At the 1991 Summer Universiade, the athletics events were held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield in the United Kingdom from July 19–25. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes.[1][2]
Performances were of a high standard, particularly in the men's competition, with 6 Games records broken, with 1988 Olympic silver medalist Hollis Conway jumping 2.37 m in the high jump and home favourite Steve Backley throwing 87.42m in the javelin, both performances that remain Universiade records to this day. Future Olympic champion Derrick Adkins won the 400 metre hurdles.
The United States easily topped the medal table with fifteen gold medals and 31 medals in total. The Soviet Union won the next highest number of events, with six gold medallists, and 20 total medals. Great Britain, the host nation, came joint-third in the medal table with two gold medals and nine medals in total. Twenty-eight nations reached the medal table in the athletics competition.[1][2]
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
 Michael Bates (USA) |
10.17 | Boris Goins (USA) |
10.34 |  Steve Gookey (GBR) |
10.39 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s) |
Jon Drummond (USA) |
20.58 |  Daniel Phillip (NGR) |
20.69 |  Patrick Stevens (BEL) |
20.99 |
| 400 metres |
 Patrick O'Connor (JAM) |
45.52 |  Benyounès Lahlou (MAR) |
45.55 | Marlin Cannon (USA) |
45.78 |
| 800 metres |
 Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA) |
1:46.82 |  Dean Kenneally (AUS) Curtis Robb (GBR) |
1:46.88 | Not awarded | |
| 1500 metres |
 Niall Bruton (IRL) |
3:50.69 | Davide Tirelli (ITA) |
3:50.79 |  Juan Viudes (ESP) |
3:51.22 |
| 5000 metres |
John Mayock (GBR) |
13:39.25 | David Evans (AUS) Peter Sherry (USA) |
13:39.31 | Not awarded | |
| 10,000 metres |
 Stephan Freigang (GER) |
28:15.84 GR |  Ryuki Takei (JPN) |
28:17.02 |  Mogambi Otwori (KEN) |
28:18.91 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
Elbert Ellis (USA) |
13.83 | Jerry Roney (USA) |
13.83 |  Dmitriy Buldov (URS) |
13.85 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Derrick Adkins (USA) |
49.01 | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN) |
50.02 | Oleg Tverdokhleb (URS) |
50.09 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
Shaun Creighton (AUS) |
8:32.30 | Akira Nakamura (JPN) |
8:33.50 | Gavin Gaynor (USA) |
8:34.21 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
United States (USA) Jon Drummond Boris Goins Michael Bates James Trapp |
39.10 |  Sierra Leone (SLE)Joselyn Thomas Horace Dove-Edwin Benjamin Grant Sanusi Turay |
39.88 | Belgium (BEL) David Branle Jeroen Fischer Stefaan Allemeersch Patrick Stevens |
40.05 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Chuck Wilson Marlin Cannon Brian Irvin Gabriel Luke |
3:03.65 | Jamaica (JAM) Linval Laird Evon Clarke Howard Davis Patrick O'Connor |
3:05.93 | Italy (ITA) Marcello Pantone Gianrico Boncompagni Riccardo Cardone Vito Petrella |
3:07.54 |
| Marathon |
 Hwang Young-Jo (KOR) |
2:12:40 GR | Kenjiru Jitsui (JPN) |
2:14:22 |  Choi Hyong-Chol (PRK) |
2:17:45 |
| 20 kilometres walk |
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) |
1:24:37 | Jaime Barroso (ESP) |
1:25:01 | Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) |
1:25:09 |
| High jump |
Hollis Conway (USA) |
2.37 m GR | Arturo Ortiz (ESP) |
2.31 m | Yuriy Sergiyenko (URS) |
2.25 m |
| Pole vault |
 István Bagyula (HUN) |
5.80 m GR | Bill Payne (USA) |
5.60 m | Pyotr Bochkaryov (URS) |
5.60 m |
| Long jump |
Alan Turner (USA) |
8.18 m (w) | George Ogbeide (NGR) |
8.08 m |  Bogdan Tudor (ROM) |
8.01 m |
| Triple jump |
 Brian Wellman (BER) |
17.07 m |  Chen Yanping (CHN) |
16.97 m | Wu Lijun (CHN) |
16.72 m (w) |
| Shot put |
Aleksandr Klimenko (URS) |
19.35 m | Matt Simson (GBR) |
19.07 m | Jordan Reynolds (USA) |
19.01 m |
| Discus throw |
Adewale Olukoju (NGR) |
61.48 m | Anthony Washington (USA) |
61.46 m |  Alexis Elizalde (CUB) |
59.04 m |
| Hammer throw |
Ken Flax (USA) |
76.46 m | Valeriy Gubkin (URS) |
76.28 m | Heinz Weis (GER) |
75.62 m |
