Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade
Dates	7 July – 12 July
Host city	Belgrade, Serbia
Venue	Stadion Crvena Zvezda
Level	Senior
Events	46
Participation	982 athletes from 96 nations
Records set	4 UR's
← Bangkok 2007 Shenzhen 2011 → 2009 Summer Universiade

The athletics competition at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, Serbia from July 7 to July 12, 2009.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Rolando Palacios   Honduras	10.30	Amr Seoud   Egypt	10.31	Masashi Eriguchi   Japan	10.33
200 metres details	Ramil Guliyev   Azerbaijan	20.04 NR	Amr Seoud   Egypt	20.52	Thuso Mpuang   South Africa	20.69
400 metres details	Yuzo Kanemaru   Japan	45.68	Clemens Zeller   Austria	46.12	Daniel Harper  Canada	46.22
800 metres details	Sajjad Moradi   Iran	1:48.02	Goran Nava   Serbia	1:48.06	Fabiano Peçanha   Brazil	1:48.07
1500 metres details	Vyacheslav Sokolov  Russia	3:42.49	Samir Khadar   Algeria	3:42.50	Goran Nava   Serbia	3:42.88
5000 metres details	Halil Akkaş   Turkey	14:06.96	Piedra Bayron   Ecuador	14:07.11	Elroy Gelant   South Africa	14:07.97
10,000 metres details	Sibabalwe Mzazi   South Africa	28:21.44	Denis Mayaud  France	28:21.50	Lungisa Mdedelwa   South Africa	28:21.52
Half marathon details	Zhao Ran   China	1:04:28	Tomoya Onishi   Japan	1:04:30	Francesco Bona  Italy	1:04:35
3000 metres steeplechase details	Ion Luchianov   Moldova	8:25.79	Halil Akkaş   Turkey	8:25.80	Steffen Uliczka  Germany	8:26.18
110 metres hurdles details	Yin Jing   China	13.38	Lehann Fourie   South Africa	13.66	Emanuele Abate  Italy	13.70
400 metres hurdles details	Tristan Thomas  Australia	48.75	Kazuaki Yoshida   Japan	49.78	Michael Bultheel   Belgium	49.79
20 km walk details	Sergey Bakulin  Russia	1:20:52 UR	Andrey Ruzavin  Russia	1:21:08	Moacir Zimmermann   Brazil	1:21:35
4 × 100 m relay details	Maxim Mokrousov Ivan Teplykh Roman Smirnov Konstantin Petryashov  Russia	39.21	Robert Kubaczyk Artur Zaczek Kamil Masztak Dariusz Kuć   Poland	39.33	Leigh Julius Thuso Mpuang Kagisho Kumbane Wilhelm van der Vyver   South Africa	39.52
4 × 400 m relay details	Chris Troode Brendan Cole Tristan Thomas Sean Wroe Clay Watkins John Burstow  Australia	3:03.67	Witold Bańka Kacper Kozłowski Piotr Kędzia Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Wiaderek   Poland	3:05.69	Hideyuki Hirose Yusuke Ishitsuka Kazuaki Yoshida Yuzo Kanemaru   Japan	3:06.46
High jump details	Eduard Malchenko  Russia	2.23	Michael Mason  Canada	2.23	Ivan Ilichev  Russia	2.20
Pole vault details	Aleksandr Gripich  Russia	5.60	Giorgio Piantella  Italy	5.55	Hendrik Gruber  Germany	5.45
Long jump details	Kim Deok-Hyeon   South Korea	8.41w	Ndiss Kaba Badji   Senegal	8.19	Marcin Starzak   Poland	8.10
Triple jump details	Nelson Évora   Portugal	17.22	Héctor Dairo Fuentes   Cuba	17.13	Vladimir Letnicov   Moldova	16.80
Shot put details	Soslan Tsyrikhov  Russia	19.59	Zhang Jun   China	19.58	Krzysztof Krzywosz   Poland	19.38
Discus throw details	Mohammad Samimi   Iran	65.33	Mahmoud Samimi   Iran	64.67	Markus Münch  Germany	63.76
Hammer throw details	Yury Shayunou   Belarus	76.92	James Steacy  Canada	74.88	Oleksiy Sokyrsky   Ukraine	73.73
Javelin throw details	Ainārs Kovals   Latvia	81.58	Stuart Farquhar  New Zealand	79.48	Park Jae-Myong   South Korea	79.29
Decathlon details	Mikalai Shubianok   Belarus	7960	Brent Newdick  New Zealand	7874	Attila Szabó   Hungary	7748

