Athletics at the 1953 Summer International University Sports Week

Athletics at the 1953 Summer International University Sports Week
Dates	13–16 August
Host city	Dortmund, West Germany
Venue	Stadion Rote Erde
Events	29
← 1951 Luxembourg 1955 San Sebastián → 1953 Summer International University Sports Week

The athletics competition at the 1953 Summer International University Sports Week was held at the Stadion Rote Erde in Dortmund, West Germany, between 13 and 16 August.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Romeo Galán (ARG)	10.7w?	(YUG)	10.7w?	(BEL)	10.7w?
200 metres	(BEL)	21.9	(YUG)	22.0	(GBR)	22.0
400 metres	Karl-Friedrich Haas (FRG)	47.6	(GBR)	49.6	(GBR)	49.7
800 metres	Urban Cleve (FRG)	1:51.9	(GBR)	1:52.2	Gérard Rasquin (LUX)	1:52.5
1500 metres	David Law (GBR)	3:50.4	(GBR)	3:50.6	Veliša Mugoša (YUG)	3:51.6
5000 metres	Osamu Inoue (JPN)	14:48.6	(GBR)	14:49.0	(YUG)	14:55.2
110 metres hurdles	Berthold Steines (FRG)	14.7	Estanislao Kocourek (ARG)	14.7	(GBR)	14.9
400 metres hurdles	David Gracie (GBR)	52.7	Eitaro Okano (JPN)	53.1	(FRG)	53.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Estanislao Kocourek Fernando Lapuente Romeo Galán	42.2	Italy Mario Colarossi Wolfgango Montanari Lucio Sangermano Carlo Vittori	42.2	Great Britain & N.I. Chris Higham	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	F.R. Germany Urban Cleve Karl-Friedrich Haas	3:16.0	Great Britain & N.I. David Gracie	3:16.0	Belgium	3:19.3
1600 metres medley relay	F.R. Germany Urban Cleve Karl-Friedrich Haas	3:12.8	Great Britain & N.I.	3:12.8	Japan Masaji Tajima	3:16.2
High jump	Jacques Delelienne (BEL)	1.90	Yukio Ishikawa (JPN)	1.90	(JPN)	1.85
Pole vault	Milan Milakov (YUG)	4.31	Geoff Elliott (GBR)	4.20	Hélio da Silva (BRA)	4.00
Long jump	Masaji Tajima (JPN)	7.66	(FRG)	7.43	(ITA)	7.32
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva (BRA)	15.92	(JPN)	14.95	(FRG)	14.65
Shot put	(FRG)	14.59	Mark Pharaoh (GBR)	14.34	(FRG)	???
Discus throw	Mark Pharaoh (GBR)	47.84	(YUG)	46.25	(ESP)	44.87
Hammer throw	Yoshio Kojima (JPN)	50.33	Mark Pharaoh (GBR)	46.46	(BEL)	45.22
Javelin throw	(FRG)	61.88	Hermann Rieder (FRG)	60.13	(JPN)	59.71
Pentathlon	(FRG)	2923.00	(BRA)	2774.00	(AUT)	2621.00

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Milena Greppi (ITA)	12.3	(GBR)	12.3	(AUT)	12.4
200 metres	(GBR)	25.9	(AUT)	25.9	(GBR)	26.1
80 metres hurdles	Milka Babović (YUG)	11.7	(FRG)	11.8	Milena Greppi (ITA)	11.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Italy Vittoria Cesarini Milena Greppi	48.9	F.R. Germany	48.9	Great Britain & N.I.	49.2
High jump	(GBR)	1.60	(GBR)	1.56	(FRG)	1.56
Long jump	(FRG)	5.55	(AUT)	5.36	(FRG)	5.30
Shot put	(FRG)	12.32	(FRG)	10.96	(FRG)	10.72
Discus throw	(FRG)	39.65	Almut Brömmel (FRG)	34.97	(SUI)	34.14
Javelin throw	Almut Brömmel (FRG)	42.62	Cmiljka Kalušević (YUG)	42.46	(FRG)	35.09

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Germany (FRG)	12	6	7	25
2	Great Britain (GBR)	5	11	6	22
3	Japan (JPN)	3	3	3	9
4	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	4	2	8
5	Italy (ITA)	2	1	2	5
6	Argentina (ARG)	2	1	0	3
7	Belgium (BEL)	2	0	3	5
8	Brazil (BRA)	1	1	1	3
9	Austria (AUT)	0	2	2	4
10	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		29	29	29	87

References[]

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