Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade
At the 1991 Summer Universiade, the athletics events were held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield in the United Kingdom from July 14–25. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes.[1][2]
Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade | |
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![]() The host stadium during the 1991 Summer Universiade | |
Dates | July 14 – 25, 1991 |
Host city | Sheffield United Kingdom ![]() |
Venue | Don Valley Stadium |
Events | 43 |
Records set | 6 Games records |
Performances were of a high standard, particularly in the men's competition, with 6 Games records broken, with 1988 Olympic silver medalist Hollis Conway jumping 2.37 m in the high jump and home favourite Steve Backley throwing 87.42m in the javelin, both performances that remain Universiade records to this day. Future Olympic champion Derrick Adkins won the 400 metre hurdles.
The United States easily topped the medal table with fifteen gold medals and 31 medals in total. The Soviet Union won the next highest number of events, with six gold medallists, and 20 total medals. Great Britain, the host nation, came joint-third in the medal table with two gold medals and nine medals in total. Twenty-eight nations reached the medal table in the athletics competition.[1][2]
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
![]() | 10.17 | ![]() | 10.34 | ![]() | 10.39 |
200 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s) |
![]() | 20.58 | ![]() | 20.69 | ![]() | 20.99 |
400 metres |
![]() | 45.52 | ![]() | 45.55 | ![]() | 45.78 |
800 metres |
![]() | 1:46.82 | ![]() ![]() | 1:46.88 | Not awarded | |
1500 metres |
![]() | 3:50.69 | ![]() | 3:50.79 | ![]() | 3:51.22 |
5000 metres |
![]() | 13:39.25 | ![]() ![]() | 13:39.31 | Not awarded | |
10,000 metres |
![]() | 28:15.84 GR | ![]() | 28:17.02 | ![]() | 28:18.91 |
110 metres hurdles |
![]() | 13.83 | ![]() | 13.83 | ![]() | 13.85 |
400 metres hurdles |
![]() | 49.01 | ![]() | 50.02 | ![]() | 50.09 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
![]() | 8:32.30 | ![]() | 8:33.50 | ![]() | 8:34.21 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
![]() Jon Drummond Boris Goins Michael Bates James Trapp | 39.10 | ![]() Joselyn Thomas Horace Dove-Edwin Benjamin Grant Sanusi Turay | 39.88 | ![]() David Branle Jeroen Fischer Stefaan Allemeersch Patrick Stevens | 40.05 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
![]() Chuck Wilson Marlin Cannon Brian Irvin Gabriel Luke | 3:03.65 | ![]() Linval Laird Evon Clarke Howard Davis Patrick O'Connor | 3:05.93 | ![]() Marcello Pantone Gianrico Boncompagni Riccardo Cardone Vito Petrella | 3:07.54 |
Marathon |
![]() | 2:12:40 GR | ![]() | 2:14:22 | ![]() | 2:17:45 |
20 kilometres walk |
![]() | 1:24:37 | ![]() | 1:25:01 | ![]() | 1:25:09 |
High jump |
![]() | 2.37 m GR | ![]() | 2.31 m | ![]() | 2.25 m |
Pole vault |
![]() | 5.80 m GR | ![]() | 5.60 m | ![]() | 5.60 m |
Long jump |
![]() | 8.18 m (w) | ![]() | 8.08 m | ![]() | 8.01 m |
Triple jump |
![]() | 17.07 m | ![]() | 16.97 m | ![]() | 16.72 m (w) |
Shot put |
![]() | 19.35 m | ![]() | 19.07 m | ![]() | 19.01 m |
Discus throw |
![]() | 61.48 m | ![]() | 61.46 m | ![]() | 59.04 m |
Hammer throw |
![]() | 76.46 m | ![]() | 76.28 m | ![]() | 75.62 m |
Javelin throw |
![]() | 87.42 m GR | ![]() | 80.60 m | ![]() | 77.90 m |
Decathlon |
![]() | 7874 pts | ![]() | 7719 pts | ![]() | 7656 pts |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
![]() | 11.56 | ![]() | 11.57 | ![]() | 11.61 |
200 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
![]() | 23.22 | ![]() | 23.41 | ![]() | 23.47 |
400 metres |
![]() | 50.65 | ![]() | 52.06 | ![]() | 52.34 |
800 metres |
![]() | 1:59.80 | ![]() | 2:00.97 | ![]() | 2:02.00 |
1500 metres |
![]() | 4:12.14 | ![]() | 4:12.24 | ![]() | 4:12.43 |
3000 metres |
![]() | 8:55.42 | ![]() | 8:56.35 | ![]() | 9:01.09 |
10,000 metres |
![]() | 32:36.87 | ![]() | 32:37.94 | ![]() | 32:40.83 |
100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
![]() | 12.95 | ![]() | 13.19 | ![]() | 13.32 |
400 metres hurdles |
![]() | 55.30 | ![]() | 56.07 | ![]() | 56.74 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
![]() Andrea James Tamela Saldana Chryste Gaines Anita Howard | 44.45 | ![]() Rachel Kirby Louise Stuart Melanie Neef Christine Bloomfield | 44.97 | ![]() Annarita Balzani Laura Galligani Cristina Picchi Lara Sinico | 45.24 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
![]() Keisha Demas Tasha Downing Teri Smith Maicel Malone | 3:27.93 | ![]() Yelena Golesheva Inna Yevseyeva Galina Moskvina Anna Knoroz | 3:29.64 | ![]() Barbara Grzywocz Agata Sadurska Monika Warnicka Sylwia Pachut | 3:35.03 |
Marathon |
![]() | 2:36:27 | ![]() | 2:37:58 | ![]() | 2:38:48 |
10 kilometres walk |
![]() | 44:04 | ![]() | 44:33 | ![]() | 45:10 |
High jump |
![]() | 1.92 m | ![]() | 1.92 m | ![]() | 1.90 m |
Long jump |
![]() | 6.87 m | ![]() | 6.67 m | ![]() | 6.66 m (w) |
Triple jump |
![]() | 14.20 m GR | ![]() | 13.75 m | ![]() | 13.63 m (w) |
Shot put |
![]() | 19.62 m | ![]() | 19.23 m | ![]() | 17.32 m |
Discus throw |
![]() | 64.36 m | ![]() | 62.40 m | ![]() | 62.22 m |
Javelin throw(old model) |
![]() | 63.56 m | ![]() | 62.32 m | ![]() | 58.28 m |
Heptathlon |
![]() | 6419 pts | ![]() | 6319 pts | ![]() | 6279 pts |
Medal table
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* Host nation (Great Britain)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 15 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
![]() | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
26 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
27 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (28 nations) | 43 | 45 | 42 | 130 |
References
- World Student Games (Universiade - Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
- World Student Games (Universiade - Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
- World Student Games (Universiade - Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
- World Student Games (Universiade - Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.