Athletics at the University
Games in Beijing
30 August 2001 - a brief summary and results from the athletics programme at the University Games in Beijing.
Chinese Gao Shuying set a new Asian record of 4.52 metres in the women's pole vault final after winning the gold with an easy clearance over 4.45 metres, a new meet record.
Wang Liping, gold medallist in walking from the 2000 Olympiad, clocked 44.01, equalling the old Universiade record. Susana Feitor from Portugal, bronze medllist of women's 10km walk of the 21st World Summer University Games, won the first medal for her country in this Universiade. The men's 20km walk title went to Italian Lorenzo Civallero with a time of 1 hour 24 minutes and 42 seconds. Jane Jamieson of Australia collected a total of 6,041 points to win the women's heptathlon gold medal and Russian's Aiexei Krovtsov beat his rival Aliaksei Liasnchy of Belarus to win the men's high jump. Aleksander Tammert of Estonia managed a throw of 65.19 metres to win the men's discus gold medal and the first track and field top laural for Estonia.
A.N. Famiglietti of the United States beat Poland's Jakub Czaja on the home straight in a dramastic victory to win the men's 3,000-metre steeplechase final.
Andrew Pierce of the United States took the men's 400m final and P.A. Esteso of Spain pulled away on the home curve to win the men's 1,500 metres gold medal with a time of three minutes, 43.98 seconds. His compatriot Miguel Pate claimed the men's long jump gold medal with a winning jump of 8.07 metres.
Cuba's world champion and world record holder Osleidys Menendez won the women's javelin gold medal with a new meet record of 69.82 metres
Sureyya Ayhan won the first gold for Turkey at the 21st Universiade by finishing first in the women's 1,500m race.
Women
Shot put 1. Y. Cumba Jay (Cuba) 18.90 2. Myung-sun Lee (Korea) 18.79 3. Katarzyna Zakowicz (Poland) 18.31
10,000 metres 1. Dong Yanmei (China) 32:45.14 2. Yoshiko Fujinaga (Japan) 32:53.55 3. Yukiko Akaba (Japan) 32:57.35
100 metres 1. Abiodun Oyepitan (Britain) 11.42 2. Zeng Xiujun (China) 11.58 3. Mireille Donders (Switzerland) 11.59
100 metres hurdles 1. Su Yiping (China) 12.95 2. Maurren Higa Maggi (Brazil) 13.13 3. Jacquie Munro (Australia) 13.17
Long Jump 1. Maurren Higa Maggi (Brazil) 6.83 2. Guan Yingnan (China) 6.56 3. Kumiko Ikeda (Japan) 6.52
10 kilometres walk 1. Gao Hongmiao (China) 43:20 2. Susana Feitor (Portugal) 43:40 3. Wang Liping (China) 44:05
1500 metres 1. Sureyya Ayhan (Turkey) 4:06.69 2. Maria C. Grosu (Romania) 4:08.84 3. Sabine Fischer (Switzerland) 4:08.93
400 metres 1. Demetria Washington (U.S.) 51.22 2. Otilia Silvia Ruicu (Romania) 51.82 3. Mikele R. Barber (U.S.) 51.92
Javelin 1. Osleidys Menendez Saez (Cuba) 69.82 (CR) 2. Hichaela Tomeckova (Czech Republic) 68.76 3. Wei Jianhua (China) 57.84
Pole Vault 1. Gao Shuying (China) 4.52 2. Sabine Schulte (Germany) 4.35 3. Sarka Mladkova (Czech Republic) 4.20
Discus 1. Li Qiumei (China) 61.66 2. Li Yanfeng (China) 60.50 3. Helina Robert-Michon (France) 58.04 Hammer Throw 1. Manuela Montebrun (France) 69.78 2. Yipsi Moreno Gonzalez (Cuba) 68.39 3. Lioudmila Goubkina (Belarus) 67.97
Men
100 metres 1. Marcus Brunson (USA) 10.15 2. Gennady Chernovol (Kazakhstan) 10.29 3. Christopher Lambert (Britain) 10.38
