Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade

With all other disciplines having been cancelled, the 1975 Summer Universiade only featured athletics events and was referred to as the World University Championships in athletics.[1] The competition was held in Rome between 18 and 21 September.

Athletics at the VIII Summer Universiade
The host stadium for the events
Dates18–21 September 1975
Host cityRome, Italy Italy
VenueStadio Olimpico
LevelUniversity
Events35


Medal summary edit

Men's events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
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  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 10.28 GR   Charles Hopkins (USA) 10.47   Toma Petrescu (ROM) 10.66
200 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
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  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 20.28   Robert Martin (CAN) 21.06   Thorsten Johansson (SWE) 21.15
400 metres
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  Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL) 46.26   Roger Jenkins (GBR) 46.55   Brian Saunders (CAN) 46.83
800 metres
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  Waldemar Gondek (POL) 1:50.04   Pavel Litovchenko (URS) 1:50.13   Sid Ali Djouadi (ALG) 1:50.19
1500 metres
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  Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 3:39.73   Steve Heidenreich (USA) 3:40.56   Gheorghe Ghipu (ROM) 3:41.19
5000 metres
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  Franco Fava (ITA) 13:37.56   Ilie Floroiu (ROM) 13:39.20   Julian Goater (GBR) 13:42.02
10,000 metres
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  Franco Fava (ITA) 28:37.92   Ilie Floroiu (ROM) 28:52.49   Jim Brown (GBR) 29:03.54
110 metres hurdles
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
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  Charles Foster (USA) 13.83   Eduard Pereverzev (URS) 13.94   Borisav Pisić (YUG) 14.28
400 metres hurdles
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  Rolf Ziegler (FRG) 50.43   Jerzy Hewelt (POL) 50.85   Timo Ogunjimi (NGR) 51.25
3000 metres steeplechase
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  Bronisław Malinowski (POL) 8:22.32   Michael Karst (FRG) 8:28.22   Kazimierz Maranda (POL) 8:29.23
4 × 100 metres relay
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  Soviet Union (URS)
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Juris Silovs
Sergey Vladimirtsev
Aleksandr Zhidkikh
39.80   Canada (CAN)
Marvin Nash
Albin Dukowski
Robert Martin
Brian Sanders
40.06   West Germany (FRG)
Klaus-Dieter Bieler
Klaus Ehl
Reinhard Borchert
Dieter Steinmann
40.20
4 × 400 metres relay
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  Poland (POL)
Waldemar Szlendak
Jerzy Pietrzyk
Jerzy Hewelt
Waldemar Gondek
3:09.13   Yugoslavia (YUG)
Milorad Čikić
Ivica Ivičak
Milorad Savić
Dragan Životić
3:09.71   Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Nosenko
Pavel Kozban
Nikolay Yavtushenko
Aleksandr Bratchikov
3:10.09
High jump
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  Enzo del Forno (ITA) 2.13   István Major (HUN) 2.13   Danial Temim (YUG) 2.13
Pole vault
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  François Tracanelli (FRA) 5.20   Bruce Simpson (CAN) 5.20   Renato Dionisi (ITA) 5.10
Long jump
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  Grzegorz Cybulski (POL) 8.27 GR   Nenad Stekić (YUG) 8.13   Aleksey Pereverzev (URS) 7.90
Triple jump
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  Michał Joachimowski (POL) 16.54   Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) 16.52   Sergey Sidorenko (URS) 16.42
Shot put
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  Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN) 19.45   Anatoliy Yarosh (URS) 19.11   Valcho Stoev (BUL) 18.90
Discus throw
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  Markku Tuokko (FIN) 62.94   Ferenc Tégla (HUN) 58.10   Igor Spasovkhodskiy (URS) 57.80
Hammer throw
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  Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) 73.82   Walter Schmidt (FRG) 72.00   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 71.32
Javelin throw
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  Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) 81.30 GR   Bill Schmidt (USA) 80.20   Ivan Morgol (URS) 78.44
Decathlon
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  Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT) 7857   Philippe Bobin (FRA) 7568   Winfried Hartweck (FRG) 7382

Women's events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
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  Lyudmila Zharkova (URS) 11.31   Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN) 11.47   Patty Loverock (CAN) 11.57
200 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
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  Pirjo Häggman (FIN) 23.38   Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN) 23.61   Jelica Pavličić (YUG) 23.78
400 metres
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  Pirjo Häggman (FIN) 51.80 GR   Inta Kļimoviča (URS) 52.25   Jelica Pavličić (YUG) 52.50
800 metres
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  Nina Morgunova (URS) 2:01.94   Jozefína Čerchlanová (TCH) 2:02.45   Nikolina Shtereva (BUL) 2:02.74
1500 metres
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  Ellen Wellmann (FRG) 4:08.72   Natalia Andrei (ROM) 4:08.84   Rositsa Pekhlivanova (BUL) 4:10.17
3000 metres
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  Natalia Andrei (ROM) 8:54.09   Thelma Wright (CAN) 8:54.94   Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) 8:55.88
100 metres hurdles
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
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  Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 13.14   Bożena Nowakowska (POL) 13.34   Tatyana Anisimova (URS) 13.64
4 × 100 metres relay
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  Soviet Union (URS)
Inta Kļimoviča
Tatyana Anisimova
Marina Sidorova
Lyudmila Zharkova
44.77   Poland (POL)
Ewa Długołęcka
Aniela Szubert
Barbara Bakulin
Grażyna Rabsztyn
44.87   France (FRA)
Cécile Cachera
Danielle Camus
Jacqueline Curtet
Rose-Aimée Bacoul
45.88
High jump
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  Galina Filatova (URS) 1.88   Sara Simeoni (ITA) 1.88   Alla Fedorchuk (URS) 1.86
Long jump
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  Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) 6.48   Dorina Catineanu (ROM) 6.34   Alina Gheorghiu (ROM) 6.32
Shot put
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  Elena Stoyanova (BUL) 18.99   Mihaela Loghin (ROM) 18.21   Rima Makauskaitė (URS) 18.06
Discus throw
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  Mariya Vergova (BUL) 65.28   Argentina Menis (ROM) 64.28   Radostina Bakhchevanova (BUL) 56.96
Javelin throw
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  Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS) 61.72   Kate Schmidt (USA) 60.36   Éva Zörgő (ROM) 59.50
Pentathlon
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  Jane Frederick (USA) 4442   Djurdja Focic (YUG) 4423   Olga Rukavishnikova (URS) 4313

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)751123
2  Poland (POL)73111
3  Italy (ITA)5117
4  West Germany (FRG)3227
5  Finland (FIN)3205
6  Romania (ROM)26412
7  United States (USA)2406
8  Bulgaria (BUL)2046
9  Canada (CAN)1427
10  France (FRA)1113
11  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1102
12  Austria (AUT)1001
13  Yugoslavia (YUG)0347
14  Hungary (HUN)0202
15  Great Britain (GBR)0123
16  Algeria (ALG)0011
  Nigeria (NGR)0011
  Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (18 entries)353535105

References edit

  1. ^ "Universiade (World University Games)". hickoksports.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.