Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade
Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade | |
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![]() The host stadium during the 1991 Summer Universiade | |
Dates | July 19 – 25, 1991 |
Host city | Sheffield United Kingdom ![]() |
Venue | Don Valley Stadium |
Events | 43 |
Records set | 6 Games records |
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 19–25. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes.[1][2]
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) details | ![]() | 10.17 | ![]() | 10.34 | ![]() | 10.39 |
200 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s) details | ![]() | 20.58 | ![]() | 20.69 | ![]() | 20.99 |
400 metres details | ![]() | 45.52 | ![]() | 45.55 | ![]() | 45.78 |
800 metres details | ![]() | 1:46.82 | ![]() ![]() | 1:46.88 | Not awarded | |
1500 metres details | ![]() | 3:50.69 | ![]() | 3:50.79 | ![]() | 3:51.22 |
5000 metres details | ![]() | 13:39.25 | ![]() ![]() | 13:39.31 | Not awarded | |
10,000 metres details | ![]() | 28:15.84 GR | ![]() | 28:17.02 | ![]() | 28:18.91 |
110 metres hurdles details | ![]() | 13.83 | ![]() | 13.83 | ![]() | 13.85 |
400 metres hurdles details | ![]() | 49.01 | ![]() | 50.02 | ![]() | 50.09 |
3000 metres steeplechase details | ![]() | 8:32.30 | ![]() | 8:33.50 | ![]() | 8:34.21 |
4 × 100 metres relay details | ![]() 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 details | ![]() 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 details | ![]() | 2:12:40 GR | ![]() | 2:14:22 | ![]() | 2:17:45 |
20 kilometres walk details | ![]() | 1:24:37 | ![]() | 1:25:01 | ![]() | 1:25:09 |
High jump details | ![]() | 2.37 m GR | ![]() | 2.31 m | ![]() | 2.25 m |
Pole vault details | ![]() | 5.80 m GR | ![]() | 5.60 m | ![]() | 5.60 m |
Long jump details | ![]() | 8.18 m (w) | ![]() | 8.08 m | ![]() | 8.01 m |
Triple jump details | ![]() | 17.07 m | ![]() | 16.97 m | ![]() | 16.72 m (w) |
Shot put details | ![]() | 19.35 m | ![]() | 19.07 m | ![]() | 19.01 m |
Discus throw details | ![]() | 61.48 m | ![]() | 61.46 m | ![]() | 59.04 m |
Hammer throw details | ![]() | 76.46 m | ![]() | 76.28 m | ![]() | 75.62 m |
Javelin throw details | ![]() | 87.42 m GR | ![]() | 80.60 m | ![]() | 77.90 m |
Decathlon details | ![]() | 7874 pts | ![]() | 7719 pts | ![]() | 7656 pts |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s) details | ![]() | 11.56 | ![]() | 11.57 | ![]() | 11.61 |
200 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s) details | ![]() | 23.22 | ![]() | 23.41 | ![]() | 23.47 |
400 metres details | ![]() | 50.65 | ![]() | 52.06 | ![]() | 52.34 |
800 metres details | ![]() | 1:59.80 | ![]() | 2:00.97 | ![]() | 2:02.00 |
1500 metres details | ![]() | 4:12.14 | ![]() | 4:12.24 | ![]() | 4:12.43 |
3000 metres details | ![]() | 8:55.42 | ![]() | 8:56.35 | ![]() | 9:01.09 |
10,000 metres details | ![]() | 32:36.87 | ![]() | 32:37.94 | ![]() | 32:40.83 |
100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.6 m/s) details | ![]() | 12.95 | ![]() | 13.19 | ![]() | 13.32 |
400 metres hurdles details | ![]() | 55.30 | ![]() | 56.07 | ![]() | 56.74 |
4 × 100 metres relay details | ![]() 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 details | ![]() 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 details | ![]() | 2:36:27 | ![]() | 2:37:58 | ![]() | 2:38:48 |
10 kilometres walk details | ![]() | 44:04 | ![]() | 44:33 | ![]() | 45:10 |
High jump details | ![]() | 1.92 m | ![]() | 1.92 m | ![]() | 1.90 m |
Long jump details | ![]() | 6.87 m | ![]() | 6.67 m | ![]() | 6.66 m (w) |
Triple jump details | ![]() | 14.20 m GR | ![]() | 13.75 m | ![]() | 13.63 m (w) |
Shot put details | ![]() | 19.62 m | ![]() | 19.23 m | ![]() | 17.32 m |
Discus throw details | ![]() | 64.36 m | ![]() | 62.40 m | ![]() | 62.22 m |
Javelin throw(old model) details | ![]() | 63.56 m | ![]() | 62.32 m | ![]() | 58.28 m |
Heptathlon details | ![]() | 6419 pts | ![]() | 6319 pts | ![]() | 6279 pts |
Medal table
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Sonia_osullivan_2000-2.jpg/220px-Sonia_osullivan_2000-2.jpg)
* Host nation (Great Britain)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 entries) | 43 | 45 | 42 | 130 |
References
- ^ a b World Student Games (Universiade - Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
- ^ a b 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.
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