# Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade

The athletics competition at the 2003 Summer Universiade was held on the Daegu World Cup Stadium in Daegu, South Korea, between 25 August and 30 August 2003.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Chris Lambert Great Britain | 10.44 | Leigh Julius South Africa | 10.50 | Dejan Vojnovic Croatia | 10.58 |
| 200 metres details | Leigh Julius South Africa | 20.49 | Paul Hession Ireland | 20.89 | Jiri Vojtik Czech Republic | 21.03 |
| 400 metres details | Andriy Tverdostup Ukraine | 46.08 | Denis Rypakov Kazakhstan | 46.51 | Rafał Wieruszewski Poland | 46.53 |
| 800 metres details | Roman Oravec Czech Republic | 1:48.01 | Ramil Aritkulov Russia | 1:48.19 | Fabiano Peçanha Brazil | 1:48.20 |
| 1500 metres details | Johan Pretorius South Africa | 3:42.81 | Pedro Antonio Esteso Spain | 3:42.82 | Fabiano Peçanha Brazil | 3:43.91 |
| 5000 metres details | Serhiy Lebid Ukraine | 13:50.94 | Jan Fitschen Germany | 13:53.06 | Hicham Bellani Morocco | 13:53.79 |
| 10,000 metres details | Jan Fitschen Germany | 29:39.47 | Abdellah Bay Morocco | 29:41.54 | Ryuichi Hashinokuchi Japan | 29:42.07 |
| Half marathon details | Abdellah Bay Morocco | 1:04:21 | Francis Yiga Uganda | 1:05:24 | Ivan Sanchez Diez Spain | 1:05:29 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | César Pérez Spain | 8:38.52 | Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux France | 8:39.24 | Andrey Olshanskiy Russia | 8:39.62 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Anselmo da Silva Brazil | 13.68 | Igor Peremota Russia | 13.75 | Park Tae-Kyong South Korea | 13.78 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Thomas Koortbeek Netherlands | 48.95 | Matthew Douglas Great Britain | 49.26 | Hendrick Botha South Africa | 49.51 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Japan Kazuki Ishikura, Shinji Takahira, Tatsuro Yoshino, Tomoyuki Arai | 39.45 | Russia Yevgeniy Vorobyev, Aleksandr Ryabov, Roman Smirnov, Andrey Yepishin | 39.67 | Estonia Allar Aasma, Henri Sool, Martin Vihmann, Mikk Joorits | 39.99 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Ukraine Volodymyr Demchenko, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko, Andriy Tverdostup | 3:03.15 | Russia Dimitry Petrov, Andrey Semenov, Sergey Babayev, Igor Vasilyev | 3:04.78 | Great Britain Matthew Douglas, James Chatt, Bradley Yiend, Adam Potter | 3:05.54 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Stepan Yudin Russia | 1:23:34 | Vladimir Potemin Russia | 1:23:50 | Vasily Ivanov Russia | 1:23:55 |
| High jump details | Emilian Kaszczyk Poland | 2.26 | Joan Charmant France | 2.23 | Ioannis Constantinou Cyprus Cui Kai China Aleksandr Veryutin Belarus | 2.20 |
| Pole vault details | Oleksandr Korchmyd Ukraine | 5.75 | Igor Pavlov Russia | 5.65 | Björn Otto Germany Tiberiu Agoston Romania | 5.50 |
| Long jump details | Valeriy Vasylyev Ukraine | 8.07 | Danut Simion Romania | 8.04 | Andrey Bragine Russia | 8.04 |
| Triple jump details | Gu Junjie China | 16.90 | Vyktor Yastrebov Ukraine | 16.88 | Evgeny Plotnir Russia | 16.82 |
| Shot put details | Andrey Mikhnevich Belarus | 20.76 | Pavel Lyzhin Belarus | 20.72 | Nedžad Mulabegović Croatia | 19.99 |
| Discus throw details | Wu Tao China | 62.32 | Andrzej Krawczyk Poland | 60.70 | Emeka Udechuku Great Britain | 60.44 |
| Hammer throw details | Ivan Tsikhan Belarus | 82.77 CR | Péter Botfa Hungary | 74.41 | David Söderberg Finland | 72.84 |
| Javelin throw details | Igor Janik Poland | 76.83 | Esko Mikkola Finland | 75.82 | William Hamlyn-Harris Australia | 75.50 |
