# Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade

At the 1989 Summer Universiade, the athletics events were held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg in West Germany from August 22–30. A total of 42 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 19 by female athletes.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.3 m/s) details | Andre Cason (USA) | 10.29 | Olapade Adeniken (NGR) | 10.35 | Joel Isasi (CUB) | 10.41 |
| 200 metres (wind: +3.4 m/s) details | Robson Caetano (BRA) | 20.33w | Félix Stevens (CUB) | 20.58w | Kevin Braunskill (USA) | 20.62w |
| 400 metres details | Roberto Hernández (CUB) | 45.42 | Sérgio Menezes (BRA) | 45.66 | Oliver Bridges (USA) | 45.66 |
| 800 metres details | Ari Suhonen (FIN) | 1:47.13 | Ikem Billy (GBR) | 1:47.29 | Simon Doyle (AUS) | 1:47.48 |
| 1500 metres details | Kip Cheruiyot (KEN) | 3:40.38 | Peter Rono (KEN) | 3:40.79 | Bob Dielis (NED) | 3:40.93 |
| 5000 metres details | Stefano Mei (ITA) | 13:39.04 GR | Charles Cheruiyot (KEN) | 13:39.42 | Antonio Serrano (ESP) | 13:39.50 |
| 10,000 metres details | Julius Kariuki (KEN) | 28:35.46 GR | Zeki Öztürk (TUR) | 28:39.56 | Antonio Serrano (ESP) | 28:43.97 |
| Marathon details | Tibor Baier (HUN) | 2:14:33 GR | Rustam Shagiyev (URS) | 2:14:59 | Kennedy Manyisa (KEN) | 2:15:23 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.4 m/s) details | Roger Kingdom (USA) | 13.26 GR | Emilio Valle (CUB) | 13.52 | Florian Schwarthoff (FRG) | 13.63 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Reggie Davis (USA) | 49.74 | Vladimir Budko (URS) | 50.30 | Kevin Henderson (USA) | 50.57 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Patrick Sang (KEN) | 8:32.78 | Engelbert Franz (FRG) | 8:33.25 | Thierry Brusseau (FRA) | 8:35.78 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Slip Watkins Tony Dees Andre Cason Michael Marsh | 38.58 | Soviet Union (URS) Andrey Razin Dmitriy Vanyaykin Andrey Fedoriv Igor Groshev | 39.35 | France (FRA) Pierre Boutry Francis Darlis Laurent Leconte Jean-Charles Trouabal | 39.67 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Jamaica (JAM) Patrick O'Connor Devon Morris Howard Davis Howard Burnett | 3:02.58 | United States (USA) Stanley Kerr George Porter Michael Johnson Raymond Pierre | 3:02.75 | West Germany (FRG) Ulrich Schlepütz Markus Henrich Carsten Köhrbrück Edgar Itt | 3:03.69 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Walter Arena (ITA) | 1:23:25 GR | Miguel Ángel Prieto (ESP) | 1:23:39 | Andrew Jachno (AUS) | 1:23:48 |
| High jump details | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.34 m | Hollis Conway (USA) | 2.31 m | Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS) | 2.31 m |
| Pole vault details | Bernhard Zintl (FRG) | 5.65 m | Dean Starkey (USA) | 5.60 m | Javier García (ESP) | 5.40 m |
| Long jump details | Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 7.98 m | Vladimir Ratushkov (URS) | 7.96 m | Llewellyn Starks (USA) | 7.91 m |
| Triple jump details | Igor Lapshin (URS) | 17.40 m | Tord Henriksson (SWE) | 16.94 m | Oleg Sakirkin (URS) | 16.93 m |
| Shot put details | Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR) | 20.67 m | Mike Stulce (USA) | 20.58 m | Kalman Konya (FRG) | 20.37 m |
| Discus throw details | Kamy Keshmiri (USA) | 65.40 m | Erik de Bruin (NED) | 64.40 m | Roberto Moya (CUB) | 63.78 m |
| Hammer throw details | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | 80.56 m GR | Heinz Weis (FRG) | 79.58 m | Ken Flax (USA) | 75.86 m |
