Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games

Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games
Dates21–27 July 2025
Host cityBochum, Germany
VenueLohrheidestadion (track and field events)
Kemnader See (half marathon & race walk)
LevelSenior
Events51
Participation1422 athletes from
86 nations
2021
2027


Athletics took place at the 2025 Summer World University Games from 21 to 27 July 2025 at the Lohrheidestadion in Bochum, Germany and Kemnader See.[1][2][3]

Medal Table

  *   Host nation (Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan53311
2 Australia52310
3 China44311
4 South Africa42410
5 Italy4149
6 Poland3317
7 Turkey3238
8 Germany*2349
 Spain2349
10 Switzerland2316
11 Finland2125
12 France2103
13 Kenya1113
14 Czech Republic1102
 Ireland1102
 Norway1102
 Sweden1102
18 Ukraine1023
19 South Korea1012
20 Belgium1001
 Israel1001
 Luxembourg1001
 Portugal1001
 Slovenia1001
 Uzbekistan1001
26 United States0415
27 Hungary0336
28 Great Britain0325
 India0325
30 Chinese Taipei0101
 Croatia0101
 Latvia0101
 Thailand0101
 Virgin Islands0101
35 Canada0022
36 Brazil0011
 Colombia0011
 Cyprus0011
 New Zealand0011
 Slovakia0011
Totals (40 entries)515151153

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Bayanda Walaza
 South Africa
10.16 Puripol Boonson
 Thailand
10.22 Hiroki Yanagita
 Japan
10.23
200 metres
Bayanda Walaza
 South Africa
20.63 Adrià Alfonso Medero
 Spain
20.70 Lee Jae-seong
 South Korea
20.75
400 metres
Lythe Pillay
 South Africa
44.84 SB Patrik Simon Enyingi
 Hungary
45.41 Edoardo Scotti
 Italy
45.61
800 metres
David Barroso
 Spain
1:47.64 Maciej Wyderka
 Poland
1:48.01 Mehmet Çelik
 Turkey
1:48.07
1500 metres
Filip Ostrowski
 Poland
3:46.10 Titouan Le Grix
 France
3:46.32 Samuel Charig
 Great Britain
3:46.62
5000 metres
Arthur Gervais
 France
15:02.00 David Mullarkey
 Great Britain
15:02.39 Collins Kiprotich
 Kenya
15:02.47
10,000 metres
Brian Musau
 Kenya
28:42.39 SB David Mullarkey
 Great Britain
28:43.44 Mario Priego
 Spain
28:45.02 PB
110 metres hurdles
Tatsuki Abe
 Japan
13.47 Ángel Díaz Rodríguez
 Spain
13.59 Mondray Barnard
 South Africa
13.59
400 metres hurdles
Berke Akçam
 Turkey
49.29 Ryan Matulonis
 United States
49.38 PB Patrik Dömötör
 Slovakia
49.45
3000 metres steeplechase
Ruben Querinjean
 Luxembourg
8:18.46 GR Alejandro Quijada
 Spain
8:20.70 PB István Palkovits
 Hungary
8:35.05 PB
4 × 100 metres relay
 South Korea (KOR)
Lee Jae-seong
Kim Jeong-yun
Nwamadi Joel-jin
Seo Min-jun
38.50 SB  South Africa (RSA)
Kyle Zinn
Retshidisitswe Mlenga
Mthi Mthimkulu
Bayanda Walaza
38.80 SB  India (IND)
Lalu Bhoi
Animesh Kujur
Manikanta Hoblidhar
Dondapati Mrutyam Jayaram
38.89 SB
4 × 400 metres relay
 Poland (POL)
Daniel Sołtysiak
Marcin Karolewski
Wiktor Wróbel
Maksymilian Szwed
3:03.64 SB  United States (USA)
Joey Gant
Xavier Donaldson
Ryan Matulonis
Jake Palermo
3:04.34 SB  Turkey (TUR)
İlyas Çanakçı
Kubilay Ençü
Berke Akçam
İsmail Nezir
3:04.40 SB
Half marathon
Shinsaku Kudo
 Japan
1:02:29 GR Ramazan Baştuğ
 Turkey
1:02:35 PB Ryuto Uehara
 Japan
1:02:39
Half marathon team
 Japan (JPN)
Shinsaku Kudo
Ryuto Uehara
Kento Baba
3:07:52  Turkey (TUR)
Ramazan Baştuğ
Ayetullah Aslanhan
Azat Demirtaş
3:13:56  China (CHN)
Ma Rui
Chen Zhongping
Wang Wenjie
3:17:45
20 kilometres walk
Andrea Cosi
 Italy
1:19:48 GR Atsuki Tsuchiya
 Japan
1:20:08 Mykola Rushchak
 Ukraine
1:20:10
20 kilometres walk team
 Japan (JPN)
Atsuki Tsuchiya
Keisuke Hara
Taisei Yoshizako
4:03:45  Australia (AUS)
William Thompson
Timothy Fraser
Isaac Beacroft
Corey Dickson
4:04:50  China (CHN)
Hu Xuanfei
Huang Peiyang
Sun Chaofan
4:09:07
High jump
Yonathan Kapitolnik
 Israel
2.27 m Fu Chao-hsuan
 Chinese Taipei
2.25 m Roman Anastasios
 Australia
2.20 m =SB
Pole vault
Simen Guttormsen
 Norway
5.75 m PB Valters Kreišs
 Latvia
5.65 m Márton Böndör
 Hungary
5.55 m
Long jump
Shu Heng
 China
8.09 m Koki Fujihara
 Japan
8.00 m Luka Herden
 Germany
7.96 m
Triple jump
Connor Murphy
 Australia
16.77 m SB Praveen Chithravel
 India
16.66 m João Pedro de Azevedo
 Brazil
16.35 m PB
Shot put
Aiden Smith
 South Africa
20.25 m Xing Jialiang
 China
20.08 m Riccardo Ferrara
 Italy
19.91 m
Discus throw
Miká Sosna
 Germany
64.26 m Steven Richter
 Germany
61.77 m Mykhailo Brudin
 Ukraine
60.71 m SB
Hammer throw
Mykhaylo Kokhan
 Ukraine
77.10 m Merlin Hummel
 Germany
77.03 m Giorgio Olivieri
 Italy
73.78 m SB
Javelin throw
Simon Wieland
 Switzerland
79.33 m SB Nick Thumm
 Germany
78.47 m Topias Laine
 Finland
75.96 m
Decathlon
Benjamin Guse
 Australia
7918 pts PB Aleksi Savolainen
 Finland
7619 pts PB Nino Portmann
 Switzerland
7614 pts

