# Athletics at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Athletics were held at the 2021 Summer World University Games during August 1 to 6, 2023, at the Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium in Chengdu, China.

## Medal table

Source:
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN)* | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Turkey (TUR) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 29 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (33 entries) | Totals (33 entries) | 50 | 52 | 52 | 154 |

## Placing Table at the Team Event

Source:
* China - 293 Points
* Turkey - 189.5 Points
* Poland - 168 Points
* Japan - 150 Points
* South Africa - 101 Points
* Germany - 69.5 Points
* France - 67 Points
* Australia - 58 Points
* Chinese Taipei - 54 Points
* Italy - 48 Points

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Kadrian Goldson Jamaica | 10.04 | Shaun Maswanganyi South Africa | 10.06 | Chen Guanfeng China | 10.17 |
| 200 metres details | Tsebo Matsoso South Africa | 20.36 | Yudai Nishi Japan | 20.46 | Amlan Borgohain India | 20.55 SB |
| 400 metres details | João Coelho Portugal | 44.79 GR NR | Reece Holder Australia | 44.79 GR | Mihai Sorin Dringo Romania | 45.27 NR |
| 800 metres details | Maciej Wyderka Poland | 1:49.09 | Corentin le Clezio France | 1:49.17 | Oussama Cherrad AlgeriaZine El Abidine Laggoune Algeria | 1:49.23 |
| 1500 metres details | Benoît Campion France | 3:38.61 | Oussama Cherrad Algeria | 3:40.64 | Yervand Mkrtchyan Armenia | 3:40.68 |
| 5000 metres details | Simon Bédard France | 14:14.10 | Taiyo Yasuhara Japan | 14:14.15 | Nursultan Keneshbekov Kyrgyzstan | 14:15.33 SB |
| 10,000 metres details | Dismas Yeko Uganda | 28:59.25 | Sezgin Ataç Turkey | 29:06.62 | Yuito Yamamoto Japan | 29:22.95 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Ken Toyoda Japan | 13.40 | Ning Xiaohan China | 13.44 PB | Krzysztof Kiljan Poland | 13.55 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Peng Ming-yang Chinese Taipei | 48.62 NR | İsmail Nezir Turkey | 48.72 PB | Xie Zhiyu China | 48.78 NR |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Jens Mergenthaler Germany | 8:38.42 | Nick Jäger Germany | 8:40.53 | Atsushi Shobu Japan | 8:40.84 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | China (CHN) Chen Jiapeng Chen Guanfeng Yan Haibin Deng Zhijian Sui Gaofei | 38.80 PB | Thailand (THA) Natawat Iamudom Soraoat Dapbang Chayut Khongprasit Thawatchai Himaiad | 38.80 PB | South Africa (RSA) Thembo Monareng Tsebo Matsoso Eckhart Potgieter Shaun Maswanganyi | 38.83 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Turkey (TUR) İlyas Çanakçı Kubilay Ençü Berke Akçam İsmail Nezir | 3:03.46 PB | Poland (POL) Adam Łukomski Patryk Grzegorzewicz Daniel Sołtysiak Mateusz Rzeźniczak Krzysztof Hołub Jakub Olejniczak | 3:05.10 PB | South Africa (RSA) Nhlanhla Maseko Tjaart van der Walt Wernich van Rensburg Lindukuhle Gora | 3:05.17 PB |
| Half marathon details | Sezgin Ataç Turkey | 1:04:36 | Ayetullah Aslanhan Turkey | 1:04:37 PB | Yang Kegu China | 1:04:48 |
| Half marathon team details | Turkey (TUR) Sezgin Ataç Ayetullah Aslanhan Ömer Amaçtan Mahsum Değer | 3:14:31 | China (CHN) Yang Kegu Ma Rui Ma Yujie Wang Congzheng Chen Tianyu | 3:17:12 | Japan (JPN) Reishi Yoshida Kotaro Shinohara Rei Matsunaga | 3:17:18 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Salih Korkmaz Turkey | 1:23:40 | Qian Haifeng China | 1:24:40 | Haruki Manju Japan | 1:25:32 |
| 20 kilometres walk team details | China (CHN) Qian Haifeng Cui Lihong Li Yandong Zhang Hongliang Li Xiaobin | 4:18:54 | Japan (JPN) Haruki Manju Kazuhiro Tateiwa Kento Yoshikawa | 4:21:18 | Australia (AUS) William Thompson Mitchell Baker Dylan Richardson Timothy Fraser | 4:32:52 |
| High jump details | Vladyslav Lavskyy Ukraine | 2.25 m PB | Fu Chao-hsuan Chinese Taipei | 2.20 m | Roman Petruk Ukraine Gergely Török Hungary Tsai Wei-chih Chinese Taipei | 2.20 m |
| Pole vault details | Urho Kujanpää Finland | 5.55 m | Patsapong Amsam-ang Thailand | 5.55 m | Koen van der Wijst Netherlands | 5.45 m |
| Long jump details | Zhang Jingqiang China | 7.93 m SB | Wen Hua-yu Chinese Taipei | 7.83 m | Lin Chia-hsing Chinese Taipei | 7.83 m |
| Triple jump details | Su Wen China | 17.01 m | Necati Er Turkey | 16.83 m SB | Huang Huafeng China | 16.76 SB |
| Shot put details | Konrad Bukowiecki Poland | 20.23 m SB | Szymon Mazur Poland | 19.20 m | Xaver Hastenrath Germany | 18.69 m |
| Discus throw details | Oskar Stachnik Poland | 63.00 m SB | Kai Chang Jamaica | 61.82 m SB | Oussama Khennousi Algeria | 61.33 m NR |
