Márton Böndör   Hungary	5.55 m
Long jump details	Shu Heng   China	8.09 m	Koki Fujihara   Japan	8.00 m	Luka Herden   Germany	7.96 m
Triple jump details	Connor Murphy   Australia	16.77 m SB	Praveen Chithravel   India	16.66 m	João Pedro de Azevedo   Brazil	16.35 m PB
Shot put details	Aiden Smith   South Africa	20.25 m	Xing Jialiang   China	20.08 m	Riccardo Ferrara   Italy	19.91 m
Discus throw details	Miká Sosna   Germany	64.26 m	Steven Richter   Germany	61.77 m	Mykhailo Brudin   Ukraine	60.71 m SB
Hammer throw details	Mykhaylo Kokhan   Ukraine	77.10 m	Merlin Hummel   Germany	77.03 m	Giorgio Olivieri  [ es; it ]   Italy	73.78 m SB
Javelin throw details	Simon Wieland   Switzerland	79.33 m SB	Nick Thumm   Germany	78.47 m	Topias Laine  [ es; fi; pl ]   Finland	75.96 m
Decathlon details	Benjamin Guse   Australia	7918 pts PB	Aleksi Savolainen   Finland	7619 pts PB	Nino Portmann   Switzerland	7614 pts

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Georgia Harris   Australia	11.44	Magdalena Stefanowicz   Poland	11.49	Gabriella Marais   South Africa	11.51
200 metres details	Vittoria Fontana   Italy	22.79 PB	Léonie Pointet   Switzerland	22.81 SB	Esperança Cladera   Spain	23.03
400 metres details	Barbora Malíková   Czech Republic	51.52 SB	Veronika Drljacic  [ de ]   Croatia	51.66 PB	Alessandra Bonora   Italy	52.41
800 metres details	Eloisa Coiro   Italy	1:59.84	Veronica Vancardo   Switzerland	2:00.08	Daniela García   Spain	2:00.12
1500 metres details	Joceline Wind   Switzerland	4:19.96	Sarah Calvert   Great Britain	4:20.18	Kimberley May   New Zealand	4:20.39
5000 metres details	Julia David-Smith   France	15:34.57 PB	Seema   India	15:35.86 SB	Emily Parker   Great Britain	15:36.12
10,000 metres details	Klara Lukan   Slovenia	31:25.84 GR	Sarah Wanjiru   Kenya	31:41.80 PB	Alicia Berzosa   Spain	32:00.73 PB
100 metres hurdles details	Saara Keskitalo   Finland	12.88 [.872]	Anna Tóth   Hungary	12.88 [.877]	Alicja Sielska   Poland	12.95
400 metres hurdles details	Alice Muraro   Italy	54.60 PB	Michelle Smith   Virgin Islands	55.65	Sára Mátó  [ de; es ]   Hungary	55.92
3000 metres steeplechase details	Ilona Mononen   Finland	9:31.86	Ankita Dhyani   India	9:31.99 PB	Adia Budde  [ es ]   Germany	9:33.34
4 × 100 metres relay details	Australia  (AUS) Georgia Harris Kristie Edwards Olivia Inkster Jessica Milat	43.46 SB	Switzerland  (SUI) Larissa Bertényi Léonie Pointet Iris Caligiuri Soraya Becerra	43.47 SB	Germany  (GER) Louise Wieland Talea Prepens Svenja Pfetsch Jolina Ernst	43.60
4 × 400 metres relay details	Germany  (GER) Vivienne Morgenstern Mona Mayer Sabrina Heil Yasmin Amaadacho	3:29.68 SB	Poland  (POL) Kinga Gacka Weronika Bartnowska Paulina Kubis Aleksandra Formella	3:30.21 SB	Canada  (CAN) Paige Willems Tyra Boug Georgia Oland Favour Okpali	3:34.16 SB
Half marathon details	Ma Xiuzhen   China	1:12:48 PB	Makoto Tsuchiya   Japan	1:12:58	Mariya Noda   Japan	1:13:16
Half marathon team details	Japan  (JPN) Makoto Tsuchiya Mariya Noda Ayaka Maeda Aoi Takahashi	3:39:32	China  (CHN) Ma Xiuzhen Li Yingcui Wang Jiali	3:49:04	Turkey  (TUR) Nursena Çeto Dilek Öztürk Ezgi Kaya	3:49:52
20 kilometres walk details	Elizabeth McMillen   Australia	1:28:18 = GR	Ning Jinlin   China	1:28:32 PB	Ji Haiying   China	1:29:14
20 kilometres walk team details	China  (CHN) Ning Jinlin Ji Haiying Luo Yue	4:28:51	Australia  (AUS) Elizabeth McMillen Olivia Sandery Alexandra Griffin Allanah Pitcher Rebecca Henderson	4:31:20	India  (IND) Sejal Singh Munita Prajapati Mansi Negi Shalini Mahima Choudhary	4:56:06
High jump details	Una Stancev   Spain	1.91 m =PB	Asia Tavernini   Italy	1.89 m	Elena Kulichenko   Cyprus	1.87 m
Pole vault details	Elien Vekemans   Belgium	4.60 m	Kitty Faye   Norway	4.50 m	Rachel Grenke   Canada	4.35 m PB
Long jump details	Agate de Sousa   Portugal	6.70 m	Xiong Shiqi   China	6.68 m	Natalia Linares   Colombia	6.67 m PB
Triple jump details	Sharifa Davronova   Uzbekistan	14.33 m PB	Linda Suchá   Czech Republic	13.89 m PB	Desleigh Owusu   Australia	13.86 m PB
Shot put details	Axelina Johansson   Sweden	18.45 m	Abria Smith   United States	17.38 m	Colette Uys   South Africa	17.34 m
Discus throw details	Özlem Becerek   Turkey	61.15 m SB	Caisa-Marie Lindfors   Sweden	58.80 m	Antonia Kinzel   Germany	58.43 m
Hammer throw details	Zhao Jie   China	72.80 m	Nicola Tuthill   Ireland	69.98 m	Sara Killinen   Finland	67.80 m
Javelin throw details	Esra Türkmen   Turkey	59.90 m PB	Evelyn Bliss   United States	57.37 m	Jana van Schalkwyk   South Africa	56.73 m
Heptathlon details	Kate O'Connor   Ireland	6487 pts NR	Szabina Szűcs   Hungary	6081 pts PB	Emelia Surch   Australia	6068 pts PB

