Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade

The Athletics Tournament at the 1983 Summer Universiade took place in the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in July 1983, shortly before the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There was one new event, the women's marathon.

Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade
Dates5–11 July 1983
Host cityEdmonton, Canada
VenueCommonwealth Stadium
Events40


Medal summary

Men's

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -0.8 m/s)
 Chidi Imoh (NGR)10.33  Desai Williams (CAN)10.37  Sam Graddy (USA)10.42
200 metres
(wind: +0.6 m/s)
 Innocent Egbunike (NGR)20.42  Elliott Quow (USA)20.46  Bernie Jackson (USA)20.57
400 metres
 Sunday Uti (NGR)45.32  Viktor Markin (URS)45.38  Sunder Nix (USA)45.53
800 metres
 Ryszard Ostrowski (POL)1:46.29  Graham Williamson (GBR)1:46.66  Mohamed Alouini (TUN)1:46.75
1500 metres
 Claudio Patrignani (ITA)3:41.02  Andreas Baranski (FRG)3:41.21  Geoff Turnbull (GBR)3:41.24
5000 metres
 Steve Harris (GBR)13:46.99  Féthi Baccouche (TUN)13:47.69  Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN)13:48.13
10,000 metres
 Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN)28:55.37  Agapius Amo (TAN)28:55.39  Féthi Baccouche (TUN)28:55.76
Marathon
 Alessio Faustini (ITA)2:17:10  Giovanni d'Aleo (ITA)2:17:20  Michael Spöttel (FRG)2:18:12
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +0.3 m/s)
 Andrey Prokofyev (URS)13.46  Willie Gault (USA)13.49  Mark McKoy (CAN)13.57
400 metres hurdles
 Aleksandr Kharlov (URS)49.41  Amadou Dia Bâ (SEN)49.94  David Patrick (USA)50.28
3000 metres steeplechase
 Peter Daenens (BEL)8:28.86  Farley Gerber (USA)8:29.07  Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN)8:33.44
4 × 100 metres relay
 United States (USA)
Terry Scott
Sam Graddy
Ken Robinson
Willie Gault
38.50  Canada (CAN)
Desai Williams
Sterling Hinds
Tony Sharpe
Ben Johnson
38.69  Soviet Union (URS)
Andrey Prokofyev
Nikolay Sidorov
Vladimir Muravyov
Aleksandr Zolotaryev
39.04
4 × 400 metres relay
 United States (USA)
Sunder Nix
Eliot Tabron
Alonzo Babers
Cliff Wiley
3:01.24  Soviet Union (URS)
Yevgeniy Lomtyev
Aleksandr Troshchilo
Sergey Kutsebo
Viktor Markin
3:01.58  France (FRA)
Yann Quentrec
Hector Llatser
Pascal Chichignoud
Aldo Canti
3:04.89
20 kilometres walk
 Guillaume Leblanc (CAN)1:24:03  Maurizio Damilano (ITA)1:24:21  Nikolay Matveyev (URS)1:25:07
High jump
 Igor Paklin (URS)2.31 UR  Eddy Annys (BEL)2.29  Clarence Saunders (BER)2.26
Pole vault
 Konstantin Volkov (URS)5.65  Thierry Vigneron (FRA)5.60  Jeff Ward (USA)5.50
Long jump
 Yusuf Alli (NGR)8.21  Ralph Spry (USA)7.91  Sergey Rodin (URS)7.85
Triple jump
 Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)17.26  Mike Conley (USA)17.20w  John Herbert (GBR)17.05
Shot put
 Mike Carter (USA)19.74  Zlatan Saračević (YUG)19.66  Sergey Smirnov (URS)19.61
Discus throw
 Luis Delís (CUB)69.46 UR  Dariusz Juzyszyn (POL)63.32  Marco Bucci (ITA)60.62
Hammer throw
 Jüri Tamm (URS)76.82  Robert Weir (GBR)74.10  Yuriy Pastukhov (URS)73.38
Javelin throw
 Dainis Kūla (URS)87.80  Helmut Schreiber (FRG)84.12  Stanisław Górak (POL)83.20
Decathlon
 Dave Steen (CAN)8205w  Herbert Peter (FRG)8160w  Georg Werthner (AUT)7905

