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 19–25. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes.World Student Games (Universiade - Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.World Student Games (Universiade - Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-08-31.

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.

Medal summary

Men 10.17 10.34 10.39 20.58 20.69 20.99 45.52 45.55 45.78 1:46.82 1:46.88Not awarded 3:50.69 3:50.79 3:51.22 13:39.25 13:39.31Not awarded 28:15.84 GR 28:17.02 28:18.91 13.83 13.83 13.85 49.01 50.02 50.09 8:32.30 8:33.50 8:34.21Jon DrummondBoris GoinsMichael BatesJames Trapp39.10Joselyn ThomasHorace Dove-EdwinBenjamin GrantSanusi Turay39.88David BranleJeroen FischerStefaan AllemeerschPatrick Stevens40.05Chuck WilsonMarlin CannonBrian IrvinGabriel Luke 3:03.65Linval LairdEvon ClarkeHoward DavisPatrick O'Connor3:05.93Marcello PantoneGianrico BoncompagniRiccardo CardoneVito Petrella3:07.54 2:12:40 GR 2:14:22 2:17:45 1:24:37 1:25:01 1:25:09 2.37 m GR 2.31 m 2.25 m 5.80 m GR 5.60 m 5.60 m 8.18 m (w) 8.08 m 8.01 m 17.07 m 16.97 m 16.72 m (w) 19.35 m 19.07 m 19.01 m 61.48 m 61.46 m 59.04 m 76.46 m 76.28 m 75.62 m 87.42 m GR 80.60 m 77.90 m 7874 pts 7719 pts 7656 pts

Women 11.56 11.57 11.61 23.22 23.41 23.47 50.65 52.06 52.34 1:59.80 2:00.97 2:02.00 4:12.14 4:12.24 4:12.43 8:55.42 8:56.35 9:01.09 32:36.87 32:37.94 32:40.83 12.95 13.19 13.32 55.30 56.07 56.74 Andrea JamesTamela SaldanaChryste GainesAnita Howard44.45 Rachel KirbyLouise StuartMelanie NeefChristine Bloomfield44.97 Annarita BalzaniLaura GalliganiCristina PicchiLara Sinico45.24 Keisha DemasTasha DowningTeri SmithMaicel Malone3:27.93 Yelena GoleshevaInna YevseyevaGalina MoskvinaAnna Knoroz3:29.64 Barbara GrzywoczAgata SadurskaMonika WarnickaSylwia Pachut3:35.03 2:36:27 2:37:58 2:38:48 44:04 44:33 45:10 1.92 m 1.92 m1.90 m 6.87 m 6.67 m 6.66 m (w) 14.20 m GR 13.75 m 13.63 m (w) 19.62 m 19.23 m 17.32 m 64.36 m 62.40 m 62.22 m 63.56 m 62.32 m 58.28 m 6419 pts 6319 pts 6279 pts

Medal table

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.