| Hammer throw details | Wang Qi China | 73.63 m | Décio Andrade Portugal | 73.43 m | Dawid Piłat Poland | 72.27 m |
| Javelin throw details | Edis Matusevičius Lithuania | 80.37 m | Cyprian Mrzygłód Poland | 80.02 m | Topias Laine Finland | 78.42 m |
| Decathlon details | Vilém Stráský Czech Republic | 7925 pts PB | Edgaras Benkunskas Lithuania | 7879 pts | Alec Diamond Australia | 7812 pts SB |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Patrizia van der Weken Luxembourg | 11.22 | Viktória Forster Slovakia | 11.34 | Magdalena Lindner Austria | 11.44 |
| 200 metres details | Nikola Horowska Poland | 23.00 SB | Marlena Granaszewska Poland | 23.20 PB | Banele Shabangu South Africa | 23.29 |
| 400 metres details | Marlie Viljoen South Africa | 52.38 | Corrssia Perry United States | 52.62 PB | Barbora Malíková Czech Republic | 52.66 |
| 800 metres details | Laura Pellicoro Italy | 2:04.20 | Knight Aciru Uganda | 2:04.34 SB | Charne Swart South Africa | 2:04.73 |
| 1500 metres details | Laura Pellicoro Italy | 4:15.82 | Vera Hoffmann Luxembourg | 4:16.47 | Şilan Ayyıldız Turkey | 4:17.26 |
| 5000 metres details | Mariana Machado Portugal | 16:02.58 | Xia Yuyu China | 16:04.00 | Risa Yamazaki Japan | 16:08.86 |
| 10,000 metres details | Xia Yuyu China | 33:48.35 | Yayla Gönen Turkey | 34:05.03 | Fatma Karasu Turkey | 34:10.97 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Viktória Forster Slovakia | 12.72 NR | Yanni Wu China | 12.76 PB | Jyothi Yarraji India | 12.78 NR |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Alice Muraro Italy | 55.48 PB | Marlene dos Santos Brazil | 56.45 PB | Sára Mátó Hungary | 56.58 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Cara Feain-Ryan Australia | 9:46.02 | Semra Karaslan Turkey | 9:50.42 | Georgia Winkcup Australia | 9:51.22 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | China (CHN) Liang Xiaojing Ge Manqi Cai Yanting Li Yuting Li He | 43.70 PB | Poland (POL) Marlena Granaszewska Monika Romaszko Paulina Paluch Nikola Horowska Weronika Bartnowska | 44.20 | South Africa (RSA) Antoinette van der Merwe Banele Shabangu Joviale Mbisha Tamzin Thomas | 44.36 PB |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Poland (POL) Weronika Bartnowska Karolina Łozowska Margarita Koczanowa Aleksandra Formella Natalia Wosztyl Marlena Granaszewska | 3:32.81 PB | Brazil (BRA) Marlene dos Santos Letícia Lima Giovana dos Santos Anny de Bassi | 3:34.31 PB | Switzerland (SUI) Noémie Salamin Veronica Vancardo Oksana Aeschbacher Karin Disch | 3:34.57 PB |
| Half marathon details | Hikaru Kitagawa Japan | 1:13:17 | Yayla Gönen Turkey | 1:13:31 | Fatma Karasu Turkey | 1:14:28 |
| Half marathon team details | Turkey (TUR) Yayla Gönen Fatma Karasu Derya Kunur Burcu Subatan | 3:43:14 | Japan (JPN) Hikaru Kitagawa Rio Einaga Saki Harada | 3:45:27 | China (CHN) Luo Xia Niu Lihua Xia Yuyu Wang Jiali | 3:48:44 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Meryem Bekmez Turkey | 1:33:53 | Eliška Martínková Czech Republic | 1:33:58 | Gao Lan China | 1:35:28 |
| 20 kilometres walk team details | China (CHN) Gao Lan Ji Jie Liu Roumei Yin Lamei | 4:52:02 | Slovakia (SVK) Hana Burzalová Ema Hačundová Alžbeta Ragasová | 5:05:36 | India (IND) Pooja Kumawat Nikita Lamba Mansi Negi Priyanka Goswami | 5:12:13 |
| High jump details | Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah Ghana | 1.94 m PB | Elena Kulichenko Cyprus | 1.91 m =PB | Venla Pulkkanen Finland | 1.88 m PB |
| Pole vault details | Angelica Moser Switzerland | 4.62 m SB | Chen Qiaoling China Albane Dordain France Berenice Petit France | 4.30 m | No medal awarded | No medal awarded |
| Long jump details | Nikola Horowska Poland | 6.60 m PB | Magdalena Bokun Poland | 6.41 m | Bhavani Bhagavathi India | 6.32 m |
| Triple jump details | Tuğba Danışmaz Turkey | 14.31 m PB | Diana Zagainova Lithuania | 14.02 m SB | Adrianna Laskowska Poland | 13.83 m |
| Shot put details | Song Jiayuan China | 18.56 m | Eliana Bandeira Portugal | 17.47 m | Lea Riedel Germany | 17.32 m |
| Discus throw details | Antonia Kinzel Germany | 59.18 m | Yolandi Stander South Africa | 57.89 m | Xie Yuchen China | 57.62 m SB |
| Hammer throw details | Li Jiangyan China | 71.20 m | Xu Xinying China | 69.45 m | Aleksandra Śmiech Poland | 68.65 m |
| Javelin throw details | Eda Tuğsuz Turkey | 59.05 m | Su Lingdan China | 57.87 m | Jana van Schalkwyk South Africa | 57.45 m PB |
| Heptathlon details | Isabel Posch Austria | 6107 pts PB | Yuliya Loban Ukraine | 6063 pts | Lydia Boll Switzerland | 5923 pts PB |