Mixed events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay details	Poland  (POL) Daniel Sołtysiak Weronika Bartnowska Marcin Karolewski Aleksandra Formella	3:15.58 GR , SB	South Africa  (RSA) Mthi Mthimkulu Precious Molepo Lythe Pillay Marlie Viljoen	3:16.42 SB	United States  (USA) Xavier Donaldson II Zoey Goldstein Jake Palermo Charlee Crawford	3:17.91 SB

Participanting NUSFs

A total of 1,342 athletes from 86 nations competed in the athletics events of the 2025 Summer World University Games. ^[4]

•   Albania  (2)
•   Argentina  (4)
•   Armenia  (3)
•   Australia  (60)
•   Austria  (9)
•   Azerbaijan  (3)
•   Bangladesh  (4)
•   Belgium  (18)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina  (3)
•   Botswana  (5)
•   Brazil  (10)
•   Cambodia  (3)
•   Canada  (50)
•   Chile  (13)
•   China  (18)
•   Chinese Taipei  (26)
•   Colombia  (20)
•   Costa Rica  (1)
•   Croatia  (9)
•   Cyprus  (7)
•   Czech Republic  (16)
•   Denmark  (12)
•   Ecuador  (20)
•   Egypt  (4)
•   Estonia  (24)
•   Ethiopia  (2)
•   Finland  (22)
•   France  (14)
•   Germany  (55) (host)
•   Great Britain  (55)
•   Haiti  (1)
•   Honduras  (2)
•   Hong Kong  (8)
•   Hungary  (51)
•   India  (93)
•   Ireland  (8)
•   Israel  (1)
•   Italy  (19)
•   Japan  (46)
•   Kazakhstan  (9)
•   Kenya  (9)
•   Kyrgyzstan  (2)
•   Latvia  (17)
•   Lebanon  (1)
•   Luxembourg  (4)
•   Macau  (6)
•   Malaysia  (23)
•   Mali  (2)
•   Malta  (7)
•   Mexico  (19)
•   Moldova  (3)
•   Nepal  (1)
•   Netherlands  (10)
•   New Zealand  (18)
•   Nigeria  (6)
•   Norway  (21)
•   Oman  (7)
•   Pakistan  (10)
•   Philippines  (2)
•   Poland  (49)
•   Portugal  (14)
•   Romania  (5)
•   Saudi Arabia  (7)
•   Senegal  (7)
•   Singapore  (6)
•   Slovakia  (16)
•   Slovenia  (20)
•   South Africa  (47)
•   South Korea  (23)
•   Spain  (19)
•   Sri Lanka  (11)
•   Sweden  (24)
•   Switzerland  (23)
•   Tajikistan  (3)
•   Tanzania  (2)
•   Thailand  (15)
•   Turkey  (40)
•   Uganda  (17)
•   Ukraine  (21)
•   United Arab Emirates  (1)
•   United States  (51)
•   Uzbekistan  (5)
•   Vietnam  (4)
•   Virgin Islands  (2)
•   Zambia  (10)
•   Zimbabwe  (2)

References

1. "Lohrheidestadion". Rhine-Ruhr 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
2. "2025 Summer World University Games schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 10 July 2025.
3. "Entry List by Event and Season Best" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
4. "Athletics – Number of Entries by C/R" (PDF). rhineruhr2025.com. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

External links

• Results book