| Athletics at the III Summer Universiade | |
|---|---|
 The host stadium | |
| Dates | 5 – 8 September |
| Host city | Porto Alegre, Brazil  |
| Venue | Estádio Olímpico Monumental |
| Events | 29 |
| Participation | 21 nations |
Athletics events were contested at the 1963 Summer Universiade in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
 Enrique Figuerola (CUB) |
10.34 |  Edvin Ozolin (URS) |
10.52 |  Livio Berruti (ITA) |
10.56 |
| 200 metres |
Edvin Ozolin (URS) |
21.44 |  Dick Steane (GBR) |
21.55 | Livio Berruti (ITA) |
21.60 |
| 400 metres |
Adrian Metcalfe (GBR) |
46.75 |  Joachim Reske (FRG) |
46.92 |  Jacques Pennewaert (BEL) |
47.02 |
| 800 metres |
 Mamoru Morimoto (JPN) |
1:48.1 | John Boulter (GBR) |
1:48.6 |  Norbert Haupert (LUX) |
1:49.5 |
| 1500 metres |
John Whetton (GBR) |
3:49.5 | Mamoru Morimoto (JPN) |
3:49.6 | Karl Eyerkaufer (FRG) |
3:49.7 |
| 5000 metres |
Leonid Ivanov (URS) |
14:21.4 |  Béla Szekeres (HUN) |
14:32.0 | Ron Hill (GBR) |
14:43.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
Anatoly Mikhailov (URS) |
14.17 | Giorgio Mazza (ITA) |
14.25 | Mike Hogan (GBR) |
14.40 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Roberto Frinolli (ITA) |
50.48 | Mike Hogan (GBR) |
51.52 | Salvatore Morale (ITA) |
51.95 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Hungary (HUN) Csaba Csutorás László Mihályfi István Gyulai Gyula Rábai |
40.98 | Cuba (CUB) Alejandro Pasqual Manuel Montalvo Lázaro Betancourt Enrique Figuerola |
41.37 |  France (FRA)Gérard Zingg Jean-Pierre Fabre Alain Roy Alain Moreaux |
41.82 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay |
Great Britain (GRB) Adrian Metcalfe John Boulter Menzies Campbell Dick Steane |
3:12.02 | West Germany (FRG) Peter Hoppe Wolfgang Scholl Johannes Schmitt Hans-Joachim Reske |
3:13.02 | Italy (ITA) Sergio Bello Marco Busatto Mario Fraschini Roberto Frinolli |
3:13.65 |
| High jump |
Valeriy Brumel (URS) |
2.15 | Mauro Bogliatto (ITA) |
2.09 |  Roberto Abugattás (PER) |
1.99 |
| Pole vault |
Hennadiy Bleznitsov (URS) |
4.60 | Alain Moreaux (FRA) |
4.30 | Bernard Balastre (FRA) |
4.20 |
| Long jump |
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) |
7.95 | Wolfgang Klein (FRG) |
7.70 | Carlos Díaz Martínez (CUB) |
7.45 |
| Triple jump |
Satoshi Shimo (JPN) |
15.99 | Aleksandr Zolotarev (URS) |
15.94 |  Luis Areta (ESP) |
15.80 |
| Shot put |
Zsigmond Nagy (HUN) |
18.44 | Mike Lindsay (GBR) |
17.76 | Dietrich Urbach (FRG) |
17.72 |
| Discus throw |
Gaetano Dalla Pria (ITA) |
51.63 | Mike Lindsay (GBR) |
51.23 | Dietrich Urbach (FRG) |
51.03 |
| Hammer throw |
Gennadiy Kondrashov (URS) |
65.76 | Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) |
65.72 | Masatoshi Wakabayashi (JPN) |
60.90 |
| Javelin throw |
Jānis Lūsis (URS) |
79.77 | Hermann Salomon (FRG) |
77.78 | Gergely Kulcsár (HUN) |
77.62 |
| Decathlon |
Manfred Pflugbeil (FRG) |
6487 | Gerd Lossdörfer (FRG) |
6102 |  Brazil
| |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Renāte Lāce (URS) |
11.91 | Vera Popkova (URS) |
12.02 | Miguelina Cobián (CUB) |
12.11 |
| 200 metres |
Jutta Heine (FRG) |
24.60 | Renāte Lāce (URS) |
24.64 | Miguelina Cobián (CUB) |
24.74 |
| 800 metres |
Olga Kazi (HUN) |
2:05.9 | Antje Gleichfeldt (FRG) |
2:08.2 | Joy Catling (GBR) |
2:10.3 |
| 80 metres hurdles |
Jutta Heine (FRG) |
10.95 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) |
11.01 | Alla Chernisheva (URS) |
11.10 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |
Soviet Union (URS) Alla Chernyshova Renāte Lāce Vera Popkova Tatyana Shchelkanova |
46.5 | West Germany (FRG) Bärbel Palmi Antje Gleichfeld Elke Masnfeld Jutta Heine |
47.5 | Cuba (CUB) Irene Martìnez Fulgencia Romay Norma Pérez Miguelina Cobián |
47.5 |
| High jump |
Taisiya Chenchik (URS) |
1.72 | Susan Dennler (GBR) |
1.67 | Heidemarie Hummel (FRG) |
1.65 |
| Long jump |
Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) |
6.48 |  Vlasta Přikrylová (TCH) |
5.71 | Bärbel Palmié (FRG) |
5.63 |
| Shot put |
Tamara Press (URS) |
17.29 | Judit Bognár (HUN) |
15.47 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (HUN) |
14.75 |
| Discus throw |
Tamara Press (URS) |
55.90 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (HUN) |
50.92 | Judit Bognár (HUN) |
49.73 |
| Javelin throw |
Almut Brömmel (FRG) |
49.61 | Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS) |
47.00 | Barbara Decker (FRG) |
43.91 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 14 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
