# Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade

At the 1993 Summer Universiade, the athletics events were held at the University at Buffalo Stadium in Amherst, New York in the United States from July 14 to 18. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes.
Variable and windy conditions meant that performances were lower compared to previous years. However, two Universiade records were broken during the competition; Kenya's Kennedy Manyisa improved the men's marathon time and Robert Korzeniowski of Poland bettered the 20 km walk standard. The women's 3000 metres was contested for the last time at the games and it was replaced by the 5000 metres from 1995 onwards.
Derrick Adkins, István Bagyula, Aleksandr Klimenko and Robert Korzeniowski, champions at the 1991 Universiade, all returned and defended their titles. Korzeniowski and Adkins went on to win Olympic gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, as did hammer throw runner-up Balázs Kiss and pole vault bronze medallist Jean Galfione. Moroccan Khalid Khannouchi won his first international medal in the 5000 metres and permanently settled in the United States around this period.
The United States, the host nation, easily topped the medal table with fourteen gold medals and thirty-seven medals in total. Poland won the next highest number of events, with three gold medallists, while Cuba had the next highest total medal tally with eight medals. Germany, Romania, Ukraine and Japan were other nations who performed well. Thirty-seven nations reached the medal table in the athletics competition. All athletes from Yugoslavia competed as independent participants, due to United Nations sanctions.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details (Wind: 2.6 m/s) | Daniel Effiong (NGR) | 10.07w | Sam Jefferson (USA) | 10.13w | Glenroy Gilbert (CAN) | 10.14w |
| 200 metres details (Wind: 2.4 m/s) | Bryan Bridgewater (USA) | 20.14w | Chris Nelloms (USA) | 20.17w | Iván García (CUB) | 20.55w |
| 400 metres details | Ibrahim Hassan (GHA) | 45.87 | Evon Clarke (JAM) | 46.27 | Danny McFarlane (JAM) | 46.60 |
| 800 metres details | Marko Koers (NED) | 1:48.57 | Oleg Stepanov (RUS) | 1:49.50 | Nico Motchebon (GER) | 1:49.52 |
| 1500 metres details | Abdelkader Chékhémani (FRA) | 3:46.32 | Bill Burke (USA) | 3:46.33 | Gary Lough (GBR) | 3:46.77 |
| 5000 metres details | Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) | 14:05.33 | Sergey Fedotov (RUS) | 14:06.15 | Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) | 14:06.21 |
| 10,000 metres details | Antonio Serrano (ESP) | 28:16.16 | Yasuyuki Watanabe (JPN) | 28:17.26 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 28:17.73 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Dietmar Koszewski (GER) | 13.48 | Glenn Terry (USA) | 13.58 | Stelios Bisbas (GRE) | 13.72 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Derrick Adkins (USA) | 49.35 | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN) | 49.61 | Dusán Kovács (HUN) | 50.12 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Michael Buchleitner (AUT) | 8:30.82 | Vladimir Pronin (RUS) | 8:32.03 | Bizuneh Yae Tura (ETH) | 8:32.07 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Bryan Bridgewater David Oaks Tony Miller Sam Jefferson | 38.65 | Japan (JPN) Satoru Inoue Tatsuo Sugimoto Hideaki Miyata Hisatsugu Suzuki | 38.97 | Cuba (CUB) Joel Isasi Joel Lamela Jorge Aguilera Iván García | 39.20 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Chris Jones Aaron Payne Kevin Lyles Scott Turner | 3:02.34 | Japan (JPN) Shigekazu Omori Seiji Inagaki Yoshihiko Saito Masayoshi Kan | 3:03.21 | Hungary (HUN) David Somfai Dusán Kovács László Kiss Miklos Arpasi | 3:04.27 |
| Marathon details | Kennedy Manyisa (KEN) | 2:12:19 GR | Kim Wan-Ki (KOR) | 2:15:35 | Hyung Jae-Young (KOR) | 2:15:53 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 1:22:01 GR | Daniel García (MEX) | 1:22:58 | Bernardo Segura (MEX) | 1:24:11 |
| High jump details | Tony Barton (USA) | 2.30 m | Stevan Zorić (IPU)$^†$ | 2.30 m | Arturo Ortíz (ESP) Ruslan Stipanov (UKR) | 2.27 m |
| Pole vault details | István Bagyula (HUN) | 5.70 m | Alberto Giacchetto (ITA) | 5.60 m | Jean Galfione (FRA) | 5.60 m |
| Long jump details | Kareem Streete-Thompson (USA) | 8.22 m (w) | Obinna Eregbu (NGR) | 8.18 m | Vitaliy Kyrylenko (UKR) | 8.04 m |
| Triple jump details | Tosi Fasinro (GBR) | 16.91 m (w) | Oleg Sakirkin (KAZ) | 16.89 m | Julian Golley (GBR) | 16.88 m (w) |
| Shot put details | Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR) | 19.72 m | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 19.64 m | Chris Volgenau (USA) | 19.54 m |
