# Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade

Athletics was contested at the 2017 Summer Universiade from August 23 to 28 at the Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei | 10.22 | Thando Roto South Africa | 10.24 | Cameron Burrell United States | 10.27 |
| 200 metres details | Jeffrey John France | 20.93 | James Linde Canada | 20.96 | Ján Volko Slovakia | 20.99 |
| 400 metres details | Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic | 45.24 SB | Yoandys Lescay Cuba | 45.31 SB | Rafał Omelko Poland | 45.56 |
| 800 metres details | Jesús Tonatiu López Mexico | 1:46.06 PB | Mohamed Belbachir Algeria | 1:46.73 | Aymeric Lusine France | 1:47.18 |
| 1500 metres details | Timo Benitz Germany | 3:43.45 | Alexis Miellet France | 3:43.91 | Jonathan Davies Great Britain | 3:43.99 |
| 5000 metres details | François Barrer France | 14:00.86 | Jonathan Davies Great Britain | 14:02.46 | Andreas Vojta Austria | 14:02.65 |
| 10,000 metres details | Sadic Bahati Uganda | 29:08.68 PB | Nicolae Soare Romania | 29:12.76 PB | Kazuya Shiojiri Japan | 29:20.96 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Balázs Baji Hungary | 13.35 | Chen Kuei-ru Chinese Taipei | 13.55 NR | Damian Czykier Poland | 13.56 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Juander Santos Dominican Republic | 48.65 | Chen Chieh Chinese Taipei | 49.05 PB | Abdelmalik Lahoulou Algeria | 49.30 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Krystian Zalewski Poland | 8:35.88 | Rantso Mokopane South Africa | 8:36.25 | Ali Messaoudi Algeria | 8:37.14 |
| 4x100 metres relay details | Japan (JPN) Yusuke Tanaka Shuhei Tada Sho Kitagawa Jun Yamashita | 38.65 SB | United States (USA) John Lewis III LeShon Collins Jacarias Martin Cameron Burrell | 38.69 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Wei Yi-ching [fr] Yang Chun-han Cheng Po-yu [de] Chen Chia-hsun | 39.06 SB |
| 4x400 metres relay details | Dominican Republic (DOM) Juander Santos Luis Charles Andito Charles Luguelín Santos Kendris Díaz* | 3:04.34 | United States (USA) Amere Lattin Curtis Brown Jordan Clarke Kahmari Montgomery | 3:06.68 | Czech Republic (CZE) Jan Tesař Lukáš Hodboď Filip Šnejdr Vít Müller Martin Juránek* | 3:08.14 |
| Half marathon details | Kei Katanishi Japan | 1:06:09 | Naoki Kudo Japan | 1:06:23 | Kengo Suzuki Japan | 1:06:56 |
| Half marathon team details | Japan (JPN) | 3:19:28 | South Africa (RSA) | 3:31:38 | Turkey (TUR) | 3:34:42 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Toshikazu Yamanishi Japan | 1:27:30 | Julio César Salazar Mexico | 1:28:20 | Fumitaka Oikawa Japan | 1:30:11 |
| 20 km walk team details | Japan (JPN) | 4:28:41 | Mexico (MEX) | 4:29:14 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4:41:34 |
| High jump details | Falk Wendrich Germany | 2.29 m PB | Marco Fassinotti Italy | 2.29 m SB | Hsiang Chun-hsien Chinese Taipei | 2.26 m SB |
| Pole vault details | Diogo Ferreira Portugal | 5.55 m | Sergey Grigoryev Kazakhstan | 5.50 m | Claudio Stecchi Italy | 5.40 m |
| Long jump details | Radek Juška Czech Republic | 8.02 m | Yasser Triki Algeria | 7.96 m | Raihau Maiau France | 7.91 m |
| Triple jump details | Nazim Babayev Azerbaijan | 17.01 m | Hugues Fabrice Zango Burkina Faso | 16.97 m PB | Ryoma Yamamoto Japan | 16.80 m |
| Shot put details | Francisco Belo Portugal | 20.86 m PB | Konrad Bukowiecki Poland | 20.16 m | Andrei Gag Romania | 20.12 m |
| Discus throw details | Reginald Jagers III United States | 61.24 m | Alin Firfirică Romania | 61.13 m | Róbert Szikszai Hungary | 60.91 m |
| Hammer throw details | Paweł Fajdek Poland | 79.16 m | Pavel Bareisha Belarus | 77.98 m | Serghei Marghiev Moldova | 74.98 m |
| Javelin throw details | Cheng Chao-tsun Chinese Taipei | 91.36 m UR, AS | Andreas Hofmann Germany | 91.07 m PB | Huang Shih-feng Chinese Taipei | 86.64 m PB |
| Decathlon details | Kyle Cranston Australia | 7687 SB | Juuso Hassi [de] Finland | 7566 | Aaron Booth New Zealand | 7523 PB |
* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Sashalee Forbes Jamaica | 11.18 | Irene Siragusa Italy | 11.31 PB | Salomé Kora Switzerland | 11.33 |
| 200 metres details | Irene Siragusa Italy | 22.96 PB | Gunta Latiševa-Čudare Latvia | 23.15 PB | Anna Bongiorni Italy | 23.47 |
| 400 metres details | Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Poland | 51.76 | Justine Palframan South Africa | 51.83 SB | Bianca Răzor Romania | 51.97 |
| 800 metres details | Rose Mary Almanza Cuba | 2:02.21 | Olha Lyakhova Ukraine | 2:03.11 | Dorcus Ajok Uganda | 2:03.22 |
| 1500 metres details | Amela Terzić Serbia | 4:19.18 | Dorcus Ajok Uganda | 4:19.48 | Kristiina Mäki Czech Republic | 4:20.65 |
| 5000 metres details | Hanna Klein Germany | 15:45.28 | Jessica O'Connell Canada | 15:50.96 | Jessica Judd Great Britain | 15:51.19 |
| 10,000 metres details | Darya Maslova Kyrgyzstan | 33:19.27 | Sanjivani Jadhav India | 33:22.00 PB | Ai Hosoda Japan | 33:27.89 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Nadine Visser Netherlands | 12.98 | Elvira Herman Belarus | 13.17 | Luca Kozák Hungary | 13.19 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Ayomide Folorunso Italy | 55.63 SB | Joanna Linkiewicz Poland | 55.90 | Olena Kolesnichenko Ukraine | 56.14 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Tuğba Güvenç Turkey | 9:51.27 | Viktória Gyürkés Hungary | 9:52.17 | Özlem Kaya Turkey | 9:52.59 |
| 4x100 metres relay details | Switzerland (SUI) Ajla Del Ponte Salomé Kora Cornelia Halbheer Selina von Jackowski | 43.81 | Poland (POL) Kamila Ciba Agata Forkasiewicz Małgorzata Kołdej Karolina Zagajewska | 44.19 | Japan (JPN) Sayaka Takeuchi Mizuki Nakamura Ichiko Iki Miyu Maeyama | 44.56 SB |
| 4x400 metres relay details | Poland (POL) Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Iga Baumgart Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Justyna Święty-Ersetic Aleksandra Gaworska* Martyna Dąbrowska* | 3:26.75 | Mexico (MEX) Dania Aguillón Natali Brito Leticia Cook Paola Morán | 3:33.98 SB | Romania (ROU) Anamaria Nesteriuc Sanda Belgyan Camelia Gal Bianca Răzor | 3:34.16 |
| Half marathon details | Yuki Munehisa Japan | 1:13:48 | Esma Aydemir Turkey | 1:14:28 | Saki Fukui Japan | 1:14:37 |
| Half marathon team details | Japan (JPN) | 3:43:35 | Turkey (TUR) | 3:55:13 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 4:05:52 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Inna Kashyna Ukraine | 1:39:44 | Zhang Xin China | 1:41:18 | Elisa Neuvonen Finland | 1:42:50 |
| 20 km walk team details | Ukraine (UKR) | 5:12:01 | China (CHN) | 5:19:12 | None awarded | None awarded |
| High jump details | Oksana Okunyeva Ukraine | 1.97 m =SB | Iryna Herashchenko Ukraine | 1.91 m | Airinė Palšytė Lithuania | 1.91 m |
| Pole vault details | Iryna Zhuk Belarus | 4.40 m | Annika Roloff Germany | 4.40 m | Marta Onofre Portugal | 4.40 m SB |
| Long jump details | Alina Rotaru Romania | 6.65 m | Nektaria Panagi Cyprus | 6.42 m | Anna Bühler Germany | 6.38 m |
| Triple jump details | Neele Eckhardt Germany | 13.91 m | Fu Luna China | 13.59 m PB | Māra Grīva Latvia | 13.58 m SB |
| Shot put details | Brittany Crew Canada | 18.34 m | Klaudia Kardasz Poland | 17.90 m PB | Paulina Guba Poland | 17.76 m |
| Discus throw details | Kristin Pudenz Germany | 59.09 m | Valarie Allman United States | 58.36 m | Taryn Gollshewsky Australia | 58.11 m |
| Hammer throw details | Malwina Kopron Poland | 76.85 m UR, PB | Hanna Malyshchyk Belarus | 74.93 m | Joanna Fiodorow Poland | 71.33 m |
| Javelin throw details | Marcelina Witek Poland | 63.31 m PB | Marina Saito Japan | 62.37 m PB | Jenni Kangas Finland | 60.98 m PB |
| Heptathlon details | Verena Preiner Austria | 6224 | Alysha Burnett Australia | 5835 PB | Noor Vidts Belgium | 5728 |
* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE)* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (42 entries) | Totals (42 entries) | 50 | 50 | 49 | 149 |

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