110 metres hurdles 1. Liu Xiang (China) 13.33 2. Elmar Lichtenegger (Austria) 13.36 3. Robert Kronberg (Sweden) 13.40
Hammer Throw 1. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 78.41 2. Vladyslav Piskunov (Ukraine) 77.99 3. Adrian Annus (Hungary) 77.73
20 kilometres walk 1. Lorenzo Civallero (Italy) 1:24:42 2. Manuel Juan Molina (Spain) 1:25:07 3. He Xiaodong (China) 1:25:17
1500 metres 1. P.A. Esteso (Spain) 3:43.98 2. Gareth Turnbull (Ireland) 3:44.21 3. Alexis Abraham (France) 3:44.48
3000 metres steeplechase 1. A.N. Famiglietti (USA) 8:21.97 2. Jakub Czaja (Poland) 8:23.00 3. Christian Belz (Switzerland) 8:24.46
400 metres 1. Andrew B. Pierce (USA) 45.34 2. Clinton Hill (Australia) 45.63 3. Andriy Tverdostud (Ukraine) 45.78
Long Jump 1. Miguel Pate (USA) 8.07 2. Stepan Louw (Namibia) 8.04 3. Gable Garenamotse (Botswana) 7.99
High Jump 1. Aiexei Drovtsov (Russia) 2.28 2. Henadzi Maroz (Belarus) 2.28 3. Tora Harris (U.S.) 2.26
Discus 1. Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 65.19 2. Leanid Charauk (Belarus) 63.15 3. A. Malashevich (Belarus) 63.18
Pole Vault 1. Alexander Averbukh (Israel) 5.80 2. Stepan Janacek (Czech Republic) 5.70 3. Laurens Looye (Netherlands) 5.60
Shot Put 1. Manuel Martinez (Spain) 20.97 2. Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 20.16 3. Milan Haborak (Slovakia) 19.90
10,000 metres 1. Kanyi John (Kenya) 28:27.42 2. Ignacio Caceres (Spain) 28:43.63 3. Kazuyoshi Tokomuto (Japan) 28:47.34
30 August 2001 - a brief summary and results from the athletics programme at the University Games in Beijing.
Chinese Gao Shuying set a new Asian record of 4.52 metres in the women's pole vault final after winning the gold with an easy clearance over 4.45 metres, a new meet record.
Wang Liping, gold medallist in walking from the 2000 Olympiad, clocked 44.01, equalling the old Universiade record. Susana Feitor from Portugal, bronze medllist of women's 10km walk of the 21st World Summer University Games, won the first medal for her country in this Universiade. The men's 20km walk title went to Italian Lorenzo Civallero with a time of 1 hour 24 minutes and 42 seconds. Jane Jamieson of Australia collected a total of 6,041 points to win the women's heptathlon gold medal and Russian's Aiexei Krovtsov beat his rival Aliaksei Liasnchy of Belarus to win the men's high jump. Aleksander Tammert of Estonia managed a throw of 65.19 metres to win the men's discus gold medal and the first track and field top laural for Estonia.
A.N. Famiglietti of the United States beat Poland's Jakub Czaja on the home straight in a dramastic victory to win the men's 3,000-metre steeplechase final.
Andrew Pierce of the United States took the men's 400m final and P.A. Esteso of Spain pulled away on the home curve to win the men's 1,500 metres gold medal with a time of three minutes, 43.98 seconds. His compatriot Miguel Pate claimed the men's long jump gold medal with a winning jump of 8.07 metres.
Cuba's world champion and world record holder Osleidys Menendez won the women's javelin gold medal with a new meet record of 69.82 metres
Sureyya Ayhan won the first gold for Turkey at the 21st Universiade by finishing first in the women's 1,500m race.
