Athletics at the 1949 World Festival of Youth and Students
The 2nd World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. The events were contested in Budapest, Hungary, between 15 and 21 August 1949. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the more Western European-oriented 1949 Summer International University Sports Week held in Merano the same year.[1]
The women's events provided the most prominent top level athletes. Hungary's Olga Gyarmati, the reigning long jump champion from the 1948 Summer Olympics, won her specialist event along with a silver medal in the 80 metres hurdles. The 1946 European Championships high jump silver medallist Aleksandra Chudina also won in her speciality and medalled in four other events as well. Several of the competing athletes went on to compete at the 1952 Summer Olympics three years later. A handful of participants were later among the top in their field, including: Leonid Shcherbakov (1950 and 1954 European triple jump winner), Yevgeniy Bulanchik (1954 European hurdles champion) and 1952 Olympic medallists Vladimir Kazantsev, Yuriy Lituyev and Klavdiya Tochonova.
Medal summary[]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Miroslav Horčic (TCH) |
10.9 |  (HUN) |
10.9 |  Zdobysław Stawczyk (POL) |
10.9 |
| 200 metres | Zdobysław Stawczyk (POL) |
21.2 | Miroslav Horčic (TCH) |
21.6 |  Yves Camus (FRA) |
21.6 |
| 400 metres | Ferenc Banhalmi (HUN) |
49.2 | Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard (FRA) |
49.2 |  (URS) |
49.8 |
| 800 metres |  (ROM) |
1:54.7 | (FRA) |
1:55.1 | (FRA) |
1:55.9 |
| 1500 metres | Sándor Garay (HUN) |
3:57.2 | (ROM) |
3:57.8 | (ROM) |
4:00.2 |
| 5000 metres | Vladimir Kazantsev (URS) |
14:55.2 | Ivan Semyonov (URS) |
14:56.4 | Ivan Pozhidayev (URS) |
15:03.4 |
| 110 m hurdles | Yevgeniy Bulanchik (URS) |
14.7 | Milan Tosnar (TCH) |
15.1 | (TCH) |
15.3 |
| 400 m hurdles | (FRA) |
53.0 | (URS) |
53.2 | Yuriy Lituyev (URS) |
53.6[nb] |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Hungary (HUN) László Bartha György Csányi Béla Goldoványi |
41.6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jaroslav Fikejz Miroslav Horčic Soviet Union (URS)Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev |
42.0 | Not awarded | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | France (FRA) Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Chateau |
3:16.6 | Soviet Union (URS) Yevhen Bulanchyk Petro Chevhun |
3:17.4 | Hungary (HUN) Ferenc Bánhalmi Péter Karádi Egon Solymossy |
3:17.8 |
| 1600 m medley relay | France (FRA) Yves Camus Jean-Paul Martin du Gard |
3:27.6 | Soviet Union (URS) Petro Chevhun Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev |
3:30.0 | Poland (POL) Zygmunt Buhl Gerard Mach Zdobysław Stawczyk |
3:31.3 |
| High jump | Yuriy Ilyasov (URS) |
1.94 m | Ioan Soter (ROM) |
1.94 m | (URS) |
1.90 m |
| Pole vault | (URS) |
4.15 m | Georges Breitman (FRA) |
4.10 m | (URS) |
4.00 m |
| Long jump |  Edward Adamczyk (POL) |
7.27 m | Vladimir Volkov (URS) |
7.14 m | Khandadash Madatov (URS) |
7.02 m |
| Triple jump | Leonid Shcherbakov (URS) |
14.56 m | (FRA) |
14.55 m | (HUN) |
14.52 m |
| Shot put | Čestmír Kalina (TCH) |
15.10 m | Otto Grigalka (URS) |
14.76 m | (URS) |
14.42 m |
| Discus throw | Ferenc Klics (HUN) |
50.40 m | (TCH) |
44.97 m[nb] | (HUN) |
44.64 m |
| Hammer throw | (HUN) |
51.85 m | Constantin Dumitru (ROM) |
51.52 m | (TCH) |
50.53 m |
| Javelin throw | (URS) |
65.06 m | (URS) |
63.97 m | (URS) |
61.92 m |
| Decathlon | Petro Denysenko (URS) |
7287 pts | Vladimir Volkov (URS) |
7026 pts | (URS) |
6940 pts |
Women[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | (URS) |
12.2 | (URS) |
12.3 | (HUN) |
12.4 |
| 200 metres | (URS) |
25.2 | Rosine Faugouin (FRA) |
25.3 | (URS) |
25.5 |
| 800 metres | (URS) |
2:18.0 | Lyudmila Sokolova (URS) |
2:18.2 | (HUN) |
2:18.6 |
| 80 m hurdles | L. Kerim-Zade (URS) |
11.9 | Olga Gyarmati (HUN) |
12.0 | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) |
12.0 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandra Chudina |
48.7 | Hungary (HUN) Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely |
49.1 | France (FRA) Colette Elloy |
49.2 |
| 4 × 200 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandra Chudina |
1:42.3 | Hungary (HUN) Olga Gyarmati Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely |
1:42.8 | France (FRA) Colette Elloy Rosine Faugouin |
1:44.1 |
| High jump | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) |
1.62 m | (URS) |
1.55 m | (URS) |
1.50 m |
| Long jump | Olga Gyarmati (HUN) |
5.95 m | (URS) |
5.80 m | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) |
5.66 m |
| Shot put | Klavdiya Tochonova (URS) |
14.29 m | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) |
13.61 m | (URS) |
12.97 m |
| Discus throw | Nina Dumbadze (URS) |
51.24 m | Yelizaveta Bagriantseva (URS) |
43.28 m | Klavdiya Tochonova (URS) |
42.83 m |
| Javelin throw | Natalya Smirnitskaya (URS) |
51.10 m | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) |
45.91 m | (HUN) |
40.83 m |
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 17 | 16 | 15 | 48 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals (6 nations) | 31 | 32 | 30 | 93 | |
References[]
- ^ a b World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
- Results
- World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
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