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Georgia Harris
 Australia
11.44 Magdalena Stefanowicz
 Poland
11.49 Gabriella Marais
 South Africa
11.51
200 metres
Vittoria Fontana
 Italy
22.79 PB Léonie Pointet
 Switzerland
22.81 SB Esperança Cladera
 Spain
23.03
400 metres
Barbora Malíková
 Czech Republic
51.52 SB Veronika Drljacic
 Croatia
51.66 PB Alessandra Bonora
 Italy
52.41
800 metres
Eloisa Coiro
 Italy
1:59.84 Veronica Vancardo
 Switzerland
2:00.08 Daniela García
 Spain
2:00.12
1500 metres
Joceline Wind
 Switzerland
4:19.96 Sarah Calvert
 Great Britain
4:20.18 Kimberley May
 New Zealand
4:20.39
5000 metres
Julia David-Smith
 France
15:34.57 PB Seema
 India
15:35.86 SB Emily Parker
 Great Britain
15:36.12
10,000 metres
Klara Lukan
 Slovenia
31:25.84 GR Sarah Wanjiru
 Kenya
31:41.80 PB Alicia Berzosa
 Spain
32:00.73 PB
100 metres hurdles
Saara Keskitalo
 Finland
12.88 [.872] Anna Tóth
 Hungary
12.88 [.877] Alicja Sielska
 Poland
12.95
400 metres hurdles
Alice Muraro
 Italy
54.60 PB Michelle Smith
 Virgin Islands
55.65 Sára Mátó
 Hungary
55.92
3000 metres steeplechase
Ilona Mononen
 Finland
9:31.86 Ankita Dhyani
 India
9:31.99 PB Adia Budde
 Germany
9:33.34
4 × 100 metres relay
 Australia (AUS)
Georgia Harris
Kristie Edwards
Olivia Inkster
Jessica Milat
43.46 SB  Switzerland (SUI)
Larissa Bertényi
Léonie Pointet
Iris Caligiuri
Soraya Becerra
43.47 SB  Germany (GER)
Louise Wieland
Talea Prepens
Svenja Pfetsch
Jolina Ernst
43.60
4 × 400 metres relay
 Germany (GER)
Vivienne Morgenstern
Mona Mayer
Sabrina Heil
Yasmin Amaadacho
3:29.68 SB  Poland (POL)
Kinga Gacka
Weronika Bartnowska
Paulina Kubis
Aleksandra Formella
3:30.21 SB  Canada (CAN)
Paige Willems
Tyra Boug
Georgia Oland
Favour Okpali
3:34.16 SB
Half marathon
Ma Xiuzhen
 China
1:12:48 PB Makoto Tsuchiya
 Japan
1:12:58 Mariya Noda
 Japan
1:13:16
Half marathon team
 Japan (JPN)
Makoto Tsuchiya
Mariya Noda
Ayaka Maeda
Aoi Takahashi
3:39:32  China (CHN)
Ma Xiuzhen
Li Yingcui
Wang Jiali
3:49:04  Turkey (TUR)
Nursena Çeto
Dilek Öztürk
Ezgi Kaya
3:49:52
20 kilometres walk
Elizabeth McMillen
 Australia
1:28:18 =GR Ning Jinlin
 China
1:28:32 PB Ji Haiying
 China
1:29:14
20 kilometres walk team
 China (CHN)
Ning Jinlin
Ji Haiying
Luo Yue
4:28:51  Australia (AUS)
Elizabeth McMillen
Olivia Sandery
Alexandra Griffin
Allanah Pitcher
Rebecca Henderson
4:31:20  India (IND)
Sejal Singh
Munita Prajapati
Mansi Negi
Shalini
Mahima Choudhary
4:56:06
High jump
Una Stancev
 Spain
1.91 m =PB Asia Tavernini
 Italy
1.89 m Elena Kulichenko
 Cyprus
1.87 m
Pole vault
Elien Vekemans
 Belgium
4.60 m Kitty Faye
 Norway
4.50 m Rachel Grenke
 Canada
4.35 m PB
Long jump
Agate de Sousa
 Portugal
6.70 m Xiong Shiqi
 China
6.68 m Natalia Linares
 Colombia
6.67 m PB
Triple jump
Sharifa Davronova
 Uzbekistan
14.33 m PB Linda Suchá
 Czech Republic
13.89 m PB Desleigh Owusu
 Australia
13.86 m PB
Shot put
Axelina Johansson
 Sweden
18.45 m Abria Smith
 United States
17.38 m Colette Uys
 South Africa
17.34 m
Discus throw
Özlem Becerek
 Turkey
61.15 m SB Caisa-Marie Lindfors
 Sweden
58.80 m Antonia Kinzel
 Germany
58.43 m
Hammer throw
Zhao Jie
 China
72.80 m Nicola Tuthill
 Ireland
69.98 m Sara Killinen
 Finland
67.80 m
Javelin throw
Esra Türkmen
 Turkey
59.90 m PB Evelyn Bliss
 United States
57.37 m Jana van Schalkwyk
 South Africa
56.73 m
Heptathlon
Kate O'Connor
 Ireland
6487 pts NR Szabina Szűcs
 Hungary
6081 pts PB Emelia Surch
 Australia
6068 pts PB

