| Athletics at the X Summer Universiade | |
| Size: | 180px |
| Host City: | Mexico City, Mexico  |
| Dates: | 8–13 September 1979 |
| Stadium: | Estadio Olimpico Universitario |
| Events: | 34 |
| Records Set: | 1 WR, 12 UR |
| Level: | University |
| Previous: | 1977 Sofia |
| Next: | 1981 Bucharest |
| Games: | 1979 Summer Universiade |
Athletics events were contested at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City, Mexico between 8 and 13 September. The top nations qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
| 10.19 | 10.30 | 10.38 | |||||
| 19.72 | 20.24 | 20.42 | |||||
| 44.98 | 45.12 | 45.90 | |||||
| 1:48.87 | 1:49.50 | 1:49.77 | |||||
| 3:45.37 | 3:45.8 | 3:46.4 | |||||
| 14:12.9 | 14:15.4 | 14:18.0 | |||||
| 29:56.1 | 30:16.4 | 30:49.1 | |||||
| 13.50 | 13.50 | 13.55 | |||||
| 48.44 UR | 48.60 | 48.88 | |||||
| 8:57.7 | 8:58.1 | 9:08.7 | |||||
Gianfranco Lazzer Luciano Caravani Giovanni Grazioli Pietro Mennea | 38.42 UR | Patrice Ouré Amadou Meïté Avognan Nogboum Georges Kablan Degnan | 38.73 | Jean Gracia Pierrick Thessard Gabriel Brothier Pascal Barré | 39.07 | ||
Fred Taylor Leslie Kerr Ronnie Harris Walter McCoy | 3:00.98 | Hugo Pont Koen Gijsbers Marcel Klarenbeek Harry Schulting | 3:03.18 | Stefano Malinverni Alfonso Di Guida Flavio Borghi Roberto Tozzi | 3:03.80 | ||
| 2.28 UR | 2.28 UR | 2.26 | |||||
| 5.60 | 5.60 | 5.55 | |||||
| 8.16 | 8.05 | 7.99 | |||||
| 17.23 | 17.20 | 16.87 | |||||
| 20.49 | 19.96 | 19.60 | |||||
| 60.78 | 59.82 | 58.32 | |||||
| 75.74 UR | 75.68 | 75.54 | |||||
| 88.68 UR | 87.10 | 82.62 | |||||
| 8203 UR | 8033 | 7868 |
| 11.00 UR | 11.27 | 11.32 | |||||
| 21.91 UR | 22.70 | 22.76 | |||||
| 50.35 UR | 51.35 | 51.59 | |||||
| 2:00.50 | 2:00.77 | 2:00.81 | |||||
| 4:13.9 | 4:14.5 | 4:14.6 | |||||
| 12.62 UR | 12.66 | 12.90 | |||||
Vera Komisova Vera Anisimova Tatyana Prorochenko Olga Korotkova | 43.14 | Yvette Wray Kathy Smallwood Ruth Kennedy Bev Goddard | 43.26 | Odile Madkaud Jacqueline Curtet Marie-Pierre Philippe Chantal Réga | 43.94 | ||
| 1.94 | 1.92 | 1.92 | |||||
| 6.80 | 6.67 | 6.57 | |||||
| 19.98 | 19.56 | 19.41 | |||||
| 63.54 | 63.00 | 59.28 | |||||
| 67.20 | 63.04 | 60.98 | |||||
| 4497 | 4306 | 4272 |