Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's half marathon event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on the streets of Catania, Italy on 31 August.^[1] This was the first time that this event was featured at the Universiade replacing the marathon.

Results

^[2][3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	1:03:32	UR
	Stephen Mayaka	Kenya	1:03:51
	Solomon Wachira	Kenya	1:04:05
4	Masateru Ikeya	Japan	1:04:12
5	Sung Keun-oh	South Korea	1:04:37
6	Mark Steinle	Great Britain	1:04:19
7	Tshidiso Phofi	South Africa	1:05:11
8	Kanno Kuniaki	Japan	1:05:11
9	Christian Leuprecht	Italy	1:05:44
10	John Maitai Mboroth	Kenya	1:05:51
11	Juma Nkuwi	Tanzania	1:06:08
12	Je In-mo	South Korea	1:06:35
13	Rachid Boulenouar	Morocco	1:06:46
14	Robert Smits	Netherlands	1:07:09
15	Janko Benša	Yugoslavia	1:07:28
16	Ephraim Mokgokhu	South Africa	1:07:36
17	Adam Leane	Australia	1:07:41	[4]
18	Raúl Ramírez	Mexico	1:08:04
19	Garrett Crossan	Ireland	1:08:05
20	Peter de la Cerda	United States	1:08:59
21	Robert Sadek	Slovakia	1:09:55
22	Michal Kavacký	Slovakia	1:10:04
23	Dumitru Bogus	Moldova	1:10:32
24	Laxman Adhikari	Nepal	1:10:44
25	James Menon	United States	1:10:54
26	Berthold Karumendu	Namibia	1:10:59
27	Wu Wen-chien	Chinese Taipei	1:13:14
28	Mohamed Abbas	Nigeria	1:13:28
29	Ng Yu Lun Anson	Hong Kong	1:16:08
30	Tolessa Teffera	Ethiopia	1:18:54
31	Mahamedadam Ahmed	Sudan	1:20:02
	Endalkachew Bezu	Ethiopia	DNF
	Şükrü Onat	Turkey	DNF

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