# Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade

At the 2001 Summer Universiade, the athletics events were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China between 27 August and 1 September. A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. The host country, China, took the most gold medals (9) and the most medals overall (16). The United States were a close second with a total of 8 golds. Five Universiade records were broken during the course of the athletics competition.
Amongst the gold medallists for the host country were Dong Yanmei, who won golds in the women's 5000 and 10,000 metres races, and 18-year-old Liu Xiang in the 110 metres hurdles. It was Liu's first gold on a world stage and he became the 2004 Olympic champion in world record time three years later. As well as Dong, three other athletes took medals in multiple individual events: Gennadiy Chernovol won silver in both the 100 and 200 metres for Kazakhstan, Swiss athlete Christian Belz won two bronze medals via the 5000 m and steeplechase races, and Brazilian Maurren Maggi took the women's long jump gold and a silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles.

## Records

| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
| Alwyn Myburgh | 400 metres hurdles | South Africa | 48.09 | UR |
| Gao Shuying | Pole vault | China | 4.52 | UR |
| Tatyana Lebedeva | Triple jump | Russia | 14.81 | UR |
| Osleidys Menéndez | Javelin throw | Cuba | 69.82 | UR |
| Gao Hongmiao | 10 km racewalk | China | 43:20 | UR |
| Key:0000 | WR — World record • AR — Area record • UR — Universiade record • NR — National record |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Marcus Brunson (USA) | 10.15 | Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) | 10.29 | Chris Lambert (GBR) | 10.38 |
| 200 metres details | Marcin Urbaś (POL) | 20.56 | Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) | 20.57 | Corné du Plessis (RSA) | 20.58 |
| 400 metres details | Andrew Pierce (USA) | 45.34 | Clinton Hill (AUS) | 45.63 | Andriy Tverdostup (UKR) | 45.78 |
| 800 metres details | Khalid Tighazouine (MAR) | 1:45.27 | Derrick Peterson (USA) | 1:45.49 | Otukile Lekote (BOT) | 1:45.63 |
| 1500 metres details | Pedro Antonio Esteso (ESP) | 3:43.98 | Gareth Turnbull (IRL) | 3:44.21 | Aléxis Abraham (FRA) | 3:44.48 |
| 5000 metres details | Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | 13:44.24 | Mikhayil Yeginov (RUS) | 13:46.63 | Christian Belz (SUI) | 13:48.21 |
| 10,000 metres details | John Kanyi (KEN) | 28:27.42 | Ignacio Cáceres (ESP) | 28:43.63 | Kazuyoshi Tokumoto (JPN) | 28:47.34 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Liu Xiang (CHN) | 13.33 | Elmar Lichtenegger (AUT) | 13.36 | Robert Kronberg (SWE) | 13.40 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Alwyn Myburgh (RSA) | 48.09 UR | Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ) | 48.46 | Chen Tien-Wen (TPE) | 48.63 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Anthony Famiglietti (USA) | 8:21.97 | Jakub Czaja (POL) | 8:23.00 | Christian Belz (SUI) | 8:24.46 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Japan (JPN) Shingo Kawabata Kenji Nara Yusuke Omae Masayuki Okusako | 38.77 | United States (USA) Gerald Williams Marcus Brunson Josh Norman Kaaron Conwright Josephus Howard | 39.14 | Italy (ITA) Andrea Rabino Massimiliano Donati Andrea Colombo Luca Verdecchia | 39.35 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Thomas Gerding Geno White Brandon Couts Andrew Pierce | 3:02.83 | Ukraine (UKR) Andriy Tverdostup Yevhen Zyukov Oleksandr Kaydash Volodymyr Rybalka | 3:02.87 | Japan (JPN) Mitsuhiro Sato Ken Yoshizawa Ryuji Muraki Masayuki Okusako Yoshihiro Chiba | 3:03.63 |
| Half marathon details | Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN) | 1:04:12 | Wodage Zvadya (ISR) | 1:04:30 | Ryoji Matsushita (JPN) | 1:04:53 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Lorenzo Civallero (ITA) | 1:24:42 | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) | 1:25:07 | He Xiaodong (CHN) | 1:25:17 |
| High jump details | Aleksandr Kravtsov (RUS) | 2.28 | Gennadiy Moroz (BLR) | 2.28 | Tora Harris (USA) | 2.26 |
| Pole vault details | Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) | 5.80 | Štěpán Janáček (CZE) | 5.70 | Laurens Looije (NED) | 5.60 |
| Long jump details | Miguel Pate (USA) | 8.07 | Stephan Louw (NAM) | 8.04 | Gable Garenamotse (BOT) | 7.99 |
| Triple jump details | Kenta Bell (USA) | 17.22 | Marian Oprea (ROU) | 17.11 | Jadel Gregório (BRA) | 16.92 |
| Shot put details | Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez (ESP) | 20.97 | Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) | 20.16 | Milan Haborák (SVK) | 19.90 |