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.2 m/s)
 Beverly Kinch (GBR)11.13w  Randy Givens (USA)11.16w  Angella Taylor (CAN)11.17w
200 metres
 Randy Givens (USA)22.47  Marita Payne (CAN)22.62  Grace Jackson (JAM)22.69
400 metres
 Mariya Pinigina (URS)50.47  Molly Killingbeck (CAN)51.94  Yelena Korban (URS)52.07
800 metres
 Irina Podyalovskaya (URS)1:59.29  Robin Campbell (USA)1:59.81  Doina Melinte (ROU)1:59.93
1500 metres
 Gabriella Dorio (ITA)4:07.26  Doina Melinte (ROU)4:07.34  Maria Radu (ROU)4:08.41
3000 metres
 Maria Radu (ROU)9:04.32  Yelena Malychina (URS)9:06.17  Lynn Williams (CAN)9:07.74
Marathon
 Sarah Rowell (GBR)2:47:37 UR  Kathy Roberts (CAN)2:52:47  Marjorie Kaput (USA)2:54:03
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +0.1 m/s)
 Natalya Petrova (URS)13.04  Yelena Biserova (URS)13.07  Benita Fitzgerald (USA)13.24
400 metres hurdles
 Yekaterina Fesenko (URS)54.97 UR  Yelena Filipishina (URS)56.10  Gwen Wall (CAN)56.10
4 × 100 metres relay
 United States (USA)
LaShon Nedd
Jackie Washington
Brenda Cliette
Randy Givens
42.82  Canada (CAN)
Angella Taylor
Tanya Brothers
Marita Payne
Molly Killingbeck
43.21  Soviet Union (URS)
Marina Romanova
Marina Molokova
Irina Olkhovnikova
Olga Antonova
44.20
4 × 400 metres relay
 Soviet Union (URS)
Larisa Krylova
Lyudmila Borisova
Yelena Didilenko
Mariya Pinigina
3:24.97 UR  Canada (CAN)
Charmaine Crooks
Jillian Richardson
Molly Killingbeck
Marita Payne
3:25.26  United States (USA)
Kelia Bolton
Easter Gabriel
Sharon Dabney
Arlise Emerson
3:34.64
High jump
 Tamara Bykova (URS)1.98 UR  Silvia Costa (CUB)1.98 UR  Maryse Ewanjé-Epée (FRA)1.92
Long jump
 Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU)7.06w  Svetlana Zorina (URS)6.81  Valy Ionescu (ROU)6.56w
Shot put
 Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)20.46  Claudia Losch (FRG)18.81  Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)18.67
Discus throw
 Florența Crăciunescu (ROU)64.56  Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)62.62  Lyubov Urakova (URS)58.28
Javelin throw
 Beate Peters (FRG)66.86  Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)63.06  Mayra Vila (CUB)62.34
Heptathlon
 Yekaterina Smirnova (URS)6350  Sabine Everts (FRG)6291  Judy Livermore (GBR)6184

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)147930
2 United States (USA)57820
3 Nigeria (NGR)5005
4 Italy (ITA)3317
5 Great Britain (GBR)3238
6 Romania (ROU)3137
7 Canada (CAN)27413
8 West Germany (FRG)1517
9 Cuba (CUB)1113
 Poland (POL)1113
11 Belgium (BEL)1102
12 Japan (JPN)1023
13 France (FRA)0123
 Tunisia (TUN)0123
15 Senegal (SEN)0101
 Tanzania (TAN)0101
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0101
18 Austria (AUT)0011
 Bermuda (BER)0011
 Jamaica (JAM)0011
Totals (20 nations)404040120

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References

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