Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade

Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade
Host stadium in 2010.
Host city Catania, Italy
Date(s) August 1997
Main stadium Stadio Cibali
Level Senior
Events 45



The athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade took place in the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Sicily (Italy) at the end of August 1997, shortly after the World Championships in Athens, Greece. New events were the women's hammer throw, pole vault and half marathon competition.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres

(Wind: -0.5)
 Vincent Henderson (USA) 10.22  Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy (RUS) 10.39  Jonathan Carter (USA) 10.42
200 metres

(Wind: -0.3)
 Gentry Bradley (USA) 20.48  Tony Wheeler (USA) 20.64  Anninos Marcoullides (CYP) 20.72
400 metres
 Clement Chukwu (NGR) 44.81  Jerome Davis (USA) 45.30  Linval Laird (JAM) 45.54
800 metres
 Norberto Téllez (CUB) 1:47.63  Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA) 1:47.77  Bryan Woodward (USA) 1:48.43
1500 metres
 Anthony Whiteman (GBR) 3:43.57  Carlos García (ESP) 3:43.97  António Travassos (POR) 3:44.14
5000 metres
 Simone Zanon (ITA) 13:57.54  Thorsten Naumann (GER) 13:58.35  Dan Browne (USA) 14:00.94
10,000 metres
 Kamiel Maase (NED) 28:22.11  Dan Browne (USA) 28:27.64  Rachid Berradi (ITA) 28:30.05
Half marathon
 Marílson dos Santos (BRA) 1:03:32  Stephen Mayaka (KEN) 1:03:51  Solomon Wachira (KEN) 1:04:05
110 metres hurdles

(Wind: -0.7)
 Andrey Kislykh (RUS) 13.44  Jonathan Nsenga (BEL) 13.51  Dudley Dorival (USA) 13.53
400 metres hurdles
 Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) 48.99  Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) 49.36  Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) 49.48
3000 metres steeplechase
 Mark Ostendarp (GER) 8:25.83  Marcel Laros (NED) 8:27.91  Michael Buchleitner (AUT) 8:28.92
4 × 100 metres relay
 United States (USA)
Vincent Henderson
Bryan Howard
Jonathan Carter
Tony McCall
38.48  Cuba (CUB)
Anier García
Misael Ortiz
Iván García
Luis Alberto Pérez Rionda
38.52  Great Britain (GBR)
Dan Money
Jamie Henthorn
Ross Baillie
Douglas Walker
39.23
4 × 400 metres relay
 United States (USA)
Octavius Terry
Tony Wheeler
Jerome Davis
Bryan Woodward
3:02.53  Jamaica (JAM)
Ian Weakley
Linval Laird
Garth Robinson
Dennis Blake
3:02.68  Great Britain (GBR)
Richard Knowles
Sean Baldock
Mark Sesay
Jared Deacon
3:02.74
20 kilometres walk
 Ilya Markov (RUS) 1:25:36  Alejandro López (MEX) 1:26:00  Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) 1:26:12
High jump
 Lee Jin-Taek (KOR) 2.32  Charles Lefrançois (CAN) 2.32  Didier Detchénique (FRA) 2.28
Pole vault
 Khalid Lachheb (FRA) 5.70  Chad Harting (USA) 5.60  Werner Holl (GER) 5.55
Long jump
 Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.40  James Beckford (JAM) 8.35  Gregor Cankar (SLO) 8.11
Triple jump
 Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) 17.35  Aliecer Urrutia (CUB) 17.11  Robert Howard (USA) 17.08
Shot put
 Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) 20.34  Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) 20.01  Brian Miller (USA) 19.72
Discus throw
 Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) 66.40  Andy Bloom (USA) 63.12  Doug Reynolds (USA) 62.76
Hammer throw
 Balázs Kiss (HUN) 79.42  Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) 77.16  Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 76.16
Javelin throw
 Marius Corbett (RSA) 86.50  Emeterio González (CUB) 83.48  Gregor Högler (AUT) 81.12
Decathlon
 Roman Šebrle (CZE) 8380  Kamil Damašek (CZE) 8072  Marcel Dost (NED) 7899

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres

(Wind: +1.5)
 Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) 11.20  Anzhela Kravchenko (UKR) 11.34  Katia Benth (FRA) 11.35
200 metres

(Wind: -0.6)
 Yekaterina Leshchova (RUS) 23.18  Katia Benth (FRA) 23.31  Monika Gachevska (BUL) 23.60
400 metres
 Allison Curbishley (GBR) 50.84  Olga Kotlyarova (RUS) 51.35  Idalmis Bonne (CUB) 51.72
800 metres
 Irina Nedelenko (UKR) 2:00.21  Yelena Buzhenko (UKR) 2:00.84  Mariya Sinyusova (RUS) 2:01.38
1500 metres
 Gabriela Szabo (ROM) 4:10.31  Carla Sacramento (POR) 4:10.40  Lidia Chojecka (POL) 4:12.38
5000 metres
 Nnenna Lynch (USA) 15:47.61  Lori Durward (CAN) 15:48.68  Sarah Howell (CAN) 15:49.96
10,000 metres
 Deena Drossin (USA) 33:45.31  Lucilla Andreucci (ITA) 33:54.22  Miwako Yamanaka (JPN) 34:10.28
Half marathon
 Mari Sotani (JPN) 1:11:49  Agata Balsamo (ITA) 1:13:06  Miyuki Tokura (JPN) 1:13:20
100 metres hurdles

(Wind: -1.1)
 Angela Atede (NGR) 13.16  Feng Yun (CHN) 13.19  Svetlana Laukhova (RUS) 13.22
400 metres hurdles
 Tetyana Tereshchuk (UKR) 54.91  Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS) 55.91  Daimí Pernía (CUB) 56.13
4 × 100 metres relay
 United States (USA) 44.04  Russia (RUS) 44.37  Canada (CAN)
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44.59
4 × 400 metres relay
 Russia (RUS)
Natalya Sharova
Svetlana Goncharenko
Yekaterina Bakhvalova
Olga Kotlyarova
3:27.93  Cuba (CUB)
Nancy McLeón
Julia Duporty
Daimí Pernía
Idalmis Bonne
3:29.00  Great Britain (GBR)
Vicki Jamison
Michelle Pierre
Michelle Thomas
Allison Curbishley
3:30.57
10 kilometres walk
 Larisa Ramazanova (BLR) 44:01  Rossella Giordano (ITA) 44:31  Annarita Sidoti (ITA) 44:38
High jump
 Amy Acuff (USA) 1.98  Monica Iagar (ROM) 1.96  Marie Collonvillé (FRA) 1.94
Pole vault
 Emma George (AUS) 4.40  Cai Weiyan (CHN) 4.30  Doris Auer (AUT) 4.10
Long jump
 Olena Shekhovtsova (UKR) 6.78  Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) 6.44  Cristina Nicolau (ROM) 6.40
Triple jump
 Olena Hovorova (UKR) 14.23  Olga Cepero (CUB) 14.12  Zhanna Gureyeva (BLR) 13.93
Shot put
 Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) 19.39  Corrie de Bruin (NED) 18.65  Tressa Thompson (USA) 18.26
Discus throw
 Natalya Sadova (RUS) 67.02  Hu Honglian (CHN) 61.00  Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) 60.08
Hammer throw
 Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 69.84  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 65.96  Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) 65.02
Javelin throw
 Isel López (CUB) 64.30  Sonia Bisset (CUB) 63.46  Karen Forkel (GER) 60.70
Heptathlon
 Mona Steigauf (GER) 6546  Irina Vostrikova (RUS) 6175  Marie Collonvillé (FRA) 6143

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