Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade

Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
Host stadium in Beijing.
Host city Beijing, China
Date(s) 27 August – 1 September
Main stadium Workers Stadium
Level Senior
Events 45
Records set 5 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.

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

Name Event Country Record Type
Alwyn Myburgh 400 metres hurdles  South Africa 48.09 UR
Gao Shuying Pole vault  China 4.52 UR
Tatyana Lebedeva Triple jump  Russia 14.81 UR
Osleidys Menéndez Javelin throw  Cuba 69.82 UR
Gao Hongmiao 10 km racewalk  China 43:20 UR
Key: WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • UR — Universiade record  • NR — National record

Medal summary

Men

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

Women

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

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 9 3 4 16
2  United States 8 2 2 12
3  Cuba 3 2 0 5
4  Ukraine 2 4 1 7
5  Russia 2 3 2 7
6  Japan 2 2 6 10
7  Spain 2 2 0 4
8  Great Britain 2 1 1 4
9  Italy 2 0 1 3
10=  Brazil 1 2 1 4
10=  Poland 1 2 1 4
12  Australia 1 1 2 4
13  Israel 1 1 0 2
14  France 1 0 3 4
15=  North Korea 1 0 1 2
15=  South Africa 1 0 1 2
17=  Estonia 1 0 0 1
17=  Kenya 1 0 0 1
17=  Latvia 1 0 0 1
17=  Morocco 1 0 0 1
17=  Slovenia 1 0 0 1
17=  Turkey 1 0 0 1
23  Belarus 0 3 4 7
24=  Kazakhstan 0 3 0 3
24=  Romania 0 3 0 3
26  Czech Republic 0 2 1 3
27  Portugal 0 2 0 2
28  Germany 0 1 1 2
29=  Austria 0 1 0 1
29=  Belgium 0 1 0 1
29=  Canada 0 1 0 1
29=  Ireland 0 1 0 1
29=  South Korea 0 1 0 1
29=  Namibia 0 1 0 1
35   Switzerland 0 0 4 4
36=  Botswana 0 0 2 2
36=  Hungary 0 0 2 2
38=  Croatia 0 0 1 1
38=  Netherlands 0 0 1 1
38=  Slovakia 0 0 1 1
38=  Sweden 0 0 1 1
38=  Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 1
Total 45 45 45 135

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