1947 International University Games

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Official poster

The 1947 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Paris, France, between 24 and 31 August. At these games a number of athletic and cycling events were contested.

Athletics[]

Men's events[]

A newsreel showing some of the events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres   (ENG) 10.5  John Fairgrieve (ENG) 10.8   (SCO)[1] 10.8
200 Metres   (ENG) 22.2   (TCH) 22.3   (SCO)[1] 22.5
400 Metres  Folke Alnevik (SWE) 48.1   (ENG)[2] 48.6   (FRA) 48.8
800 Metres  Harold Tarraway (ENG) 1:54.4   (SWE) 1:54.6  Josy Barthel (LUX) 1:54.7
1500 Metres  Emil Zátopek (TCH) 3:52.8   (FRA) 3:53.6   (TCH) 3:55.0
5000 Metres  Emil Zátopek (TCH) 14:20.8   (FRA) 15:12.4   (FRA) 15:15.4
110 Metres Hurdles  Albano Albanese (ITA) 14.9  Milan Tosnar (TCH) 15.2  Jacques Richard (FRA) 15.3
400 Metres Hurdles  Jean-Claude Arifon (FRA) 52.3  Armando Filiput (ITA) 55.2   (ENG) 55.4
4 x 100 Metres Relay Hungary Hungary
László Bartha
György Csányi
Ferenc Tima
Béla Goldoványi		 42.1 Italy Italy
Enrico Perucconi
Michele Tito

 42.1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Jiří David
Miroslav Horčic

 42.3
4 x 400 Metres Relay France France



Jean-Claude Arifon		 3:15.0 Sweden Sweden
Folke Alnevik


 3:16.6 Italy Italy
Armando Filiput
Luigi Paterlini

 3:18.2
1600 Metres Medley Relay Sweden Sweden
Folke Alnevik


 3:27.0 France France
Jean-Claude Arifon
Marc Litaudon

 3:27.8 Hungary Hungary
Ferenc Bánhalmi
György Csányi
Sándor Garay
Béla Goldoványi		 3:28.4
High Jump   (DEN) 1.93   (TCH) 1.90  Georges Damitio (FRA) 1.85
Pole Vault   (HUN) 4.00  Georges Breitman (FRA) 3.90  Allan Svensson (SWE) 3.70
Long Jump  Felix Würth (AUT) 7.22   (TCH) 7.14   (TCH) 7.04
Triple Jump  Felix Würth (AUT) 14.62   (TCH) 14.50  Allan Svensson (SWE) 14.28
Shot   (TCH) 14.53   (SWE) 13.67   (SWE) 13.38
Discus  Ferenc Klics (HUN) 47.80   (TCH) 44.76   (FRA) 42.72
Javelin  József Várszegi (HUN) 66.45   (SWE) 63.86  Amos Matteucci (ITA) 60.78
Pentathlon  Pierre Sprecher (FRA) 3277.00   (SWE) 3225.00   (AUT) 3088.00

Women's events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres   (NED) 12.6  Exartier (FRA)[3] 12.6  Tilly Decker (LUX) 12.7
200 Metres   (TCH) 26.0  Quita Shivas (GBR) 26.8  Tilly Decker (LUX) 26.8
80 Metres Hurdles  Mirja Jämes (FIN) 11.9   (ITA) 12.1   (FRA) 12.4
4 x 100 Metres Relay FranceFrance


Algan
 50.7 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia



 52.0 AustriaAustria 54.2
High Jump  Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) 1.56   (AUT) 1.45?   (HUN) 1.45
Long Jump   (NED) 5.47   (ITA) 5.07  Algan (FRA)[4] 4.95
Shot  Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) 12.73  Lotte Haidegger (AUT) 11.21   (HUN) 11.01
Discus  Lotte Haidegger (AUT) 38.40   (AUT) 33.16   (AUT) 31.70
Javelin   (HUN) 38.86  Gerda Schilling (AUT) 38.22   (HUN) 37.77

Cycling[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's event
Road Race[5][6] Willy Kemp
 Luxembourg
Individual Pursuit[7] Willy Kemp
 Luxembourg
Team Pursuit[7]  Luxembourg
Willy Kemp

Medal table[]

incomplete (of the 28 athletics events, only 25/26 are listed)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)65718
2 Czechoslovakia (TCH)46212
3 Austria (AUT)3328
4 England (ENG)3216
5 Hungary (HUN)3036
6 Sweden (SWE)25310
7 Netherlands (NED)2002
8 Italy (ITA)1326
9 Luxembourg (LUX)1236
10 Denmark (DEN)1001
 Finland (FIN)1001
12 Great Britain (GBR)0101
13 Scotland (SCO)0022
Totals (13 nations)27272579


References[]

  1. ^ a b Quamina Cofie represented Scotland but was from Nigeria
  2. ^ Peter Wallis represented England but was from South Africa
  3. ^ The source for these results gives no first name for Exartier
  4. ^ The source for these results gives no first name for Algan
  5. ^ "World Championship, Road, Univ. 1947". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Willy Kemp (*1925)". luxembourg.public.lu. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Palmares de Willy Kemp (Lux)". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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