Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade
Athletics at the II Summer Universiade | |
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Dates | 31 August – 3 September |
Host city | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Venue | Vasil Levski Stadium |
Events | 29 |
Athletics events were contested at the 1961 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Medal summary[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m | Enrique Figuerola (CUB) | 10.38 | Berwyn Jones (GBR) | 10.59 | László Mihályfi (HUN) | 10.65 |
200 m | László Mihályfi (HUN) | 21.27 | (GBR) | 21.40 | (GBR) | 21.51 |
400 m | Josef Trousil (TCH) | 47.51 | Jacques Pennewaert (BEL) | 48.06 | (FRG) | 48.53 |
800 m | Ron Delany (IRL) | 1:51.1 | Rudolf Klaban (AUT) | 1:51.4 | (FRG) | 1:51.6 |
1500 m | (TCH) | 3:45.75 | Zoltan Vamoș (ROM) | 3:45.85 | Rudolf Klaban (AUT) | 3:46.16 |
5000 m | János Pintér (HUN) | 14:23.4 | (ROM) | 14:23.8 | (FRG) | 14.23.8 |
110 m hurdles | Valentin Chistyakov (URS) | 14.33 | (FRG) | 14.62 | Wiesław Król (POL) | 14.81 |
400 m hurdles | Salvatore Morale (ITA) | 50.14 | Georgiy Chevychalov (URS) | 51.80 | Elio Catola (ITA) | 52.33 |
4 × 100 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Leonid Bartenyev Valentin Chistyakov Anatoly Mikhaylov Edvin Ozolin |
41.22 | Japan (JPN) Kiyoshi Asai Hirotada Hayase Yojiro Muro Takayuki Okazaki |
41.30 | West Germany (FRG) Hans-Jürgen Felsen |
41.35 |
4 × 400 m relay | West Germany (FRG) |
3:10.56 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Josef Trousil Josef Odložil |
3:12.93 | Great Britain (GBR) Menzies Campbell John Cooper Mike Fleet |
3:14.63 |
High jump | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | 2.25 | Igor Kashkarov (URS) | 2.08 | (TCH) | 2.03 |
Pole vault | Dimitar Khlebarov (BUL) | 4.52 | Gérard Barras (SUI) | 4.52 | Ihor Petrenko (URS) | 4.52 |
Long jump | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) | 7.90 | Takayuki Okazaki (JPN) | 7.67 | (BUL) | 7.58 |
Triple jump | (ROM) | 15.93 | Oleg Ryakhovskiy (URS) | 15.85 | Tomio Ota (JPN) | 15.65 |
Shot put | Viktor Lipsnis (URS) | 18.00 | Dieter Urbach (FRG) | 17.64 | Zsigmond Nagy (HUN) | 17.57 |
Discus throw | Edmund Piątkowski (POL) | 59.15 | (URS) | 54.20 | (ROM) | 52.52 |
Hammer throw | Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) | 64.62 | Gennadiy Kondrashov (URS) | 63.38 | John Lawlor (IRL) | 63.33 |
Javelin throw | Gergely Kulcsár (HUN) | 77.65 | Janusz Sidło (POL) | 77.48 | Rolf Herings (FRG) | 75.67 |
Decathlon | Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) | 7918 | (BUL) | 6226 | (FRG) | 6209 |
Women[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | 11.78 | Galina Popova (URS) | 11.90 | (GBR) | 11.93 |
200 m | Barbara Janiszewska (POL) | 24.44 | (GBR) | 24.49 | (URS) | 24.70 |
800 m | Antje Gleichfeld (FRG) | 2:07.76 | Florica Grecescu (ROM) | 2:08.67 | (BUL) | 2:12.59 |
80 m hurdles | Irina Press (URS) | 10.90 | Rimma Koshelyova (URS) | 11.01 | Snezhana Kerkova (BUL) | 11.09 |
4 × 100 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Press Tatyana Shchelkanova Rimma Koshelyova |
46.2 | Poland (POL) Mirosława Sałacińska Elżbieta Krzesińska Barbara Janiszewska |
47.6 | Bulgaria (BUL) Diana Yorgova |
47.9 |
High jump | Iolanda Balaș (ROM) | 1.85 | (URS) | 1.67 | Thelma Hopkins (GBR) | 1.65 |
Long jump | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | 6.49 | Diana Yorgova (BUL) | 6.12 | Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) | 6.11 |
Shot put | Tamara Press (URS) | 17.12 | Irina Press (URS) | 15.61 | Ana Roth (ROM) | 15.59 |
Discus throw | Tamara Press (URS) | 58.06 | Antonina Zolotukhina (URS) | 53.82 | Jolán Kontsek (HUN) | 52.51 |
Javelin throw | Yelena Gorchakova (URS) | 51.39 | Maria Diaconescu (ROM) | 50.64 | Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 47.65 |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 13 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
4 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
8 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
12 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
13 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (15 nations) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |
References[]
- World Student Games (Universiade - Men) - GBR Athletics
- World Student Games (Universiade - Women) - GBR Athletics
Categories:
- Athletics at the Summer Universiade
- 1961 in athletics (track and field)
- 1961 Summer Universiade
- International athletics competitions hosted by Bulgaria