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay
 Poland (POL)
Daniel Sołtysiak
Weronika Bartnowska
Marcin Karolewski
Aleksandra Formella
3:15.58 GR, SB  South Africa (RSA)
Mthi Mthimkulu
Precious Molepo
Lythe Pillay
Marlie Viljoen
3:16.42 SB  United States (USA)
Xavier Donaldson II
Zoey Goldstein
Jake Palermo
Charlee Crawford
3:17.91 SB

Participanting NUSFs

A total of 1,342 athletes from 86 nations competed in the athletics events of the 2025 Summer World University Games.[4]

  •  Albania (2)
  •  Argentina (4)
  •  Armenia (3)
  •  Australia (60)
  •  Austria (9)
  •  Azerbaijan (3)
  •  Bangladesh (4)
  •  Belgium (18)
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
  •  Botswana (5)
  •  Brazil (10)
  •  Cambodia (3)
  •  Canada (50)
  •  Chile (13)
  •  China (18)
  •  Chinese Taipei (26)
  •  Colombia (20)
  •  Costa Rica (1)
  •  Croatia (9)
  •  Cyprus (7)
  •  Czech Republic (16)
  •  Denmark (12)
  •  Ecuador (20)
  •  Egypt (4)
  •  Estonia (24)
  •  Ethiopia (2)
  •  Finland (22)
  •  France (14)
  •  Germany (55) (host)
  •  Great Britain (55)
  •  Haiti (1)
  •  Honduras (2)
  •  Hong Kong (8)
  •  Hungary (51)
  •  India (93)
  •  Ireland (8)
  •  Israel (1)
  •  Italy (19)
  •  Japan (46)
  •  Kazakhstan (9)
  •  Kenya (9)
  •  Kyrgyzstan (2)
  •  Latvia (17)
  •  Lebanon (1)
  •  Luxembourg (4)
  •  Macau (6)
  •  Malaysia (23)
  •  Mali (2)
  •  Malta (7)
  •  Mexico (19)
  •  Moldova (3)
  •  Nepal (1)
  •  Netherlands (10)
  •  New Zealand (18)
  •  Nigeria (6)
  •  Norway (21)
  •  Oman (7)
  •  Pakistan (10)
  •  Philippines (2)
  •  Poland (49)
  •  Portugal (14)
  •  Romania (5)
  •  Saudi Arabia (7)
  •  Senegal (7)
  •  Singapore (6)
  •  Slovakia (16)
  •  Slovenia (20)
  •  South Africa (47)
  •  South Korea (23)
  •  Spain (19)
  •  Sri Lanka (11)
  •  Sweden (24)
  •  Switzerland (23)
  •  Tajikistan (3)
  •  Tanzania (2)
  •  Thailand (15)
  •  Turkey (40)
  •  Uganda (17)
  •  Ukraine (21)
  •  United Arab Emirates (1)
  •  United States (51)
  •  Uzbekistan (5)
  •  Vietnam (4)
  •  Virgin Islands (2)
  •  Zambia (10)
  •  Zimbabwe (2)

References

  1. ^ "Lohrheidestadion". Rhine-Ruhr 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 Summer World University Games schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Entry List by Event and Season Best" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Athletics – Number of Entries by C/R" (PDF). rhineruhr2025.com. Retrieved 4 August 2025.