| Javelin throw |
Steve Backley (GBR) |
87.42 m GR | Vladimir Ovchinnikov (URS) |
80.60 m |  Knut Hempel (FIN) |
77.90 m |
| Decathlon |
Steve Fritz (USA) |
7874 pts | Kris Szabadhegy (USA) |
7719 pts | Anthony Brannen (GBR) |
7656 pts |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
Chryste Gaines (USA) |
11.56 | Anita Howard (USA) |
11.57 |  Sølvi Olsen (NOR) |
11.61 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
 Wang Huei-Chen (TPE) |
23.22 | Sølvi Olsen (NOR) |
23.41 | Michelle Collins (USA) |
23.47 |
| 400 metres |
Maicel Malone (USA) |
50.65 |  Gretha Tromp (NED) |
52.06 | Galina Moskvina (URS) |
52.34 |
| 800 metres |
Inna Yevseyeva (URS) |
1:59.80 | Gabi Lesch (GER) |
2:00.97 | Jasmin Jones (USA) |
2:02.00 |
| 1500 metres |
Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) |
4:12.14 | Iulia Besliu (ROM) |
4:12.24 | Qu Yunxia (CHN) |
4:12.43 |
| 3000 metres |
Iulia Besliu (ROM) |
8:55.42 | Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) |
8:56.35 | Zita Ágoston (HUN) |
9:01.09 |
| 10,000 metres |
Anne Marie Letko (USA) |
32:36.87 |  Suzana Ćirić (YUG) |
32:37.94 | Olga Nazarkina (URS) |
32:40.83 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
Marina Azyabina (URS) |
12.95 | Mary Cobb (USA) |
13.19 | Keri Maddox (GBR) |
13.32 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Gretha Tromp (NED) |
55.30 | Nicoleta Carutasu (ROM) |
56.07 | Anna Chuprina (URS) |
56.74 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
United States (USA) Andrea James Tamela Saldana Chryste Gaines Anita Howard |
44.45 | Great Britain (GBR) Rachel Kirby Louise Stuart Melanie Neef Christine Bloomfield |
44.97 | Italy (ITA) Annarita Balzani Laura Galligani Cristina Picchi Lara Sinico |
45.24 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Keisha Demas Tasha Downing Teri Smith Maicel Malone |
3:27.93 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Golesheva Inna Yevseyeva Galina Moskvina Anna Knoroz |
3:29.64 | Poland (POL) Barbara Grzywocz Agata Sadurska Monika Warnicka Sylwia Pachut |
3:35.03 |
| Marathon |
Miyako Iwai (JPN) |
2:36:27 | Kim Yen-Ku (KOR) |
2:37:58 | Mariya Doskoch (URS) |
2:38:48 |
| 10 kilometres walk |
Sari Essayah (FIN) |
44:04 | Chen Yueling (CHN) |
44:33 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) |
45:10 |
| High jump |
Alison Inverarity (AUS) |
1.92 m | Svetlana Lavrova (URS) |
1.92 m | Tisha Waller (USA) |
1.90 m |
| Long jump |
Inessa Kravets (URS) |
6.87 m | Fiona May (GBR) |
6.67 m | Yelena Khlopotnova (URS) |
6.66 m (w) |
| Triple jump |
Li Huirong (CHN) |
14.20 m GR | Yelena Semiraz (URS) |
13.75 m | Li Jing (CHN) |
13.63 m (w) |
| Shot put |
Svetlana Krivelyova (URS) |
19.62 m | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) |
19.23 m | Agnes Deselaers (GER) |
17.32 m |
| Discus throw |
Xiao Yanling (CHN) |
64.36 m | Qiu Qiaoping (CHN) |
62.40 m | Antonina Patoka (URS) |
62.22 m |
| Javelin throw(old model) |
Tatyana Shikolenko (URS) |
63.56 m | Isel López (CUB) |
62.32 m | Paula Berry (USA) |
58.28 m |
| Heptathlon |
Birgit Clarius (GER) |
6419 pts | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) |
6319 pts | Maria Kamrowska (POL) |
6279 pts |
Medal table
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 15 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Great Britain* | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 5 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Japan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Romania | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Nigeria | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (28 entries) | 43 | 45 | 42 | 130 | |
References
- ^ a b World Student Games (Universiade - Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
- ^ a b World Student Games (Universiade - Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
- World Student Games (Universiade - Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
- World Student Games (Universiade - Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
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