Athletics at the 1970 Summer Universiade

International athletics championship event

Athletics at the VI Summer Universiade

The host stadium (shown in the 1930s)

Dates| 2–6 September 1970
Host city| Turin, Italy
Venue| Stadio Comunale di Torino
Events| 33

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1970 Summer Universiade

At the 1970 Summer Universiade, the Athletics events were held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin, Italy between 2 and 6 September.

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
details |  Siegfried Schenke (GDR) | 10.5  |  Jim Green (USA) | 10.5  |  Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa (MAD) | 10.5
200 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
details |  Martin Reynolds (GBR) | 21.0  |  Siegfried Schenke (GDR) | 21.0  |  Jim Green (USA) | 21.1
400 metres
details |  Tom Ulan (USA) | 45.9  |  Martin Jellinghaus (FRG) | 46.2  |  Jacques Carette (FRA) | 46.3
800 metres
details |  Franz-Josef Kemper (FRG) | 1:49.1  |  Martin Winbolt Lewis (GBR) | 1:49.2  |  Donaldo Arza (PAN) | 1:49.5
1500 metres
details |  Francesco Arese (ITA) | 3:52.7  |  John Kirkbride (GBR) | 3:52.9  |  Gianni Del Buono (ITA) | 3:53.0
5000 metres
details |  Nikolay Puklakov (URS) | 13:56.4  |  Jens Wollenberg (FRG) | 14:00.8  |  Giuseppe Cindolo (ITA) | 14:01.4
10,000 metres
details |  Rashid Sharafetdinov (URS) | 29:02.2  |  Jack Lane (GBR) | 29:08.8  |  Mike Tagg (GBR) | 29:22.2
110 metres hurdles
details |  David Hemery (GBR) | 13.8  |  Günther Nickel (FRG) | 13.9  |  Sergio Liani (ITA) | 13.9
400 metres hurdles
details |  Larry James (USA) | 50.2  |  Werner Reibert (FRG) | 50.4  |  Dmitriy Stukalov (URS) | 50.7
3000 metres steeplechase
details |  Mikhail Zhelev (BUL) | 8:32.6  |  Andy Holden (GBR) | 8:36.6  |  Takaharu Koyama (JPN) | 8:38.0
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  Poland (POL)
Stanisław Wagner
Jan Werner
Gerard Gramse
Zenon Nowosz | 39.2  |  Cuba (CUB)
Bárbaro Bandomo
Juan Morales
Pablo Montes
José Triana | 39.2  |  Soviet Union (URS)
Aleksandr Kornelyuk
Vladislav Sapeya
Boris Izmestyev
Valentin Maslakov | 39.4
4 × 400 metres relay
details |  United States (USA)
Tom Ulan
Roger Colglazier
Tommie Turner
Larry James | 3:03.3  |  Soviet Union (URS)
Yevgeniy Borisenko
Yuriy Zorin
Borys Savchuk
Aleksandr Bratchikov | 3:04.2  |  France (FRA)
Patrice Viel
Christian Nicolau
Gilles Bertould
Jacques Carette | 3:04.4
High jump
details |  Valentin Gavrilov (URS) | 2.18  |  Erminio Azzaro (ITA) | 2.15  |  Șerban Ioan (ROM) | 2.15
Pole vault
details |  Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) | 5.46  |  Christos Papanikolaou (GRE) | 5.42  |  François Tracanelli (FRA) | 5.30
Long jump
details |  Alan Lerwill (GBR) | 7.91  |  Arnie Robinson (USA) | 7.78  |  Geoff Hignett (GBR) | 7.76
Triple jump
details |  Viktor Saneyev (URS) | 17.22  |  Nikolay Dudkin (URS) | 17.00  |  Jörg Drehmel (GDR) | 16.93
Shot put
details |  Hartmut Briesenick (GDR) | 19.97  |  Valeriy Voykin (URS) | 19.30  |  Uwe Grabe (GDR) | 19.06
Discus throw
details |  János Murányi (HUN) | 60.16  |  Hein-Direck Neu (FRG) | 58.62  |  Silvano Simeon (ITA) | 58.22
Hammer throw
details |  Jochen Sachse (GDR) | 72.34  |  Vasiliy Khmelevskiy (URS) | 68.54  |  Vladimir Ambrosyev (URS) | 66.80
Javelin throw
details |  Miklós Németh (HUN) | 81.94  |  József Csík (HUN) | 80.32  |  Zygmunt Jałoszyński (POL) | 79.84
Decathlon
details |  Mykola Avilov (URS) | 7803  |  Lennart Hedmark (SWE) | 7783  |  Vladimir Shcherbatykh (URS) | 7551

