1954 World Student Games
The 1954 World Student Games were an athletics competition held in Budapest, Hungary by the Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE). It marked a one-off departure from the athletics event being linked to the biennial World Festival of Youth and Students.
The level of competition was not as high as the previous, festival-associated event, but still featured winning performances from four 1954 European champions: Lajos Szentgáli (800 metres), Anatoliy Yulin (400 metres hurdles), Ödön Földessy (long jump), and Janusz Sidło (javelin throw). Javelin thrower Földessy was the only man to retain his world student title and in the women's section Christa Stubnick repeated her sprint double (the only female repeat victor).
The women's events featured less established talents, though many winners in Budapest went on to greater success. Lyudmila Lisenko, Iolanda Balaș and Vera Krepkina eventually became Olympic champions at the 1960 Rome Olympics, while Christa Stubnick, Gisela Köhler and Irina Beglyakova were all runners-up at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Discus bronze medallist Lia Manoliu grew to become Olympic champion fourteen years later.
Medal summary[]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Zdobysław Stawczyk (POL) |
10.6 |  Levan Sanadze (URS) |
10.7 |  Angel Kolev (BUL) |
10.8 |
| 200 metres | Zdobysław Stawczyk (POL) |
21.5 |  (GDR) |
21.6 | Zenon Baranowski (POL) |
21.7 |
| 400 metres | (GDR) |
48.2 | Gerard Mach (POL) |
48.3 | Horst Mann (GDR) |
48.5 |
| 800 metres |  Lajos Szentgáli (HUN) |
1:50.5 | Edmund Potrzebowski (POL) |
1:50.8 | (HUN) |
1:51.5 |
| 1500 metres | Edmund Potrzebowski (POL) |
3:49.8 | Ernő Béres (HUN) |
3:50.4 | Alojzy Graj (POL) |
3:50.8 |
| 5000 metres | Alojzy Graj (POL) |
14:44.8 | László Tábori (HUN) |
14:45.6 | Ernő Béres (HUN) |
14:47.6 |
| 10,000 metres | (HUN) |
31:02.8 | (HUN) |
31:43.6 |  (CHN) |
33:00.4 |
| 110 m hurdles | Boris Stolyarov (URS) |
14.3 | (URS) |
14.5 |  (ROM) |
14.8 |
| 400 m hurdles | Anatoliy Yulin (URS) |
51.9 | (URS) |
52.1 | Ilie Savel (ROM) |
52.6 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | (HUN) |
9:00.0 | (ROM) |
9:03.4 |  (TCH) |
9:20.2 |
| 10,000 m walk | (ROM) |
47:07.4 | (GDR) |
47:55.6 | (HUN) |
48:07.4 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Levan Sanadze Boris Tokarev |
41.1 | Poland (POL) Zenon Baranowski Emil Kiszka Zdobysław Stawczyk |
41.4 | Hungary (HUN) Géza Varasdi László Zarándi Béla Goldoványi |
41.5 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Horst Mann |
3:14.2 | Poland (POL) Gerard Mach Zbigniew Makomaski Stanisław Swatowski |
3:14.6 | Hungary (HUN) Péter Karádi |
3:16.7 |
| High jump | Jaroslav Kovár (TCH) |
1.99 m | (POL) |
1.99 m | Yuriy Stepanov (URS) |
1.95 m |
| Pole vault | Tamás Homonnay (HUN) |
4.20 m | Edward Adamczyk (POL) |
4.15 m | Zenon Ważny (POL) |
4.10 m |
| Long jump | Ödön Földessy (HUN) |
7.70 m | (ROM) |
7.33 m | (URS) |
7.30 m |
| Triple jump | Zygfryd Weinberg (POL) |
15.30 m | (ROM) |
15.08 m | (ROM) |
15.07 m |
| Shot put | (URS) |
15.88 m | (HUN) |
15.70 m | (ROM) |
15.49 m |
| Discus throw | József Szécsényi (HUN) |
51.19 m | (HUN) |
48.54 m | (TCH) |
47.16 m |
| Hammer throw | (BUL) |
55.48 m | (TCH) |
54.55 m | (HUN) |
53.50 m |
| Javelin throw | Janusz Sidło (POL) |
75.24 m | Zbigniew Radziwonowicz (POL) |
70.46 m | Sándor Krasznai (HUN) |
69.63 m |
| Decathlon | Walter Meier (GDR) |
6587 pts | (ROM) |
5746 pts | (HUN) |
5678 pts |
Women[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Christa Stubnick (GDR) |
11.8 | Vera Krepkina (URS) |
11.8 | Mariya Itkina (URS) |
11.9 |
| 200 metres | Christa Stubnick (GDR) |
23.6 | Mariya Itkina (URS) |
24.2 | Vera Krepkina (URS) |
24.3 |
| 400 metres | Ursula Donath (GDR) |
55.0 | (URS) |
56.5 | (HUN) |
58.0 |
| 800 metres | Ursula Donath (GDR) |
2:10.1 | Lyudmila Lisenko (URS) |
2:11.3 | (URS) |
2:12.1 |
| 80 m hurdles | Gisela Köhler (GDR) |
11.0 | (URS) |
11.3 | Elżbieta Bocian (POL) |
11.4 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Mariya Itkina Vera Krepkina Olga Kosheleva |
46.3 | East Germany (GDR) Gisela Köhler Christa Stubnick |
46.5 | Poland (POL) Elżbieta Bocian Celina Jesionowska Maria Kusion Barbara Janiszewska |
47.4 |
| High jump | Iolanda Balaș (ROM) |
1.61 m | (HUN) |
1.56 m | (HUN) |
1.53 m |
| Long jump | Elżbieta Duńska (POL) |
6.12 m | Maria Kusion (POL) |
6.00 m | Galina Vinogradova (URS) |
5.94 m |
| Shot put | (URS) |
15.01 m | (URS) |
14.35 m | (HUN) |
12.91 m |
| Discus throw | Irina Beglyakova (URS) |
45.36 m | (HUN) |
43.59 m | Lia Manoliu (ROM) |
42.46 m |
| Javelin throw | Virve Roolaid (URS) |
51.52 m | Erzsébet Vígh (HUN) |
47.00 m | (URS) |
46.65 m |
| Pentathlon | Elżbieta Duńska (POL) |
3971 pts | (URS) |
3738 pts | (URS) |
3717 pts |
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 nations) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 | |
References[]
- Results
- World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
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