Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade | |
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Dates | 27 August – 1 September |
Host city | Beijing, China |
Venue | Olympic Sports Centre |
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 |
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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 |
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Medal summary[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 | (FRA) | 3:44.48 |
5000 metres |
Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | 13:44.24 | (RUS) | 13:46.63 | Christian Belz (SUI) | 13:48.21 |
10,000 metres |
(KEN) | 28:27.42 | Ignacio Cáceres (ESP) | 28:43.63 | (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 Yusuke Omae |
38.77 | United States (USA) Marcus Brunson Kaaron Conwright |
39.14 | Italy (ITA) Andrea Rabino Massimiliano Donati Andrea Colombo Luca Verdecchia |
39.35 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Thomas Gerding Geno White Brandon Couts Andrew Pierce |
3:02.83 | Ukraine (UKR) Andriy Tverdostup Yevhen Zyukov Oleksandr Kaydash |
3:02.87 | Japan (JPN) Mitsuhiro Sato Ken Yoshizawa Ryuji Muraki Yoshihiro Chiba |
3:03.63 |
Half marathon |
Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN) | 1:04:12 | Wodage Zvadya (ISR) | 1:04:30 | (JPN) | 1:04:53 |
20 kilometres walk |
Lorenzo Civallero (ITA) | 1:24:42 | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) | 1:25:07 | (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 | |||
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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 | (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 | (AUS) | 13.17 |
400 metres hurdles |
Tasha Danvers (GBR) | 54.94 | Małgorzata Pskit (POL) | 55.27 | (AUS) | 55.72 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
China (CHN) Li Xuemei Zeng Xiujun Yan Jiankui |
43.72 | Brazil (BRA) Lucimar Moura Maíla Machado Rosemar Coelho Neto Maurren Maggi Maria Laura Almirão |
44.13 | France (FRA) Katia Benth Sylvanie Morandais Reïna-Flor Okori |
44.24 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Me'Lisa Barber Carolyn Jackson Demetria Washington Mikele Barber |
3:28.04 | Great Britain (GBR) Jennifer Meadows Tasha Danvers Lee McConnell |
3:30.40 | Belarus (BLR) Sviatlana Usovich Natallia Safronnikava Iryna Khliustava |
3:30.65 |
Half marathon |
Ham Bong-Sil (PRK) | 1:15:24 | (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 | (GER) | 4.35 | (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[]
* Host nation (China)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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 |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
17 | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | Belarus | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
24 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Namibia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
35 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
36 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
38 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (42 nations) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 |
References[]
- World Student Games (Universiade – Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-02-18.
- World Student Games (Universiade – Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-02-18.
- Finals results (archived)
External links[]
- Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- Athletics at the Summer Universiade
- 2001 in athletics (track and field)
- International athletics competitions hosted by China
- 2001 Summer Universiade
- Athletics in Beijing