Athletics at the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week

Athletics at the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week
Dates	September
Host city	Merano, Italy
Events	26
← 1947 Paris 1951 Luxembourg → 1949 Summer International University Sports Week

The athletics competition at the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week was held in Merano, Italy, in early September.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(FRG)	10.80	(ITA)	10.90	(LUX)	10.90
200 metres	(FRG)	22.60	(FRG)	22.80	(FRG)	22.90
400 metres	(FRG)	49.00	Baldassare Porto (ITA)	49.30	Gérard Rasquin (LUX)	50.00
800 metres	Günther Steines (FRG)	1:55.0	(FRG)	1:56.0	Josy Barthel (LUX)	1:56.2
1500 metres	Josy Barthel (LUX)	3:55.6	(ESP)	4:02.1	(FRG)	4:03.0
5000 metres	(ESP)	15:55.6	(ESP)	16:05.9	(ESP)	16:17.1
110 metres hurdles	(ITA)	15.10	Wolfgang Trossbach (FRG)	15.10	(FRG)	15.30
400 metres hurdles	(ITA)	55.40	(SUI)	57.00	José Luis Rubio (ESP)	57.20
4 × 100 metres relay	Italy Enrico Perucconi	42.60	F.R. Germany	42.60	Luxembourg Fred Hammer René Kremer	43.10
4 × 400 metres relay	F.R. Germany Günther Steines	3:19.4	Italy Baldassare Porto	3:19.4	Luxembourg Josy Barthel Gérard Rasquin	3:21.1
High jump	(FRG)	1.85	(ITA)	1.85	(AUT)	1.75
Pole Vault	(FRG)	3.70	(EGY)	3.50	(ITA)	3.40
Long jump	(ITA)	6.99	Felix Würth (AUT)	6.84	(LUX)	6.82
Triple jump	Felix Würth (AUT)	14.03	(ESP)	13.82	(ITA)	13.44
Shot put	(FRG)	13.67	(ITA)	13.32	(SUI)	12.95
Discus throw	(ESP)	42.81	René Kremer (LUX)	40.89	Herbert Koschel (FRG)	40.13
Hammer throw	(AUT)	45.00	(ESP)	43.49	(ITA)	40.71
Javelin throw	Herbert Koschel (FRG)	58.79	(ITA)	56.75	(AUT)	54.87
Pentathlon	René Kremer (LUX)	3057.00	(FRG)	2919.00	(AUT)	2872.00

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(FRG)	12.70	(ITA)	12.70	(ITA)	13.00
80 metres hurdles	(FRG)	12.50	(AUT)	12.80	(FRG)	13.00
4 × 100 metres relay	Italy	51.90	F.R. Germany	51.90	Luxembourg	52.10
High jump	(FRG)	1.51	(ITA)	1.51	(FRG)	1.48
Long jump	(ITA)	5.03	(ITA)	4.96	(FRG)	4.96
Shot put	Lotte Haidegger (AUT)	10.20	(ITA)	10.15	(FRG)	10.11
Discus throw	Lotte Haidegger (AUT)	38.52	(ITA)	31.25	(AUT)	29.29

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Germany (FRG)	12	6	8	26
2	Italy (ITA)	6	11	4	21
3	Austria (AUT)	4	2	4	10
4	Spain (ESP)	2	4	2	8
5	Luxembourg (LUX)	2	1	7	10
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
7	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 nations)		26	26	26	78

References[]

• World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) - GBR Athletics