Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)

Marcel Philippe (born 16 September 1951) is a French middle-distance runner. Born in New York City to a french father, he attended Mater Christi High School, where he set the still standing New York State Record in the 880 yds. While attending Fordham University, he was the 1973 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Champion. He still holds the Fordham record for indoor mile, 1000 yards, and outdoor 800m. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he competed in the men's 800 metres. Philippe set multiple french records in the 800m, 1000m and 4x1500m relay distances. He won both the 1973 and 1974 French Athletics Championships in the 800m.

Philippe participated in the 1973 European Cup, placing second to Dieter Fromm in the semi-final despite improving his french 800m record with a time of 1:45.79. He won a silver medal at the World University Games in Moscow, narrowly losing to Yevgeniy Arzhanov, the Munich 1972 Olympics silver medalist. That same year he beat Arzhanov to the line in the U.S 1973 Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing first in the 1000 yds with a time of 2:08.8.

Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (born September 4, 1964, in Poitiers, France) is a retired high jumper from France.

Pascal Lefèvre (born 25 January 1965 in Saint-Quentin) is a retired javelin thrower from France, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, but did not reach the final. He set his personal best (82.56 m) on 28 August 1989 in Duisburg, at the Summer Universiade. Lefévre was nine times French national champion in the men's javelin event (1987–1995).

Khalid Lachheb (born 16 January 1975) is a retired pole vaulter from France.
He set his personal best (5.80 metres) on 25 August 1998 at a meet in Lausanne. He has a twin brother, Taoufik Lachheb, who is also a former pole vaulter (personal best at 5.72 metres). They were both students at Polytechnique (Paris, France), a well-known institution for engineering.

Christophe Épalle (born 23 January 1969 in Saint-Etienne) is a French hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 81.79 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Clermont-Ferrand.

Philippe Collet (born 13 December 1963 in Nancy) is a retired French pole vaulter. He twice competed at the Olympic Games, in 1988 and 1992, reaching the final on both occasions. In addition, he represented Europe at the World Cup three times finishing second in 1985 and 1992 and first in 1989.
His personal bests in the event are 5.85 metres outdoors (Paris 1986) and 5.94 metres indoors (Grenoble 1990).
He now coaches his two sons, Thibaut and Mathieu.

Abdelkader Chékhémani (born 18 July 1971 in Barentin) is a French former middle distance runner who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Marie Collonvillé (born 23 November 1973 in Amiens) is a French heptathlete.
She was the first-ever IAAF-recognised world record holder in the women's decathlon; the event was officially recognised from 1 January 2005, and her mark of 8160 set in Talence on 26 September 2004 was broken by Austra Skujytė on 15 April 2005.She was a regular competitor at the annual Hypo-Meeting.

Franz-Josef Kemper (born 30 September 1945) is a German athlete, Olympian, and official. He achieved his greatest success as a middle-distance runner in the 1960s and 1970s.