1997 Summer Universiade

Host City Catania
Country ITA
Held 20 – 31 August 1997
Competitors 442
Countries 37

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men — Medal 3 1
Floor Exercise Men — Medal 3 3
Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Parallel Bars Men — Medal 3 3
Horizontal Bar Men — Medal 3 2
Rings Men — Medal 4 3
Pommelled Horse Men — Medal 3 3
Team All-Around Men — Medal 14 3
Individual All-Around Women — Medal 3 2
Floor Exercise Women — Medal 3 3
Vault Women — Medal 3 3
Uneven Bars Women — Medal 3 3
Balance Beam Women — Medal 3 3
Team All-Around Women — Medal 15 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
Half Marathon Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 14 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 15 3
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Women — Medal 3 2
10,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
Half Marathon Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 15 3
10 km Walk Women — Medal 3 2
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men — Medal 25 3
Basketball Women — Medal 35 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
1 m Springboard Men — Medal 3 3
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 3 3
10 m Platform Men — Medal 3 2
Team Men — Medal 0 3
1 m Springboard Women — Medal 3 2
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 3 2
10 m Platform Women — Medal 3 2
Team Women — Medal 0 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual Women — Medal 3 3
Rope Women — Medal 3 3
Hoop Women — Medal 3 3
Clubs Women — Medal 3 3
Ribbon Women — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
50 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 14 3
50 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
800 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Individual Medley Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Individual Medley Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 13 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Volleyball Men — Medal 7 3
Volleyball Women — Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 39 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 20 19 21 60
2 Japan JPN 15 8 9 32
3 Ukraine UKR 13 5 1 19
4 Russia RUS 10 13 8 31
5 China CHN 10 9 3 22
6 Cuba CUB 6 9 4 19
7 Italy ITA 4 11 7 22
8 Hungary HUN 4 2 0 6
9 Slovakia SVK 4 0 0 4
10 Romania ROU 3 5 4 12
11 Belarus BLR 3 2 2 7
12 Brazil BRA 3 2 1 6
13 France FRA 2 3 6 11
14 Australia AUS 2 3 5 10
15 South Africa RSA 2 2 2 6
16 Germany GER 2 1 5 8
17 South Korea KOR 2 1 2 5
18 Great Britain GBR 2 0 3 5
19 Nigeria NGR 2 0 0 2
20 Czech Republic CZE 1 2 4 7
21 Mexico MEX 1 2 1 4
= Netherlands NED 1 2 1 4
23 Poland POL 1 0 3 4
24 Greece GRE 1 0 0 1
25 Canada CAN 0 4 4 8
26 Jamaica JAM 0 2 1 3
27 Kenya KEN 0 1 1 2
= Portugal POR 0 1 1 2
= Slovenia SLO 0 1 1 2
30 Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
= Israel ISR 0 1 0 1
= Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
33 Austria AUT 0 0 3 3
34 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Croatia CRO 0 0 1 1
= Cyprus CYP 0 0 1 1
= Qatar QAT 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Zheng Lihui CHN Zhao Shen CHN Wang Dong CHN
Floor Exercise, Men Zhao Shen CHN Jo Seong-Min
Ioan Suciu 		KOR
ROU
Vault, Men Naoya Tsukahara JPN Ioan Suciu ROU Jo Seong-Min KOR
Parallel Bars, Men Zhao Shen CHN Naoya Tsukahara
Mitja Petkovšek 		JPN
SLO
Horizontal Bar, Men Yoshihiro Saito JPN Zheng Lihui
Yoshiaki Hatakeda 		CHN
JPN
Rings, Men Jury Chechi ITA Roberto Galli ITA Aleksej Demjanov
Igor Ivanov 		CRO
RUS
Pommelled Horse, Men Ioan Suciu
Kenichi Fujita 		ROU
JPN 		Alberto Busnari ITA
Team All-Around, Men China CHN Japan JPN Romania ROU
Individual All-Around, Women Shannon Miller USA Kathleen Shrieves USA Risa Sugawara JPN
Floor Exercise, Women Risa Sugawara JPN Oksana Postavets RUS Leyanet González CUB