Women
Shot put 1. Y. Cumba Jay (Cuba) 18.90 2. Myung-sun Lee (Korea) 18.79 3. Katarzyna Zakowicz (Poland) 18.31
10,000 metres 1. Dong Yanmei (China) 32:45.14 2. Yoshiko Fujinaga (Japan) 32:53.55 3. Yukiko Akaba (Japan) 32:57.35
100 metres 1. Abiodun Oyepitan (Britain) 11.42 2. Zeng Xiujun (China) 11.58 3. Mireille Donders (Switzerland) 11.59
100 metres hurdles 1. Su Yiping (China) 12.95 2. Maurren Higa Maggi (Brazil) 13.13 3. Jacquie Munro (Australia) 13.17
Long Jump 1. Maurren Higa Maggi (Brazil) 6.83 2. Guan Yingnan (China) 6.56 3. Kumiko Ikeda (Japan) 6.52
10 kilometres walk 1. Gao Hongmiao (China) 43:20 2. Susana Feitor (Portugal) 43:40 3. Wang Liping (China) 44:05
1500 metres 1. Sureyya Ayhan (Turkey) 4:06.69 2. Maria C. Grosu (Romania) 4:08.84 3. Sabine Fischer (Switzerland) 4:08.93
400 metres 1. Demetria Washington (U.S.) 51.22 2. Otilia Silvia Ruicu (Romania) 51.82 3. Mikele R. Barber (U.S.) 51.92
Javelin 1. Osleidys Menendez Saez (Cuba) 69.82 (CR) 2. Hichaela Tomeckova (Czech Republic) 68.76 3. Wei Jianhua (China) 57.84
Pole Vault 1. Gao Shuying (China) 4.52 2. Sabine Schulte (Germany) 4.35 3. Sarka Mladkova (Czech Republic) 4.20
Discus 1. Li Qiumei (China) 61.66 2. Li Yanfeng (China) 60.50 3. Helina Robert-Michon (France) 58.04 Hammer Throw 1. Manuela Montebrun (France) 69.78 2. Yipsi Moreno Gonzalez (Cuba) 68.39 3. Lioudmila Goubkina (Belarus) 67.97
Men
100 metres 1. Marcus Brunson (USA) 10.15 2. Gennady Chernovol (Kazakhstan) 10.29 3. Christopher Lambert (Britain) 10.38
110 metres hurdles 1. Liu Xiang (China) 13.33 2. Elmar Lichtenegger (Austria) 13.36 3. Robert Kronberg (Sweden) 13.40
Hammer Throw 1. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 78.41 2. Vladyslav Piskunov (Ukraine) 77.99 3. Adrian Annus (Hungary) 77.73
20 kilometres walk 1. Lorenzo Civallero (Italy) 1:24:42 2. Manuel Juan Molina (Spain) 1:25:07 3. He Xiaodong (China) 1:25:17
1500 metres 1. P.A. Esteso (Spain) 3:43.98 2. Gareth Turnbull (Ireland) 3:44.21 3. Alexis Abraham (France) 3:44.48
3000 metres steeplechase 1. A.N. Famiglietti (USA) 8:21.97 2. Jakub Czaja (Poland) 8:23.00 3. Christian Belz (Switzerland) 8:24.46
400 metres 1. Andrew B. Pierce (USA) 45.34 2. Clinton Hill (Australia) 45.63 3. Andriy Tverdostud (Ukraine) 45.78
Long Jump 1. Miguel Pate (USA) 8.07 2. Stepan Louw (Namibia) 8.04 3. Gable Garenamotse (Botswana) 7.99
High Jump 1. Aiexei Drovtsov (Russia) 2.28 2. Henadzi Maroz (Belarus) 2.28 3. Tora Harris (U.S.) 2.26
Discus 1. Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 65.19 2. Leanid Charauk (Belarus) 63.15 3. A. Malashevich (Belarus) 63.18
Pole Vault 1. Alexander Averbukh (Israel) 5.80 2. Stepan Janacek (Czech Republic) 5.70 3. Laurens Looye (Netherlands) 5.60
Shot Put 1. Manuel Martinez (Spain) 20.97 2. Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 20.16 3. Milan Haborak (Slovakia) 19.90
10,000 metres 1. Kanyi John (Kenya) 28:27.42 2. Ignacio Caceres (Spain) 28:43.63 3. Kazuyoshi Tokomuto (Japan) 28:47.34
