| Athletics at the VIII Summer Universiade | |
|---|---|
 The host stadium for the events | |
| Dates | 18–21 September 1975 |
| Host city | Rome, Italy  |
| Venue | Stadio Olimpico |
| Level | University |
| Events | 35 |
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.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Pietro Mennea (ITA) |
10.28 GR |  Charles Hopkins (USA) |
10.47 |  Toma Petrescu (ROM) |
10.66 |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Pietro Mennea (ITA) |
20.28 |  Robert Martin (CAN) |
21.06 |  Thorsten Johansson (SWE) |
21.15 |
| 400 metres |
 Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL) |
46.26 |  Roger Jenkins (GBR) |
46.55 | Brian Saunders (CAN) |
46.83 |
| 800 metres |
Waldemar Gondek (POL) |
1:50.04 |  Pavel Litovchenko (URS) |
1:50.13 |  Sid Ali Djouadi (ALG) |
1:50.19 |
| 1500 metres |
 Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) |
3:39.73 | Steve Heidenreich (USA) |
3:40.56 | Gheorghe Ghipu (ROM) |
3:41.19 |
| 5000 metres |
Franco Fava (ITA) |
13:37.56 | Ilie Floroiu (ROM) |
13:39.20 | Julian Goater (GBR) |
13:42.02 |
| 10,000 metres |
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) |
Charles Foster (USA) |
13.83 | Eduard Pereverzev (URS) |
13.94 |  Borisav Pisić (YUG) |
14.28 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Rolf Ziegler (FRG) |
50.43 | Jerzy Hewelt (POL) |
50.85 |  Timo Ogunjimi (NGR) |
51.25 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
Bronisław Malinowski (POL) |
8:22.32 | Michael Karst (FRG) |
8:28.22 | Kazimierz Maranda (POL) |
8:29.23 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
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 |
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 |
Enzo del Forno (ITA) |
2.13 |  István Major (HUN) |
2.13 | Danial Temim (YUG) |
2.13 |
| Pole vault |
 François Tracanelli (FRA) |
5.20 | Bruce Simpson (CAN) |
5.20 | Renato Dionisi (ITA) |
5.10 |
| Long jump |
Grzegorz Cybulski (POL) |
8.27 GR | Nenad Stekić (YUG) |
8.13 | Aleksey Pereverzev (URS) |
7.90 |
| Triple jump |
Michał Joachimowski (POL) |
16.54 | Anatoliy Piskulin (URS) |
16.52 | Sergey Sidorenko (URS) |
16.42 |
| Shot put |
Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN) |
19.45 | Anatoliy Yarosh (URS) |
19.11 |  Valcho Stoev (BUL) |
18.90 |
| Discus throw |
 Markku Tuokko (FIN) |
62.94 | Ferenc Tégla (HUN) |
58.10 | Igor Spasovkhodskiy (URS) |
57.80 |
| Hammer throw |
Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) |
73.82 | Walter Schmidt (FRG) |
72.00 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
71.32 |
| Javelin throw |
Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) |
81.30 GR | Bill Schmidt (USA) |
80.20 | Ivan Morgol (URS) |
78.44 |
| Decathlon |
 Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT) |
7857 | Philippe Bobin (FRA) |
7568 | Winfried Hartweck (FRG) |
7382 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Lyudmila Zharkova (URS) |
11.31 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN) |
11.47 | Patty Loverock (CAN) |
11.57 |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Pirjo Häggman (FIN) |
23.38 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN) |
23.61 | Jelica Pavličić (YUG) |
23.78 |
| 400 metres |
Pirjo Häggman (FIN) |
51.80 GR | Inta Kļimoviča (URS) |
52.25 | Jelica Pavličić (YUG) |
52.50 |
| 800 metres |
Nina Morgunova (URS) |
2:01.94 |  Jozefína Čerchlanová (TCH) |
2:02.45 | Nikolina Shtereva (BUL) |
2:02.74 |
| 1500 metres |
Ellen Wellmann (FRG) |
4:08.72 | Natalia Andrei (ROM) |
4:08.84 | Rositsa Pekhlivanova (BUL) |
4:10.17 |
| 3000 metres |
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) |
Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) |
13.14 | Bożena Nowakowska (POL) |
13.34 | Tatyana Anisimova (URS) |
13.64 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
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 |
Galina Filatova (URS) |
1.88 | Sara Simeoni (ITA) |
1.88 | Alla Fedorchuk (URS) |
1.86 |
| Long jump |
Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) |
6.48 | Dorina Catineanu (ROM) |
6.34 | Alina Gheorghiu (ROM) |
6.32 |
| Shot put |
Elena Stoyanova (BUL) |
18.99 | Mihaela Loghin (ROM) |
18.21 | Rima Makauskaitė (URS) |
18.06 |
| Discus throw |
Mariya Vergova (BUL) |
65.28 | Argentina Menis (ROM) |
64.28 | Radostina Bakhchevanova (BUL) |
56.96 |
| Javelin throw |
Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS) |
61.72 | Kate Schmidt (USA) |
60.36 | Éva Zörgő (ROM) |
59.50 |
| Pentathlon |
Jane Frederick (USA) |
4442 | Djurdja Focic (YUG) |
4423 | Olga Rukavishnikova (URS) |
4313 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 | |
