| Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade | |
| Host City: | Beijing, China |
| Dates: | 27 August – 1 September |
| Stadium: | Olympic Sports Centre |
| Events: | 45 |
| Records Set: | 5 Universiade records |
| Level: | Senior |
| Previous: | Palma de Mallorca 1999 |
| Next: | Daegu 2003 |
| Games: | 2001 Summer Universiade |
At the 2001 Summer Universiade, the athletics events were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China between 27 August and 1 September. A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. The host country, China, took the most gold medals (9) and the most medals overall (16). The United States were a close second with a total of 8 golds. Five Universiade records were broken during the course of the athletics competition.
Amongst the gold medallists for the host country were Dong Yanmei, who won golds in the women's 5000 and 10,000 metres races, and 18-year-old Liu Xiang in the 110 metres hurdles. It was Liu's first gold on a world stage and he became the 2004 Olympic champion in world record time three years later. As well as Dong, three other athletes took medals in multiple individual events: Gennadiy Chernovol won silver in both the 100 and 200 metres for Kazakhstan, Swiss athlete Christian Belz won two bronze medals via the 5000 m and steeplechase races, and Brazilian Maurren Maggi took the women's long jump gold and a silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles.
| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.09 | UR | ||||
| 4.52 | UR | ||||
| Tatyana Lebedeva | 14.81 | UR | |||
| Osleidys Menéndez | 69.82 | UR | |||
| 43:20 | UR |
| Key: | WR — World record AR — Area record UR — Universiade record NR — National record |
|---|
| 10.15 | 10.29 | 10.38 | |||||
| 20.56 | 20.57 | 20.58 | |||||
| 45.34 | 45.63 | 45.78 | |||||
| 1:45.27 | 1:45.49 | 1:45.63 | |||||
| 3:43.98 | 3:44.21 | 3:44.48 | |||||
| 13:44.24 | 13:46.63 | 13:48.21 | |||||
| 28:27.42 | 28:43.63 | 28:47.34 | |||||
| 13.33 | 13.36 | 13.40 | |||||
| 48.09 UR | 48.46 | 48.63 | |||||
| 8:21.97 | 8:23.00 | 8:24.46 | |||||
| 38.77 | Gerald Williams Marcus Brunson Josh Norman Kaaron Conwright Josephus Howard | 39.14 | Andrea Rabino Massimiliano Donati Andrea Colombo Luca Verdecchia | 39.35 | |||
Thomas Gerding Geno White Brandon Couts Andrew Pierce | 3:02.83 | Andriy Tverdostup Yevhen Zyukov Oleksandr Kaydash Volodymyr Rybalka | 3:02.87 | Mitsuhiro Sato Ken Yoshizawa Ryuji Muraki Masayuki Okusako Yoshihiro Chiba | 3:03.63 | ||
| 1:04:12 | 1:04:30 | 1:04:53 | |||||
| 1:24:42 | 1:25:07 | 1:25:17 | |||||
| 2.28 | 2.28 | 2.26 | |||||
| 5.80 | 5.70 | 5.60 | |||||
| 8.07 | 8.04 | 7.99 | |||||
| 17.22 | 17.11 | 16.92 | |||||
| 20.97 | 20.16 | 19.90 | |||||
| 65.19 | 63.15 | 62.81 | |||||
| 78.41 | 77.99 | 77.73 | |||||
| 82.72 | 81.68 | 80.03 | |||||
| 8069 | 8019 | 8019 |
| 11.42 | 11.58 | 11.59 | |||||
| 22.86 | 22.94 | 23.16 | |||||
| 51.22 | 51.82 | 51.92 | |||||
| 2:00.96 | 2:01.64 | 2:01.68 | |||||
| 4:06.91 | 4:08.84 | 4:08.93 | |||||
| 15:30.28 | 15:43.18 | 15:43.94 | |||||
| 32:45.14 | 32:53.55 | 32:57.35 | |||||
| 12.95 | 13.13 | 13.17 | |||||
| 54.94 | 55.27 | 55.72 | |||||
Li Xuemei Chen Yueqin Zeng Xiujun Yan Jiankui | 43.72 | Lucimar Moura Maíla Machado Rosemar Coelho Neto Maurren Maggi Maria Laura Almirão | 44.13 | Katia Benth Sylvanie Morandais Céline Thelamon Reïna-Flor Okori | 44.24 | ||
Me'Lisa Barber Carolyn Jackson Demetria Washington Mikele Barber | 3:28.04 | Tracey Duncan Jennifer Meadows Tasha Danvers Lee McConnell | 3:30.40 | Sviatlana Usovich Natallia Safronnikava Hanna Kazak Iryna Khliustava | 3:30.65 | ||
| 1:15:24 | 1:15:31 | 1:15:36 | |||||
| 43:20 UR | 43:40 | 44:01 | |||||
| 1.96 | 1.94 | 1.91 | |||||
| 4.52 UR | 4.35 | 4.20 | |||||
| 6.83 | 6.56 | 6.52 | |||||
| 14.81 UR | 14.57 | 14.39w | |||||
| 18.90 | 18.79 | 18.31 | |||||
| 61.66 | 60.50 | 58.04 | |||||
| 69.78 | 68.39 | 67.97 | |||||
| 69.82 UR | 62.20 | 57.84 | |||||
| 6041 | 5985 | 5973 |