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
details |  Renate Meißner (GDR) | 11.5  |  Wilma van den Berg (NED) | 11.6  |  Györgyi Balogh (HUN) | 11.7
200 metres
details |  Renate Meißner (GDR) | 22.7  |  Györgyi Balogh (HUN) | 23.2  |  Wilma van den Berg (NED) | 23.5
400 metres
details |  Maria Sykora (AUT) | 52.8  |  Carmen Trustée (CUB) | 53.5  |  Aurelia Pentón (CUB) | 53.8
800 metres
details |  Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) | 2:01.8  |  Maria Sykora (AUT) | 2:01.9  |  Karin Burneleit (GDR) | 2:02.2
100 metres hurdles
details |  Teresa Sukniewicz (POL) | 13.0  |  Bärbel Podeswa (GDR) | 13.4  |  Valeria Bufanu (ROM) | 13.5
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Lyudmila Zharkowa
Marina Nikiforova
Lyudmila Golomazova
Tatyana Kondrasheva | 44.7  |  Hungary (HUN)
Éva Pusztai
Judit Szabóné
Györgyi Balogh
Klára Woth | 45.1  |  West Germany (FRG)
Heidi Schuller
Kirsten Roggenkamp
Hannelore Groh
Heide Rosendahl | 45.4
High jump
details |  Snežana Hrepevnik (YUG) | 1.86  |  Cornelia Popescu (ROM) | 1.83  |  Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT) | 1.83
Long jump
details |  Heide Rosendahl (FRG) | 6.84  |  Elena Vintila (ROM) | 6.35  |  Hiroko Yamashita (JPN) | 6.17
Shot put
details |  Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 19.51  |  Hannelore Friedel (GDR) | 17.84  |  Ingeburg Friedrich (GDR) | 17.03
Discus throw
details |  Karin Illgen (GDR) | 62.04  |  Brigitte Berendonk (FRG) | 56.78  |  Liesel Westermann (FRG) | 56.46
Javelin throw
details |  Daniela Jaworska (POL) | 56.16  |  Magda Vidos (HUN) | 50.60  |  Valentina Evert (URS) | 50.00
Pentathlon
details |  Tatyana Kondrashova (URS) | 4884  |  Nedyalka Angelova (BUL) | 4859  |  Mieke Sterk (NED) | 4828

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 8| 4| 5| 17
2|  East Germany (GDR)| 8| 3| 4| 15
3|  Great Britain (GBR)| 3| 4| 2| 9
4|  United States (USA)| 3| 2| 1| 6
5|  Poland (POL)| 3| 0| 1| 4
6|  West Germany (FRG)| 2| 6| 2| 10
7|  Hungary (HUN)| 2| 4| 1| 7
8|  Italy (ITA)| 1| 1| 4| 6
9|  Austria (AUT)| 1| 1| 1| 3
10|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 1| 1| 0| 2
11|  Yugoslavia (YUG)| 1| 0| 0| 1
12|  Romania (ROM)| 0| 2| 2| 4
13|  Cuba (CUB)| 0| 2| 1| 3
14|  Netherlands (NED)| 0| 1| 2| 3
15|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Sweden (SWE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
17|  France (FRA)| 0| 0| 3| 3
18|  Japan (JPN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
19|  Madagascar (MAD)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Panama (PAN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (20 entries)| 33| 33| 33| 99

## References

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* World Student Games (Universiade - Men) \- GBR Athletics
* World Student Games (Universiade - Women) \- GBR Athletics

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