| Decathlon details | Romain Barras France | 8196 | Indrek Turi Estonia | 8122 | Nikolay Tishchenko Russia | 7911 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Qin Wangping China | 11.53 | Enikő Szabó Hungary | 11.61 | Yelena Bolsun Russia | 11.65 |
| 200 metres details | Yelena Bolsun Russia | 23.39 | Yekaterina Kondratyeva Russia | 23.43 | Jenice Daley Jamaica | 23.55 |
| 400 metres details | Tatyana Firova Russia | 51.81 | Mariya Lisnichenko Russia | 52.54 | Estie Wittstock South Africa | 52.86 |
| 800 metres details | Liliana Barbulescu Romania | 2:00.06 | Anna Zagórska Poland | 2:00.11 | Irina Vashentseva Russia | 2:00.77 |
| 1500 metres details | Natalya Sidorenko Ukraine | 4:11.69 | Johanna Risku Finland | 4:11.88 | Malindi Elmore Canada | 4:12.00 |
| 5000 metres details | Eloise Poppett Australia | 15:47.19 | Zhang Yuhong China | 15:47.62 | Cristina Casandra Romania | 15:50.44 |
| 10,000 metres details | Natalia Cercheș Moldova | 33:37.05 | Alena Samokhvalova Russia | 33:40.57 | Anna Incerti Italy | 33:49.71 |
| Half marathon details | Machi Tanaka Japan | 1:13:06 | Jo Bun-Hui North Korea | 1:13:47 | Jang Son-Ok North Korea | 1:13:55 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Xu Jia China | 13.29 | Yevgeniya Likhuta Belarus | 13.33 | Natalya Kresova Russia | 13.35 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Maren Schott Germany | 55.28 | Huang Xiaoxiao China | 56.10 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk Ukraine | 56.30 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | China Chen Lisha Zhu Juanhong Ni Xiaoli Qin Wangping | 44.09 | France Céline Thelamon Aurore Kassambara Amélie Huyghes Cécile Sellier | 44.68 | Brazil Gilvaneide de Oliveira Rosemar Coelho Neto Sônia Ficagna Thatiana Regina Ignácio | 45.79 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Russia Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Tatyana Firova, Natalya Lavshuk, Mariya Lisnichenko | 3:31.63 | Poland Marta Chrust, Ewelina Sętowska, Joanna Buza, Anna Zagórska | 3:38.17 | Germany Anja Neupert, Katja Keller, Annika Meyer, Maren Schott | 3:38.87 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Tatyana Sibileva Russia | 1:34.55 | Jiang Xingli China | 1:35:52 | Tatyana Korotkova Russia | 1:36.52 |
| High jump details | Dóra Győrffy Hungary | 1.94 | Anna Ksok Poland | 1.94 | Yelena Slesarenko Russia | 1.94 |
| Pole vault details | Tatyana Polnova Russia | 4.70 CR | Anastasiya Ivanova Russia | 4.40 | Nadine Rohr Switzerland | 4.25 |
| Long jump details | Irina Simagina Russia | 6.49 | Alina Militaru Romania | 6.45 | Zita Ajkler Hungary | 6.38 |
| Triple jump details | Oksana Rogova Russia | 14.16 | Viktoriya Gurova Russia | 14.14 | Mariana Solomon Romania | 14.09 |
| Shot put details | Li Fengfeng China | 18.55 | Lee Myung-Sun South Korea | 17.58 | Yelena Ivanenko Belarus | 17.29 |
| Discus throw details | Natalya Fokina Ukraine | 63.11 | Li Yanfeng China | 61.12 | Xu Shaoyang China | 58.64 |
| Hammer throw details | Liu Yinghui China | 69.05 | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Russia | 65.12 | Agnieszka Pogroszewska Poland | 64.27 |
| Javelin throw details | Barbara Madejczyk Poland | 56.23 | Christina Scherwin Denmark | 56.08 | Mercedes Chilla Spain | 55.94 |
| Heptathlon details | Kylie Wheeler Australia | 6031 | Jane Jamieson Australia | 5908 | Michaela Hejnová Czech Republic | 5795 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (33 entries) | Totals (33 entries) | 45 | 45 | 48 | 138 |