Athletics at the 1957 World University Games

International athletics championship event

Athletics at the
1957 World University Games

Dates| 5–8 September
Host city| Paris, France
Venue| Stadium Charlety
Events| 29

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1957 World University Games

Athletics events were contested at the 1957 World University Games in Paris, France, between 5 and 8 September.

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
details |  Manfred Germar (FRG) | 10.5  |  Ira Murchison (USA) | 10.6  |  Leonid Bartenyev (URS) | 10.7
200 metres
details |  Manfred Germar (FRG) | 21.3  |  Leonid Bartenyev (URS) | 21.7  |  Habib Thiam (FRA) | 21.8
400 metres
details |  Jim Paterson (GBR) | 48.4  |  Walter Oberste (FRG) | 48.8  |  Csaba Csutorás (HUN) | 48.8
800 metres
details |  Olaf Lawrenz (FRG) | 1:50.3  |  Josef Cegledi (AUT) | 1:50.6  |  Edward Buswell (GBR) | 1:51.6
1500 metres
details |  Josef Cegledi (AUT) | 3:50.5  |  Jonas Pipyne (URS) | 3:51.0  |  Harald Mengler (FRG) | 3:51.3
5000 metres
details |  Kevin Gilligan (GBR) | 14:31.0  |  Veliša Mugoša (YUG) | 14:32.8  |  Gerhart Hecker (HUN) | 14:37.0
110 metres hurdles
details |  Stanko Lorger (YUG) | 14.5  |  Georgi Kaburov (BUL) | 14.9  |  Milad Petrušić (YUG) | 14.9
400 metres hurdles
details |  Igor Ilyin (URS) | 53.3  |  Anubes da Silva (BRA) | 53.6  |  Keiji Ogushi (JPN) | 54.1
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  France
Hubert Dufernez
Christian Larrieu
Habib Thiam
Joël Caprice | 41.4  |  West Germany
Dieter Kröger
Klaus Förster
Karl-Heinz Naujoks
Manfred Germar | 41.4  |  Soviet Union
Vladilyen Marin
Albert Plaskeyev
Yuriy Petrov
Leonid Bartenyev | 41.5
4 × 400 metres relay
details |  West Germany
Günther Glaeske
Otto Klappert
Ralph Seidel
Walter Oberste | 3:16.9  |  Great Britain & N.I.
Chris Goudge
Les Locke
Edward Buswell
Jim Paterson | 3:18.6  |  Italy
Germano Gimelli
Elio Catola
Mario Paoletti
Enrico Archilli | 3:21.8
10,000 metres walk
details |  Franciszek Szyszka (POL) | 47:10.6  |  Jerzy Łoskoczyński (POL) | 49:30.2  | only 2 finishers | N/A
High jump
details |  Yuriy Stepanov (URS) | 2.12  |  Igor Kashkarov (URS) | 2.01  |  Ernie Shelton (USA) | 1.98
Pole vault
details |  Zenon Ważny (POL) | 4.40  |  Jerry Welbourn (USA) | 4.30  |  Leon Lukman (YUG) | 4.25
Long jump
details |  Dieter Witte (FRG) | 7.41  |  Vladimir Popov (URS) | 7.23  |  Branko Miler (YUG) | 7.19
Triple jump
details |  Oleg Ryakhovskiy (URS) | 16.01  |  Éric Battista (FRA) | 15.78  |  Kari Rahkamo (FIN) | 15.38
Shot put
details |  Vartan Ovsepyan (URS) | 16.57  |  Josef Klik (FRG) | 15.91  |  Jean-Pierre Lassau (FRA) | 15.89
Discus throw
details |  Viktor Kompaniyets (URS) | 53.38  |  József Szécsényi (HUN) | 51.57  |  Eugeniusz Wachowski (POL) | 49.59
Hammer throw
details |  Anatoliy Samotsvetov (URS) | 58.60  |  Zvonko Bezjak (YUG) | 57.95  |  Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) | 55.81
Javelin throw
details |  Viktor Tsybulenko (URS) | 80.63  |  Jan Kopyto (POL) | 77.79  |  Tadeusz Paprocki (POL) | 73.58

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
details |  Vera Krepkina (URS) | 11.8  |  Galina Popova (URS) | 11.8  |  Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 11.9
200 metres
details |  Mariya Itkina (URS) | 24.6  |  Nina Dyeonskaya (URS) | 25.0  |  Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 25.0
800 metres
details |  Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (URS) | 2:12.3  |  Ariane Doser (FRG) | 2:13.4  |  Milica Rajkov (YUG) | 2:13.6
80 metres hurdles
details |  Milka Babović (YUG) | 11.5  |  Hilke Thymm (FRG) | 11.7  |  Ilsabe Heider (FRG) | 11.7
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  Soviet Union
Vera Krepkina
Nina Dyeonskaya
Mariya Itkina
Galina Popova | 46.4  |  West Germany
Christiane Voß
Inge Fuhrmann
Irene Brütting
Hilke Thymm | 47.4  |  Italy
Elisabetta Mattana
Giuseppina Leone
Franca Peggion
Anna Doro | 49.0
High jump
details |  Iolanda Balas (ROM) | 1.66  |  Valentina Ballod (URS) | 1.60  |  Jarosława Jóźwiakowska (POL) | 1.55
Long jump
details |  Vera Kalashnikova (URS) | 6.03  |  Maria Ciastowska (POL) | 5.93  |  Inge Fuhrmann (FRG) | 5.83
Shot put
details |  Galina Zybina (URS) | 15.75  |  Earlene Brown (USA) | 14.43  |  Milena Usenik (YUG) | 14.02
Discus throw
details |  Irina Beglyakova (URS) | 48.83  |  Györgyi Hegedus (HUN) | 45.11  |  Ida Bucsányi (HUN) | 43.64
Javelin throw
details |  Maria Diţi (ROM) | 52.38  |  Inese Jaunzeme (URS) | 52.19  |  Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 51.76

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 14| 8| 2| 24
2|  West Germany (FRG)| 5| 6| 4| 15
3|  Poland (POL)| 2| 3| 3| 8
4|  Yugoslavia (YUG)| 2| 2| 5| 9
5|  Great Britain (GBR)| 2| 1| 1| 4
6|  Romania (ROM)| 2| 0| 0| 2
7|  Austria (AUT)| 1| 1| 0| 2
8|  France (FRA)| 1| 0| 2| 3
9|  United States (USA)| 0| 3| 1| 4
10|  Hungary (HUN)| 0| 2| 4| 6
11|  Brazil (BRA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 1| 0| 1
13|  Italy (ITA)| 0| 0| 4| 4
14|  Finland (FIN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Japan (JPN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (15 entries)| 29| 28| 28| 85

## References

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