Vault, Women Denisse López MEX Alla Pelchkova RUS Leah Brown USA
Uneven Bars, Women Zheng Zhi CHN Risa Sugawara JPN Kathleen Shrieves USA
Balance Beam, Women Risa Sugawara JPN Leyanet González
Roza Galiyeva 		CUB
RUS
Team All-Around, Women Russia RUS United States USA Japan JPN
100 m, Men Vince Henderson USA Alex Porkhomovskiy RUS Jonathan Carter USA
200 m, Men Gentry Bradley USA Tony Wheeler USA Anninos Markoullidis CYP
400 m, Men Clement Chukwu NGR Jerome Davis USA Linval Laird JAM
800 m, Men Norberto Téllez CUB Hezekiél Sepeng RSA Bryan Woodward USA
1,500 m, Men Tony Whiteman GBR Carlos García ESP António Travassos POR
5,000 m, Men Simone Zanon ITA Thorsten Naumann GER Dan Browne USA
10,000 m, Men Kamiel Maase NED Dan Browne USA Rachid Berradi ITA
Half Marathon, Men Marílson dos Santos BRA Stephen Mayaka KEN Solomon Wachira KEN
110 m Hurdles, Men Andrey Kislykh RUS Jonathan N'Senga BEL Dudley Dorival USA
400 m Hurdles, Men Llewellyn Herbert RSA Ruslan Mashchenko RUS Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj QAT
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Mark Ostendarp GER Marcel Laros NED Michael Buchleitner AUT
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA Cuba CUB Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Jamaica JAM Great Britain GBR
20 km Walk, Men Ilya Markov RUS Alejandro López MEX Arturo Di Mezza ITA
High Jump, Men Lee Jin-Taek KOR Charles Lefrançois CAN Didier Detchénique FRA
Pole Vault, Men Khalid Lachheb FRA Chad Harting USA Werner Holl GER
Long Jump, Men Iván Pedroso CUB James Beckford JAM Gregor Cankar SLO
Triple Jump, Men Yoelbi Quesada CUB Aliecer Urrutia CUB Robert Howard USA
Shot Put, Men Yuriy Bilonoh UKR Paolo Dal Soglio ITA Brian Miller USA
Discus Throw, Men Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR Andy Bloom USA Doug Reynolds USA
Hammer Throw, Men Balázs Kiss HUN Vadim Kolesnikov UKR Ilya Konovalov RUS
Javelin Throw, Men Marius Corbett RSA Emeterio González CUB Gregor Högler AUT
Decathlon, Men Roman Šebrle CZE Kamil Damašek CZE Marcel Dost NED
100 m, Women Aikaterini Thanou GRE Anzhela Kravchenko UKR Katia Benth FRA
200 m, Women Yekaterina Leshchova RUS Katia Benth FRA Monika Gachevska BUL
400 m, Women Allison Curbishley GBR Olga Kotlyarova RUS Idalmis Bonne CUB
800 m, Women Iryna Lishchynska UKR Olena Buzhenko UKR Mariya Sinusova RUS
1,500 m, Women Gabriela Szabo ROU Carla Sacramento POR Lidia Chojecka POL
5,000 m, Women Nnenna Lynch USA Lori Durward CAN Sarah Howell CAN
10,000 m, Women Deena Drossin-Kastor USA Lucilla Andreucci ITA Miwako Yamanaka JPN
Half Marathon, Women Mari Sotani JPN Agata Balsamo ITA Miyuki Tokura JPN
100 m Hurdles, Women Angela Atede NGR Feng Yun CHN Svetlana Laukhova RUS
400 m Hurdles, Women Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antypova UKR Yekaterina Bakhvalova RUS Daimí Pernía CUB
4 x 100 m Relay, Women United States USA Russia RUS Canada CAN
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Russia RUS Cuba CUB Great Britain GBR
10 km Walk, Women Larisa Khmelnitskaya BLR Rossella Giordano ITA Annarita Sidoti ITA
High Jump, Women Amy Acuff USA Monica Iagăr-Dinescu ROU Marie Collonvillé FRA
Pole Vault, Women Emma George AUS Cai Weiyan CHN Doris Auer AUT
Long Jump, Women Olena Shekhovtsova UKR Viktoriya Vershynina UKR Cristina Nicolau ROU
Triple Jump, Women Olena Hovorova UKR Olga Cepero CUB Zhanna Hureyeva BLR
Shot Put, Women Irina Korzhanenko RUS Corrie de Bruin NED Tressa Thompson USA
Discus Throw, Women Nataliya Sadova RUS Hu Honglian CHN Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu ROU
Hammer Throw, Women Mihaela Melinte ROU Olga Kuzenkova RUS Debbie Sosimenko AUS
Javelin Throw, Women Isel López CUB Sonia Bisset CUB Karen Forkel GER
Heptathlon, Women Mona Steigauf GER Irina Vostrikova RUS Marie Collonvillé FRA
Basketball, Men United States USA Canada CAN Brazil BRA
