Athletics at the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week
Dates	September
Host city	Merano, Italy
Events	26
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The athletics competition at the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week was held in Merano, Italy, in early September.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Konrad Wittekindt (FRG)	10.80	Gino Riva (ITA)	10.90	Alfred Hammer (LUX)	10.90
200 metres	Konrad Wittekindt (FRG)	22.60	Arno Boger (FRG)	22.80	Ernest Grassle (FRG)	22.90
400 metres	Georg Sallen (FRG)	49.00	Baldassare Porto (ITA)	49.30	Gérard Rasquin (LUX)	50.00
800 metres	Günther Steines (FRG)	1:55.0	Manfred Kirchgasser (FRG)	1:56.0	Josy Barthel (LUX)	1:56.2
1500 metres	Josy Barthel (LUX)	3:55.6	Daniel Poyan (ESP)	4:02.1	Kurt Anderko (FRG)	4:03.0
5000 metres	José Coll (ESP)	15:55.6	Antonio Amoros (ESP)	16:05.9	Ricardo Jebra (ESP)	16:17.1
110 metres hurdles	Danilo Pacchini (ITA)	15.10	Wolfgang Trossbach (FRG)	15.10	Günther Theilmann (FRG)	15.30
400 metres hurdles	Danilo Pacchini (ITA)	55.40	Bernhard Frey (SUI)	57.00	José Luis Rubio (ESP)	57.20
4 × 100 metres relay	Italy Gino Roghi Enrico Perucconi Gino Riva Elbano Allori	42.60	F.R. Germany Konrad Wittekindt Arno Boger Ernst Grässle Rolf Münks	42.60	Luxembourg Fred Hammer René Kremer Robert Schaeffer Frank Roger	43.10
4 × 400 metres relay	F.R. Germany Oskar Wegener Horst Bergmann Günther Steines Georg Sallen	3:19.4	Italy Baldassare Porto Giorgio Zitelli Enrico Merani Franco Sandrelli	3:19.4	Luxembourg Josy Barthel Gérard Rasquin Bernhard Fonck Felix Reiter	3:21.1
High jump	Günther Theilmann (FRG)	1.85	Ovidio Bernes (ITA)	1.85	Oskar Schmidt (AUT)	1.75
Pole Vault	Hanfried Oertel (FRG)	3.70	Gamal El Sherbini (EGY)	3.50	Mario Veglia (ITA)	3.40
Long jump	Lorenzo Toso (ITA)	6.99	Felix Würth (AUT)	6.84	Alfred Hammer (LUX)	6.82
Triple jump	Felix Würth (AUT)	14.03	José Jordi Parellada (ESP)	13.82	Giovanni Del Bono (ITA)	13.44
Shot put	Heinz Bauer (FRG)	13.67	Gaudenzio Balossini (ITA)	13.32	Franz Wenger (SUI)	12.95
Discus throw	José Luis Torres (ESP)	42.81	René Kremer (LUX)	40.89	Herbert Koschel (FRG)	40.13
Hammer throw	Fritz Pasler (AUT)	45.00	Lorenzo Martínez (ESP)	43.49	Gian Franco Morghen (ITA)	40.71
Javelin throw	Herbert Koschel (FRG)	58.79	Leonzio Bessone (ITA)	56.75	Rudolf Sack (AUT)	54.87
Pentathlon	René Kremer (LUX)	3057.00	Fritz Rudorf (FRG)	2919.00	Frankomar Bele (AUT)	2872.00

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ursula Ehrhardt (FRG)	12.70	Maria Torresi (ITA)	12.70	Micaela Bora (ITA)	13.00
80 metres hurdles	Ursula Ehrhardt (FRG)	12.50	Helga Zuber (AUT)	12.80	Hilde Quast (FRG)	13.00
4 × 100 metres relay	Italy Micaela Bora Maria Torresi Miriam Kuhne Ida Monticelli	51.90	F.R. Germany Ursula Ehrhardt Else Jores Hilde Quast Margarete Von Bucholtz	51.90	Luxembourg Lucie Hansen Klaudie Wampach Simone Ker Hanny Schmidt	52.10
High jump	Margarete von Bucholtz (FRG)	1.51	Gianna Jannoni (ITA)	1.51	Ursula Ehrhardt (FRG)	1.48
Long jump	Carmen Sciuto (ITA)	5.03	Irene Bettinelli (ITA)	4.96	Hilde Quast (FRG)	4.96
Shot put	Lotte Haidegger (AUT)	10.20	Maria Ferri (ITA)	10.15	Liesel Hillebrand (FRG)	10.11
Discus throw	Lotte Haidegger (AUT)	38.52	Vittoria Casadio (ITA)	31.25	Helga Zuber (AUT)	29.29

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Germany (FRG)	12	6	8	26
2	Italy (ITA)	6	11	4	21
3	Austria (AUT)	4	2	4	10
4	Spain (ESP)	2	4	2	8
5	Luxembourg (LUX)	2	1	7	10
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
7	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 entries)		26	26	26	78