Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade

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Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
Dates27 August – 1 September
Host city Beijing, China
Venue Olympic Sports Centre
LevelSenior
Events45
Records set5 Universiade records


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.

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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

NameEventCountryRecordType
Alwyn Myburgh 400 metres hurdles Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 48.09 UR
Gao Shuying Pole vault Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4.52 UR
Tatyana Lebedeva Triple jump Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.81 UR
Osleidys Menéndez Javelin throw Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 69.82 UR
Gao Hongmiao 10 km racewalk Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 43:20 UR
Key:WR — World record   AR — Area record   UR — Universiade record   NR — National record

Medal summary

Men

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

Women

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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China*93416
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 82212
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3205
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2417
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2327
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22610
7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2204
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2114
9Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2013
10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1214
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1214
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1124
13Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1102
14Flag of France.svg  France 1034
15Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1012
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1012
17Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1001
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1001
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1001
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1001
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1001
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1001
23Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0347
24Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0303
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0303
26Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0213
27Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0202
28Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0112
29Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0101
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0101
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0101
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 0101
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0101
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0101
35Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0044
36Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 0022
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0022
38Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg  Chinese Taipei 0011
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0011
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0011
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0011
Totals (42 entries)454545135

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