Basketball, Women United States USA Cuba CUB Czech Republic CZE
1 m Springboard, Men Imre Lengyel HUN Wang Tianling CHN Chris LePoole CAN
3 m Springboard, Men Imre Lengyel HUN Pat Bogart USA Dean Pullar AUS
10 m Platform, Men Xiao Hailiang CHN Wei Jianhui CHN Jesús Aballí CUB
Team, Men United States USA Mexico MEX China CHN
1 m Springboard, Women Lu Haisong CHN Chen Lixia CHN Michelle Rojohn USA
3 m Springboard, Women Zhu Jinhong CHN Lu Haisong CHN María José Alcalá MEX
10 m Platform, Women Chi Meilan CHN Julie Danaux FRA Wang Xuan CHN
Team, Women China CHN United States USA Russia RUS
Individual, Women Olena Vitrychenko UKR Tatsiana Ahryzka BLR Amina Zaripova RUS
Rope, Women Olena Vitrychenko UKR Amina Zaripova RUS Eva Serrano FRA
Hoop, Women Eva Serrano
Olena Vitrychenko 		FRA
UKR 		Tatsiana Ahryzka BLR
Clubs, Women Tatsiana Ahryzka
Amina Zaripova 		BLR
RUS 		Olena Vitrychenko UKR
Ribbon, Women Olena Vitrychenko UKR Tatsiana Ahryzka
Amina Zaripova 		BLR
RUS
50 m Freestyle, Men Nathan Rickard AUS Lorenzo Vismara ITA Brendon Dedekind RSA
100 m Freestyle, Men Marcos Hernández CUB Lorenzo Vismara ITA Christian Tröger GER
200 m Freestyle, Men Béla Szabados HUN Scott Goldblatt USA Michael Kiedel GER
400 m Freestyle, Men Luiz Lima BRA Béla Szabados HUN Hisato Yasui JPN
800 m Freestyle, Men Ihor Snitko UKR Luiz Lima BRA Marco Formentini ITA
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Luiz Lima BRA Marco Formentini ITA Nathaniel Lewis USA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Australia AUS France FRA
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA France FRA Germany GER
100 m Backstroke, Men Neisser Bent CUB Bobby Brewer USA Mariusz Siembida POL
200 m Backstroke, Men Emanuele Merisi ITA Neisser Bent CUB Ji Sang-Jun KOR
100 m Breaststroke, Men Stanislav Lopukhov RUS Aleksandr Tkachev RUS Chikara Nakashita JPN
200 m Breaststroke, Men Chikara Nakashita JPN Scott Werner USA Byron Shefchik USA
100 m Butterfly, Men Denys Sylantiev UKR Shamek Pietucha CAN Stephen Martyak USA
200 m Butterfly, Men Denys Sylantiev UKR Jeffrey Julian USA Shamek Pietucha CAN
200 m Individual Medley, Men Tatsuya Kinugasa JPN Kristopher Babylon USA Toshiaki Kurasawa JPN
400 m Individual Medley, Men Tatsuya Kinugasa JPN Miki Halika ISR Stefano Battistelli ITA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Italy ITA Russia RUS
50 m Freestyle, Women Katie Taylor USA Luminița Dobrescu ROU Liesl Pimentel USA
100 m Freestyle, Women Martina Moravcová SVK Luminița Dobrescu ROU Liesl Kolbisen USA
200 m Freestyle, Women Martina Moravcová SVK Kim Black USA Luminița Dobrescu ROU
400 m Freestyle, Women Eri Yamanoi JPN Sachiko Miyaji JPN Julie Varozza USA
800 m Freestyle, Women Suzanne Black USA Joy Stover USA Eri Yamanoi JPN
1,500 m Freestyle, Women Suzanne Black USA Joy Stover USA Olga Šplíchalová CZE
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Italy ITA Australia AUS
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Australia AUS Italy ITA
100 m Backstroke, Women Noriko Inada JPN Fabíola Molina BRA Paige Francis USA
200 m Backstroke, Women Miki Nakao JPN Noriko Inada JPN Erin Brooks USA
100 m Breaststroke, Women Svitlana Bondarenko UKR Penny Heyns RSA Dagmara Ajnenkiel POL
200 m Breaststroke, Women Masami Tanaka JPN Svitlana Bondarenko UKR Lenka Maňhalová CZE
100 m Butterfly, Women Martina Moravcová SVK Junko Onishi JPN Mimi Bowen USA
200 m Butterfly, Women Anna Uryniuk POL Mika Haruna JPN Jean Todisco USA
200 m Individual Medley, Women Martina Moravcová SVK Elli Overton AUS Lenka Maňhalová CZE
400 m Individual Medley, Women Fumie Kurotori JPN Hana Černá CZE Elli Overton AUS
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Japan JPN United States USA South Africa RSA
Volleyball, Men South Korea KOR Italy ITA Russia RUS
Volleyball, Women Russia RUS United States USA Japan JPN
Water Polo, Men Italy ITA Hungary HUN Australia AUS