| Discus throw details | Aleksander Tammert (EST) | 65.19 | Leonid Cherevko (BLR) | 63.15 | Aleksandr Malashevich (BLR) | 62.81 |
| Hammer throw details | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 78.41 | Vladislav Piskunov (UKR) | 77.99 | Adrián Annus (HUN) | 77.73 |
| Javelin throw details | Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 82.72 | Isbel Luaces (CUB) | 81.68 | Gergely Horváth (HUN) | 80.03 |
| Decathlon details | Raúl Duany (CUB) | 8069 | Volodymyr Mykhailenko (UKR) | 8019 | Qi Haifeng (CHN) | 8019 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Abi Oyepitan (GBR) | 11.42 | Zeng Xiujun (CHN) | 11.58 | Mireille Donders (SUI) | 11.59 |
| 200 metres details | Li Xuemei (CHN) | 22.86 | Kim Gevaert (BEL) | 22.94 | Natallia Safronnikava (BLR) | 23.16 |
| 400 metres details | Demetria Washington (USA) | 51.22 | Otilia Ruicu (ROU) | 51.82 | Miki Barber (USA) | 51.92 |
| 800 metres details | Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 2:00.96 | Nedia Semedo (POR) | 2:01.64 | Tatyana Rodionova (RUS) | 2:01.68 |
| 1500 metres details | Süreyya Ayhan (TUR) | 4:06.91 | Maria Cristina Grosu (ROU) | 4:08.84 | Sabina Fischer (SUI) | 4:08.93 |
| 5000 metres details | Dong Yanmei (CHN) | 15:30.28 | Tatyana Khmeleva (RUS) | 15:43.18 | Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN) | 15:43.94 |
| 10,000 metres details | Dong Yanmei (CHN) | 32:45.14 | Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN) | 32:53.55 | Yukiko Akaba (JPN) | 32:57.35 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Su Yiping (CHN) | 12.95 | Maurren Maggi (BRA) | 13.13 | Jacquie Munro (AUS) | 13.17 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Tasha Danvers (GBR) | 54.94 | Małgorzata Pskit (POL) | 55.27 | Sonia Brito (AUS) | 55.72 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | China (CHN) Li Xuemei Chen Yueqin Zeng Xiujun Yan Jiankui | 43.72 | Brazil (BRA) Lucimar Moura Maíla Machado Rosemar Coelho Neto Maurren Maggi Maria Laura Almirão | 44.13 | France (FRA) Katia Benth Sylvanie Morandais Céline Thelamon Reïna-Flor Okori | 44.24 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Me'Lisa Barber Carolyn Jackson Demetria Washington Mikele Barber | 3:28.04 | Great Britain (GBR) Tracey Duncan Jennifer Meadows Tasha Danvers Lee McConnell | 3:30.40 | Belarus (BLR) Sviatlana Usovich Natallia Safronnikava Hanna Kazak Iryna Khliustava | 3:30.65 |
| Half marathon details | Ham Bong-Sil (PRK) | 1:15:24 | Miki Oyama (JPN) | 1:15:31 | Kim Chang-Ok (PRK) | 1:15:36 |
| 10 kilometres walk details | Gao Hongmiao (CHN) | 43:20 UR | Susana Feitor (POR) | 43:40 | Wang Liping (CHN) | 44:01 |
| High jump details | Vita Palamar (UKR) | 1.96 | Nicole Forrester (CAN) | 1.94 | Nevena Lendjel (CRO) | 1.91 |
| Pole vault details | Gao Shuying (CHN) | 4.52 UR | Sabine Schulte (GER) | 4.35 | Šárka Mládková (CZE) | 4.20 |
| Long jump details | Maurren Maggi (BRA) | 6.83 | Guan Yingnan (CHN) | 6.56 | Kumiko Ikeda (JPN) | 6.52 |
| Triple jump details | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 14.81 UR | Natallia Safronava (BLR) | 14.57 | Yelena Oleynikova (RUS) | 14.39w |
| Shot put details | Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) | 18.90 | Lee Myung-Sun (KOR) | 18.79 | Katarzyna Żakowicz (POL) | 18.31 |
| Discus throw details | Li Qiumei (CHN) | 61.66 | Li Yanfeng (CHN) | 60.50 | Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) | 58.04 |
| Hammer throw details | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 69.78 | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 68.39 | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | 67.97 |
| Javelin throw details | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 69.82 UR | Nikola Tomecková (CZE) | 62.20 | Wei Jianhua (CHN) | 57.84 |
| Heptathlon details | Jane Jamieson (AUS) | 6041 | Svetlana Sokolova (RUS) | 5985 | Sonja Kesselschläger (GER) | 5973 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China* | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | United States | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Russia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Brazil | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | France | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Belarus | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Romania | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Portugal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Namibia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 36 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (42 entries) | Totals (42 entries) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 |