1937 International University Games

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The 1937 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Paris, France. Held from 21–29 August, 22 nations competed in fourteen sports. Boxing, cycling, field hockey, handball, and shooting all made their first appearance at the games. The gymnastics competition was dropped, however, and did not appear again until 1961. This tournament marked the first appearance of a South American nation, in the form of Brazil.[1]

Sports[]

Athltics medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Cyril Holmes (ENG) 10.6  Alan Pennington (ENG) 10.7  Theo Vogelsang (GER) 10.8
200 metres  Cyril Holmes (ENG) 21.5   (BRA) 22.0   (FRA) 22.0
400 metres  Godfrey Brown (ENG) 47.8   (ENG)[2] 48.2  Ronald Wylde (SCO) 48.2
800 metres  Jim Alford (WAL) 1:54.1  Hamish Stothard (ENG) 1:54.3   (HUN) 1:54.3
1500 metres  Jim Alford (WAL) 3:56.0   (ENG) 3:57.0   (GER) 3:59.9
5000 metres  Peter Ward (ENG) 15:21.6  Morris Carstairs (SCO) 15:24.2   (HUN) 15:38.2
110 metres hurdles   (FRA) 14.9[3]  Rudolf Eggenberg (SUI) 15.2[3]   (GER) 15.2[3]
400 metres hurdles   (GER) 54.6  Darcy Guimarães (BRA) 55.0  Fritz Nottbrock (GER) 55.0
4×100 metres relay  England (ENG)
Godfrey Brown
Sandy Duncan
Alan Pennington
Cyril Holmes		 41.8  Germany (GER)



 42.4  France (FRA)



 42.5
4×400 metres relay  England (ENG)

John Barnes
Alan Pennington
Godfrey Brown		 3:14.0  France (FRA)
Pierre Skawinski
Raymond Boisset

 3:16.6  Germany (GER)
Wolfgang Dessecker


 3:22.0
1600 metres medley relay  England (ENG)
Hamish Stothard
Alan Pennington
Cyril Holmes
John Barnes		 3:28.3  Germany (GER)
Wolfgang Dessecker


 3:31.4  France (FRA)
Raymond Boisset


 3:34.8
High jump  Gustav Weinkötz (GER) 1.95   (TCH) 1.90   (GER) 1.85
Pole vault  Richard Webster (ENG) 3.85   (GRE) 3.75   (EST) 3.75
Long jump  Luz Long (GER) 7.68  Ruudi Toomsalu (EST) 7.29   (GER) 7.28
Shot put  Aleksander Kreek (EST) 15.17   (AUT) 14.41   (GER) 14.34
Discus throw  Gerhard Hilbrecht (GER) 46.25   (HUN) 45.88   (GER) 43.35
Javelin throw  Friedrich Issak (EST) 70.25  József Várszegi (HUN) 67.18   (GER) 65.45
Pentathlon   (GER) 3824.00  Gerhard Hilbrecht (GER) 3433.00   (AUT) 3128.00

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
80 metres  Dorothy Saunders (ENG) 9.8  Audrey Brown (ENG) 10.0  Huhnemorder (GER)[4] 10.1
200 metres  Dorothy Saunders (ENG) 24.8  Audrey Brown (ENG) 25.4   (FRA) 26.5
80 metres hurdles   (GER) 11.7   (GER) 12.2  Grethe Whitehead (ENG) 12.4
4×100 metres relay  Germany (GER)



Huhnemorder		 49.8  England (ENG)
Dorothy Saunders


Audrey Brown		 50.0  France (FRA) 53.9?
High jump  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) 1.53   (SCO) 1.45   (SCO) 1.45
Long jump   (GER) 5.39  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) 5.34  Wanda Nowak (AUT) 5.33
Shot put  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) 12.55   (GER) 11.77  Nagel (GER)[5] 10.24
Discus throw  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) 44.17  Huchting (GER)[6] 33.28  Nobiling (GER)[7] 30.41
Javelin throw   (GER) 38.85   (GER) 37.19   (ENG) 33.69

Athletics medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)1161229
2 England (ENG)86115
3 Estonia (EST)2114
4 Wales (WAL)2002
5 France (FRA)1146
6 Hungary (HUN)0224
 Scotland (SCO)0224
8 Brazil (BRA)0202
9 Austria (AUT)0123
10 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0101
 Greece (GRE)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
Totals (12 nations)24242472

Participating nations[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  2. ^ John Horsfall represented England but was from Australia
  3. ^ a b c The source for these results suggests these results were possibly wind-assisted
  4. ^ The source for these results gives no first name for Huhnemorder
  5. ^ The source for these results gives no first name for Nagel
  6. ^ The source for these results gives no first name for Huchting
  7. ^ The source for these results gives no first name for Nobiling
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