Athletics at the 1962 World Festival of Youth and Students

The 8th World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. Organised under the Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE), the events were contested in Helsinki, Finland in August 1962. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the Universiade. It was the final time that a major international athletics competition was incorporated into the festival, as athletics at the Universiade grew to be the most prominent student athletics venue for both Western and Eastern-aligned countries.[1]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Edvin Ozolin (URS) 10.5  Vilém Mandlík (TCH) 10.6  Mikhail Bachvarov (BUL) 10.7
200 metres  Vilém Mandlík (TCH) 21.3  Edvin Ozolin (URS) 21.6  Eduard Lomtadze (URS) 22.1
400 metres  Viktor Lyubimov (URS) 49.6  Zdenek Mateyka (TCH) 49.7  Keijo Ceder (FIN) 50.4
800 metres  Josef Odložil (TCH) 1:51.4  Vasiliy Savinkov (URS) 1:51.5  István Rózsavölgyi (HUN) 1:52.8
1500 metres  Witold Baran (POL) 3:43.6  Tomáš Salinger (TCH) 3:51.6  Zoltan Vamoș (ROM) 3:52.2
5000 metres  Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS) 13:50.6  Aleksey Konov (URS) 14:03.7  Zoltan Vamoș (ROM) 14:10.6
110 m hurdles  Viktor Balikhin (URS) 14.7  Jan Toman (TCH) 15.2  Pekka Harjunpää (FIN) 15.4
4 × 100 m relay  Soviet Union (URS) 41.7  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 42.4  Bulgaria (BUL) 43.8
4 × 400 m relay  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3:17.7  Soviet Union (URS) 3:17.8  Mongolia (MGL) 3:34.0
High jump  Valeriy Brumel (URS) 2.22 m  Evgeni Yordanov (BUL) 2.00 m  Eugen Ducu (ROM) 2.00 m
Pole vault  Rudolf Tomášek (TCH) 4.45 m  Włodzimierz Osiński (POL) 4.20 m  Jan Odvárka (TCH) 4.20 m
Long jump  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) 7.93 m  Todor Dashkov (BUL) 7.29 m  Andrzej Stalmach (POL) 7.25 m
Triple jump  Artur Szczepański (POL) 15.34 m  Andrzej Stalmach (POL) 14.15 m  Slim Hayouni (TUN) 13.76 m
Shot put  Vilmos Varjú (HUN) 18.81 m  Edmund Piątkowski (POL) 16.38 m  Vladimir Trusenyov (URS) 16.00 m
Discus throw  Edmund Piątkowski (POL) 57.37 m  Vladimir Trusenyov (URS) 57.28 m  József Szécsényi (HUN) 56.62 m
Javelin throw  Jānis Lūsis (URS) 78.80 m  Janusz Sidło (POL) 72.59 m  Pauli Kalliorinne (FIN) 68.31 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ana Besuan (ROM) 12.4  Mariya Knyayetsina (URS) 12.4  Elżbieta Twardowska (POL) 12.5
400 metres  Tsvetana Isaeva (BUL) 57.9  Jarmila Popelková (TCH) 58.1  Florica Grecescu (ROM) 58.3
800 metres  Florica Grecescu (ROM) 2:10.3  Jarmila Popelková (TCH) 2:11.3  Tsvetana Isaeva (BUL) 2:17.4
80 m hurdles  Irina Press (URS) 10.9  Teresa Ciepły (POL) 11.0  Liliya Makoshina (URS) 11.1
4 × 100 m relay  Soviet Union (URS) 47.4  Poland (POL) 47.7  Finland (FIN) 52.0
High jump  Iolanda Balaș (ROM) 1.84 m  Galina Yesukova (URS) 1.65 m  Liisa Oksava (FIN) 1.45 m
Long jump  Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) 6.59 m  Diana Yorgova (BUL) 5.99 m  Olga Borangic (ROM) 5.89 m
Shot put  Tamara Press (URS) 16.96 m  Irina Press (URS) 16.12 m  Ivanka Khristova (BUL) 15.18 m
Discus throw  Tamara Press (URS) 54.59 m  Jolán Kontsek (HUN) 53.97 m  Verzhinia Mikhailova (BUL) 51.84 m
Javelin throw  Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS) 56.42 m  Maria Diaconescu (ROM) 51.02 m  Margarita Baltakova (BUL) 46.73 m

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)148325
2 Czechoslovakia (TCH)47112
3 Poland (POL)36211
4 Romania (ROM)3159
5 Bulgaria (BUL)13610
6 Hungary (HUN)1124
7 Finland (FIN)0055
8 Mongolia (MGL)0011
 Tunisia (TUN)0011
Totals (9 entries)26262678

References

  1. ^ World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-15.

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