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Lina Grincikaitė   Lithuania	11.31	Momoko Takahashi   Japan	11.52	Sónia Tavares   Portugal	11.54
200 metres details	Monique Williams  New Zealand	23.11	Isabel Le Roux   South Africa	23.18	Sabina Veit   Slovenia	23.34
400 metres details	Fatou Bintou Fall   Senegal	51.65	Esther Akinsulie  Canada	51.70	Carline Muir  Canada	52.07
800 metres details	Madeleine Pape  Australia	2:01.91	Olga Cristea   Moldova	2:03.49	Rebecca Johnstone  Canada	2:03.67
1500 metres details	Marina Muncan   Serbia	4:15.53	Kaila McKnight  Australia	4:16.10	Elena Garcia Grimau   Spain	4:17.02
5000 metres details	Sara Moreira   Portugal	15:32.78	Kasumi Nishihara   Japan	15:46.95	Natalia Medvedeva  Russia	15:49.60
10,000 metres details	Kasumi Nishihara   Japan	33:14.62	Tatiana Shutova  Russia	33:29.99	Volha Minina   Belarus	33:32.35
Half marathon details	Chisato Saito   Japan	1:13:44	Kikuyo Tsuzaki   Japan	1:14:03	Sayo Nomura   Japan	1:14:23
3000 metres steeplechase details	Sara Moreira   Portugal	9:32.62 UR	Ancuța Bobocel   Romania	9:38.14	Türkan Erişmiş   Turkey	9:38.87
100 metres hurdles details	Nevin Yanıt   Turkey	12.89	Sonata Tamošaitytė   Lithuania	13.10	Andrea Miller  New Zealand	13.13
400 metres hurdles details	Vania Stambolova   Bulgaria	55.14	Jonna Tilgner  Germany	56.02	Sara Slott Petersen   Denmark	56.40
20 km walk details	Olga Mikhaylova  Russia	1:30:43 UR	Masumi Fuchise   Japan	1:31:42	Olga Povalyaeva  Russia	1:33:58
4 × 100 m relay details	Audrey Alloh Doris Tomasini Giulia Arcioni Maria Aurora Salvagno  Italy	43.83	Ewelina Ptak Marika Popowicz Dorota Jędrusińska Marta Jeschke Iwona Brzezińska   Poland	43.96	Laetitia Denis Ayodelé Ikuesan Amandine Elard Lucienne M'belu  France	44.31
4 × 400 m relay details	Carline Muir Amonn Nelson Kimberly Hyacinthe Esther Akinsulie  Canada	3:33.09	Ekaterina Voronenkova Alexandra Zaytseva Nadezda Sozontova Ekaterina Vukolova  Russia	3:34.45	Ndeye Fatouseck Soumah Mame Fatou Faye Fatou Diabaye Fatou Bintou Fall   Senegal	3:36.33
High jump details	Ariane Friedrich  Germany	2.00	Yekaterina Yevseyeva   Kazakhstan	1.91	Julia Wanner  Germany	1.91
Pole vault details	Jiřina Ptáčníková   Czech Republic	4.55	Nicole Büchler    Switzerland	4.50	Kristina Gadschiew  Germany	4.50
Long jump details	Ivana Španović   Serbia	6.64	Irina Kryachkova  Russia	6.47	Ruky Abdulai  Canada	6.44
Triple jump details	Yarianna Martínez   Cuba	14.40	Natalia Kutyakova  Russia	14.14	Anastasia Matveeva  Russia	13.94
Shot put details	Mailín Vargas   Cuba	18.91	Chiara Rosa  Italy	18.21	Alena Kopets   Belarus	17.48
Discus throw details	Dani Samuels  Australia	62.48	Żaneta Glanc   Poland	60.57	Kateryna Karsak   Ukraine	60.47
Hammer throw details	Betty Heidler  Germany	75.83 UR	Martina Hrašnová   Slovakia	72.85	Kathrin Klaas  Germany	70.97
Javelin throw details	Sunette Viljoen   South Africa	62.52	Vira Rebryk   Ukraine	61.02	Mareike Rittweg  Germany	59.44
Heptathlon details	Jessica Samuelsson   Sweden	6004	Jana Korešová   Czech Republic	5956	Saludes Cristina Barcena   Spain	5828

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	7	5	4	16
2	Australia (AUS)	4	1	0	5
3	Japan (JPN)	3	6	3	12
4	Portugal (POR)	3	0	1	4
5	South Africa (RSA)	2	2	4	8
6	Germany (GER)	2	1	7	10
7	Serbia (SRB)	2	1	1	4
	Turkey (TUR)	2	1	1	4
9	China (CHN)	2	1	0	3
	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	0	3
	Iran (IRI)	2	1	0	3
12	Belarus (BLR)	2	0	2	4
13	Canada (CAN)	1	3	4	8
14	Italy (ITA)	1	2	2	5
15	New Zealand (NZL)	1	2	1	4
16	Moldova (MDA)	1	1	1	3
	Senegal (SEN)	1	1	1	3
18	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	0	2
	Lithuania (LTU)	1	1	0	2
20	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	1	2
21	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
	Honduras (HON)	1	0	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
26	Poland (POL)	0	4	2	6
27	Egypt (EGY)	0	2	0	2
28	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	2	3
29	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
30	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	0	1
	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
37	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	2	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
39	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 entries)		46	46	46	138

Participating nations

References

Day reports

• van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-12). Friedrich 2m; gold for hosts, two for Iran – World University Games, Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
• van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-12). Impressive Triple Jump; Japanese sweep half marathon at World University Games, Day 5 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
• van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-11). World Champion Heidler hammers 75.83m, as Games' records highlight World University Games - Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
• van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-10). Evora adds another title to his impressive CV – World University Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
• van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-09). Gold for Serbian junior Spanovic in Long Jump – World University Games Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
• van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-08). 65.46m African record in the Javelin Throw for Viljoen in Belgrade – World University Games Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.
• Results (Archived)