## Participating nations

1037 Athletes + 97 Nations:
* Algeria (15)
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (33)
* Austria (7)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Bangladesh (2)
* Barbados (2)
* Botswana (10)
* Brazil (30)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Burundi (6)
* Cambodia (3)
* Cape Verde (2)
* China (87)
* Colombia (2)
* Comoros (1)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Croatia (5)
* Cyprus (5)
* Czech Republic (9)
* Denmark (9)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Estonia (2)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (14)
* France (20)
* The Gambia (2)
* Germany (26)
* Ghana (13)
* Greece (4)
* Guyana (4)
* Haiti (2)
* Hong Kong (24)
* Hungary (24)
* India (82)
* Indonesia (9)
* Iran (3)
* Iraq (3)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (14)
* Jamaica (3)
* Japan (41)
* Kazakhstan (15)
* Kenya (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Kuwait (3)
* Lebanon (1)
* Lithuania (9)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Macau (8)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malaysia (25)
* Mali (2)
* Moldova (3)
* Morocco (10)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (5)
* Nigeria (8)
* Northern Mariana Islands (2)
* Norway (20)
* Oman (13)
* Pakistan (2)
* Palestine (1)
* Peru (2)
* Philippines (12)
* Poland (44)
* Portugal (7)
* Qatar (2)
* Romania (3)
* Saudi Arabia (6)
* Senegal (6)
* Sierra Leone (2)
* Singapore (8)
* Slovakia (12)
* Slovenia (11)
* Somalia (2)
* South Africa (49)
* South Korea (24)
* Sri Lanka (6)
* Sweden (7)
* Switzerland (19)
* Chinese Taipei (28)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* Thailand (13)
* Turkey (39)
* Turkmenistan (3)
* Uganda (21)
* Ukraine (7)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (15)
* Uzbekistan (7)
* Vietnam (1)
* Zambia (7)
* Zimbabwe (2)