Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade explained

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

		10.17		10.34		10.39
		20.58		20.69		20.99
		45.52		45.55		45.78
		1:46.82		1:46.88	Not awarded
		3:50.69		3:50.79		3:51.22
		13:39.25		13:39.31	Not 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		8:34.21
	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
		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
		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 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
	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
		2:36:27		2:37:58		2:38:48
		44:04		44:33		45:10
		1.92 m		1.92 m		1.90 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

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.

Notes and References

1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wsgm.htm World Student Games (Universiade - Men)
2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wsgw.htm World Student Games (Universiade - Women)