Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's half marathon

Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Half marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's half marathon event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on the streets of Catania, Italy. This was the first time that this event was featured at the Universiade replacing the marathon.

Results

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	1:03:32	UR
	Stephen Mayaka	Kenya	1:03:51
	Solomon Wachira	Kenya	1:04:05
4	Masateru Ikeya	Japan	1:04:12
5	Oh Sung Keun	South Korea	1:04:37
6	Mark Steinle	Great Britain	1:04:19
7	Tshidiso Phofi	South Africa	1:05:11
8	Kanno Kuniaki	Japan	1:05:11
9	Christian Leuprecht	Italy	1:05:44
10	John Maitai Mboroth	Kenya	1:05:51
14	Robert Smits	Netherlands	1:07:09
15	Janko Benša	Yugoslavia	1:07:28
16	Ephraim Mokgokhu	South Africa	1:07:36
17	Adam Leane	Australia	1:07:41	[3]
20	Peter de la Cerda	United States	1:08:59
25	James Menon	United States	1:10:54

References

1. Results
2. ARRS results
3. Australian 1997 Almanac