| Discus throw details | Alexis Elizalde (CUB) | 62.98 m | Adewale Olukoju (NGR) | 62.96 m | Nick Sweeney (IRL) | 62.52 m |
| Hammer throw details | Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) | 77.00 m | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | 76.88 m | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | 76.80 m |
| Javelin throw details | Louis Fouché (RSA) | 79.64 m | Ed Kaminski (USA) | 77.52 m | Mika Parviainen (FIN) | 77.14 m |
| Decathlon details | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | 7874 pts | Indrek Kaseorg (EST) | 7864 pts | Darrin Steele (USA) | 7653 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details (Wind: -2.1 m/s) | Dahlia Duhaney (JAM) | 11.56 | Liliana Allen (CUB) | 11.57 | Beatrice Utondu (NGR) | 11.59 |
| 200 metres details (Wind: +3.2 m/s) | Flirtisha Harris (USA) | 22.56w | Dahlia Duhaney (JAM) | 22.79w | Wang Huei-Chen (TPE) | 22.80w |
| 400 metres details | Michelle Collins (USA) | 52.01 | Youlanda Warren (USA) | 52.18 | Nancy McLeón (CUB) | 52.84 |
| 800 metres details | Amy Wickus (USA) | 2:03.72 | Inez Turner (JAM) | 2:04.14 | Daniela Antipov (ROM) | 2:04.75 |
| 1500 metres details | Lynne Robinson (GBR) | 4:12.03 | Julie Speights (USA) | 4:12.43 | Sarah Howell (CAN) | 4:13.30 |
| 3000 metres details | Clare Eichner (USA) | 9:04.32 | Iulia Ionescu (ROM) | 9:05.10 | Rosalind Taylor (USA) | 9:06.25 |
| 10,000 metres details | Iulia Negură (ROM) | 32:22.99 | Suzana Ciric (IPU)$^†$ | 32:26.68 | Alina Tecuţa (ROM) | 32:29.18 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Dawn Bowles (USA) | 13.16 | Marsha Guialdo (USA) | 13.24 | Nicole Ramalalanirina (MAD) | 13.28 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Heike Meissner (GER) | 56.10 | Debbie-Ann Parris (JAM) | 56.11 | Trevaia Williams (USA) | 56.57 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Crystal Braddock Cheryl Taplin Flirtisha Harris Chryste Gaines | 43.37 | Nigeria (NGR) Mary Tombiri Faith Idehen Christy Opara Beatrice Utondu | 44.25 | Canada (CAN) Katie Anderson Dionne Wright Dena Burrows France Gareau | 45.20 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Crystal Irving Maicel Malone Youlanda Warren Michelle Collins | 3:26.18 | Cuba (CUB) Nancy McLeón Yudalis Limonta Idalmis Bonne Oraidis Ramirez | 3:28.95 | Nigeria (NGR) Onyinye Chikezie Omotayo Akinremi Olabisi Afolabi Omolade Akinremi | 3:34.97 |
| Marathon details | Noriko Kawaguchi (JPN) | 2:37:47 | Franca Fiacconi (ITA) | 2:38:44 | Nao Otani (JPN) | 2:40:17 |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Long Yuwen (CHN) | 46:16.75 | Olga Leonenko (UKR) | 46:18.40 | Larisa Ramazanova (RUS) | 46:18.58 |
| High jump details | Tanya Hughes (USA) | 1.95 m | Nelė Žilinskienė (LTU) | 1.95 m | Larisa Hryhorenko (UKR) | 1.95 m |
| Long jump details | Mirela Dulgheru (ROM) | 6.69 m (w) | Vanessa Monar-Enweani (CAN) | 6.57 m (w) | Daphne Saunders (BAH) | 6.53 m |
| Triple jump details | Niurka Montalvo (CUB) | 14.16 m (w) | Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) | 14.00 m (w) | Monica Toth (ROM) | 13.96 m (w) |
| Shot put details | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) | 19.17 m | Belsy Laza (CUB) | 18.48 m | Katrin Koch (GER) | 16.70 m |
| Discus throw details | Renata Katewicz (POL) | 62.40 m | Jackie McKernan (GBR) | 60.72 m | Anja Gündler (GER) | 60.56 m |
| Javelin throw details (Old javelin model) | Lee Young-Sun (KOR) | 58.62 m | Tanja Damaske (GER) | 57.68 m | Valerie Tulloch (CAN) | 56.52 m |
| Heptathlon details | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 6127 pts | Birgit Gautzsch (GER) | 5934 pts | Kelly Blair (USA) | 5926 pts |

## Medal table

* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States* | 14 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Cuba | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | France | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Japan | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Jamaica | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Nigeria | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Ghana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Italy | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Russia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Independent Participants† | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 26 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (37 entries) | Totals (37 entries) | 43 | 43 | 44 | 130 |
* $^†$ = All athletes from Yugoslavia entered the games as "Independent Participants" due to United Nations sanctions against the country.