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The 1947 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Paris, France, between 24 and 31 August. At these games a number of athletic and cycling events were contested.

Athletics

Men's events

A newsreel showing some of the events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres  John Wilkinson (ENG) 10.5  John Fairgrieve (ENG) 10.8  Quamina Cofie (SCO)[1] 10.8
200 Metres  John Wilkinson (ENG) 22.2  Jirí David (TCH) 22.3  Quamina Cofie (SCO)[1] 22.5
400 Metres  Folke Alnevik (SWE) 48.1  Peter Wallis (ENG)[2] 48.6  Pierre Le Gallais (FRA) 48.8
800 Metres  Harold Tarraway (ENG) 1:54.4  Carl-Göran Lindelöw (SWE) 1:54.6  Josy Barthel (LUX) 1:54.7
1500 Metres  Emil Zátopek (TCH) 3:52.8  François Quilici (FRA) 3:53.6  Luboš Vomácka (TCH) 3:55.0
5000 Metres  Emil Zátopek (TCH) 14:20.8  Claude Joly (FRA) 15:12.4  Pierre Barbaud (FRA) 15:15.4
110 Metres Hurdles  Albano Albanese (ITA) 14.9  Milan Tosnar (TCH) 15.2  Jacques Richard (FRA) 15.3
400 Metres Hurdles  Jean-Claude Arifon (FRA) 52.3  Armando Filiput (ITA) 55.2  Ronald Ede (ENG) 55.4
4 x 100 Metres Relay Hungary Hungary
László Bartha
György Csányi
Ferenc Tima
Béla Goldoványi		 42.1 Italy Italy
Enrico Perucconi
Michele Tito
Giuseppe Guzzi
Piero Bassetti		 42.1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Jiří David
Miroslav Horčic
Mirko Paráček
Jan Schmid		 42.3
4 x 400 Metres Relay France France
André Sigonney
Armand Jacquier
Pierre Le Gallais
Jean-Claude Arifon		 3:15.0 Sweden Sweden
Folke Alnevik
Nils Toll
Carl-Göran Lindelöw
Bengt Sigvard Palm		 3:16.6 Italy Italy
Armando Filiput
Luigi Paterlini
Agostino Ercolessi
Giorgio Zitelli		 3:18.2
1600 Metres Medley Relay Sweden Sweden
Folke Alnevik
Erland Fridén
Carl-Göran Lindelöw
Lennart Palm		 3:27.0 France France
Jean-Claude Arifon
Marc Litaudon
André Sigonney
Jacques Rasse		 3:27.8 Hungary Hungary
Ferenc Bánhalmi
György Csányi
Sándor Garay
Béla Goldoványi		 3:28.4
High Jump  Ivar Vind (DEN) 1.93  Václav Hausenblas (TCH) 1.90  Georges Damitio (FRA) 1.85
Pole Vault  Zoltán Zsitvay (HUN) 4.00  Georges Breitman (FRA) 3.90  Allan Svensson (SWE) 3.70
Long Jump  Felix Würth (AUT) 7.22  Albín Hisein (TCH) 7.14  Miroslav Řihošek (TCH) 7.04
Triple Jump  Felix Würth (AUT) 14.62  Milan John (TCH) 14.50  Allan Svensson (SWE) 14.28
Shot  Cestmír Kalina (TCH) 14.53  Solwe Johansson (SWE) 13.67  Carl-Erik Ström (SWE) 13.38
Discus  Ferenc Klics (HUN) 47.80  Jaroslav Sedlácek (TCH) 44.76  Gilbert Jallu (FRA) 42.72
Javelin  József Várszegi (HUN) 66.45  Stig Olden (SWE) 63.86  Amos Matteucci (ITA) 60.78
Pentathlon  Pierre Sprecher (FRA) 3277.00  Gösta Astell (SWE) 3225.00  Heinrich Hofbauer (AUT) 3088.00

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres  Eevje Piel (NED) 12.6  Exartier (FRA)[3] 12.6  Tilly Decker (LUX) 12.7
200 Metres  Dana Hiklová (TCH) 26.0  Quita Shivas (GBR) 26.8  Tilly Decker (LUX) 26.8
80 Metres Hurdles  Mirja Jämes (FIN) 11.9  Elda Franco (ITA) 12.1  Jacqueline Couamet (FRA) 12.4
4 x 100 Metres Relay FranceFrance
Odile Exartier
Jacqueline Couamet
Algan
Jacqueline Dufour		 50.7 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia
Dana Hiklová
Danuše Klesnilová
Hana Zentnerová
Eva Preusová		 52.0 AustriaAustria 54.2
High Jump  Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) 1.56  Bertha Zach (AUT) 1.45?  Mária Rohonczi (HUN) 1.45
Long Jump  Eevje Piel (NED) 5.47  Elda Franco (ITA) 5.07  Algan (FRA)[4] 4.95
Shot  Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) 12.73  Lotte Haidegger (AUT) 11.21  Matilda Regdánszky (HUN) 11.01
Discus  Lotte Haidegger (AUT) 38.40  Ilse Bolzmann (AUT) 33.16  Theresia Pachoschwoll (AUT) 31.70
Javelin  Matilda Regdánszky (HUN) 38.86  Gerda Schilling (AUT) 38.22  Mária Rohonczi (HUN) 37.77

Cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's event
Road Race[5][6] Willy Kemp
 Luxembourg
Individual Pursuit[7] Willy Kemp
 Luxembourg
Team Pursuit[7]  Luxembourg
Willy Kemp

Medal table

incomplete (of the 28 athletics events, only 25/26 are listed)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)65718
2 Czechoslovakia (TCH)46212
3 Austria (AUT)3328
4 England (ENG)3216
5 Hungary (HUN)3036
6 Sweden (SWE)25310
7 Netherlands (NED)2002
8 Italy (ITA)1326
9 Luxembourg (LUX)1236
10 Denmark (DEN)1001
 Finland (FIN)1001
12 Great Britain (GBR)0101
13 Scotland (SCO)0022
Totals (13 entries)27272579


References

  1. ^ a b Quamina Cofie represented Scotland but was from Nigeria
  2. ^ Peter Wallis represented England but was from South Africa
  3. ^ The source for these results gives no first name for Exartier
  4. ^ The source for these results gives no first name for Algan
  5. ^ "World Championship, Road, Univ. 1947". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Willy Kemp (*1925)". luxembourg.public.lu. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Palmares de Willy Kemp (Lux)". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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