| Javelin throw details | Steve Backley (GBR) | 85.60 m GR | Pascal Lefevre (FRA) | 82.56 m | Marko Hyytiäinen (FIN) | 81.52 m |
| Decathlon details | Dave Johnson (USA) | 8216 pts | Mikhail Medved (URS) | 8062 pts | Dezsõ Szabó (HUN) | 8031 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.4 m/s) details | Liliana Allen (CUB) | 11.37 | Anita Howard (USA) | 11.47 | Natalya Voronova (URS) | 11.48 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.3 m/s) details | Galina Malchugina (URS) | 22.70 | Liliana Allen (CUB) | 23.00 | Esther Jones (USA) | 23.02 |
| 400 metres details | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 50.73 | Jearl Miles (USA) | 52.41 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova (URS) | 52.69 |
| 800 metres details | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:58.88 | Ellen van Langen (NED) | 1:59.82 | Inna Yevseyeva (URS) | 2:01.03 |
| 1500 metres details | Paula Ivan (ROM) | 4:13.58 | Suzy Favor (USA) | 4:14.92 | Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) | 4:15.11 |
| 3000 metres details | Paula Ivan (ROM) | 8:44.09 GR | Viorica Ghican (ROM) | 8:46.27 | Regina Chistyakova (URS) | 8:55.73 |
| 10,000 metres details | Viorica Ghican (ROM) | 31:46.43 GR | Masami Ishizaka (JPN) | 32:16.24 | Lizanne Bussières (CAN) | 32:28.38 |
| Marathon details | Irina Bogachova (URS) | 2:35:09 GR | Akemi Takayama (JPN) | 2:39:58 | Kim Yen-Ku (KOR) | 2:40:52 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s) details | Monique Ewanjé-Épée (FRA) | 12.65 GR, NR | Lidiya Okolo-Kulak (URS) | 12.73 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz (FRG) | 12.78 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Margarita Khromova (URS) | 57.03 | Rosey Edeh (CAN) | 57.06 | Irmgard Trojer (ITA) | 57.94 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Michelle Burrell Anita Howard LaMonda Miller Esther Jones | 42.40 GR | Soviet Union (URS) Nadezhda Roshchupkina Galina Malchugina Tatyana Papilina Natalya Voronova | 43.25 | West Germany (FRG) Claudia Zaczkiewicz Ulrike Sarvari Karin Janke Silke-Beate Knoll | 43.85 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Celena Mondie-Milner Natasha Kaiser-Brown Jearl Miles Terri Dendy | 3:26.48 | West Germany (FRG) Linda Kisabaka Karin Janke Gabriela Lesch Helga Arendt | 3:27.02 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Vinogradova Margarita Ponomaryova Yelena Golesheva Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 3:28.60 |
| 5 kilometres walk details | Ileana Salvador (ITA) | 20:44 | Vera Makolova (URS) | 20:52 | Sari Essayah (FIN) | 21:34 |
| High jump details | Alina Astafei (ROM) | 1.91 m | Silvia Costa (CUB) | 1.91 m | Jin Ling (CHN) | 1.88 m |
| Long jump details | Yolanda Chen (URS) | 6.72 m | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.71 m | Katja Trostel (GDR) | 6.49 m |
| Shot put details | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 20.56 m | Belsis Laza (CUB) | 19.32 m | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) | 18.71 m |
| Discus throw details | Hou Xuemei (CHN) | 65.32 m | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 65.20 m | Maritza Martén (CUB) | 64.70 m |
| Javelin throw(Old javelin model) details | Silke Renk (GDR) | 66.09 m | Brigitte Graune (FRG) | 62.13 m | Päivi Alafrantti (FIN) | 61.75 m |
| Heptathlon details | Larisa Nikitina (URS) | 6847 pts GR | Sabine Braun (FRG) | 6575 pts | Jane Flemming (AUS) | 6286 pts |

## Medal table

* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Romania (ROM) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG)* | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |