1947 International University Games

Official poster

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

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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) [2]	10.8
200 Metres	John Wilkinson  (ENG)	22.2	Jirí David  (TCH)	22.3	Quamina Cofie  (SCO) [2]	22.5
400 Metres	Folke Alnevik  (SWE)	48.1	Peter Wallis  (ENG) [3]	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 László Bartha György Csányi Ferenc Tima Béla Goldoványi	42.1	Italy Enrico Perucconi Michele Tito Giuseppe Guzzi Piero Bassetti	42.1	Czechoslovakia Jiří David Miroslav Horčic Mirko Paráček Jan Schmid	42.3
4 x 400 Metres Relay	France André Sigonney Armand Jacquier Pierre Le Gallais Jean-Claude Arifon	3:15.0	Sweden Folke Alnevik Nils Toll Carl-Göran Lindelöw Bengt Sigvard Palm	3:16.6	Italy Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Agostino Ercolessi Giorgio Zitelli	3:18.2
1600 Metres Medley Relay	Sweden Folke Alnevik Erland Fridén Carl-Göran Lindelöw Lennart Palm	3:27.0	France Jean-Claude Arifon Marc Litaudon André Sigonney Jacques Rasse	3:27.8	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) [4]	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	France Odile Exartier Jacqueline Couamet Algan Jacqueline Dufour	50.7	Czechoslovakia Dana Hiklová Danuše Klesnilová Hana Zentnerová Eva Preusová	52.0	Austria	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) [5]	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 [6] [7]	Willy Kemp   Luxembourg
Individual Pursuit [8]			Willy Kemp   Luxembourg
Team Pursuit [8]		Luxembourg Willy Kemp

Medal table

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France  (FRA)	6	5	7	18
2	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	4	6	2	12
3	Austria  (AUT)	3	3	2	8
4	England  (ENG)	3	2	1	6
5	Hungary  (HUN)	3	0	3	6
6	Sweden  (SWE)	2	5	3	10
7	Netherlands  (NED)	2	0	0	2
8	Italy  (ITA)	1	3	2	6
9	Luxembourg  (LUX)	1	2	3	6
10	Denmark  (DEN)	1	0	0	1
	Finland  (FIN)	1	0	0	1
12	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	1	0	1
13	Scotland  (SCO)	0	0	2	2
Totals (13 entries)		27	27	25	79

References

• World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) – GBR Athletics

1. Athletics results
2. Quamina Cofie represented Scotland but was from Nigeria
3. Peter Wallis represented England but was from South Africa
4. The source for these results gives no first name for Exartier
5. The source for these results gives no first name for Algan
6. "World Championship, Road, Univ. 1947". Cyclingarchives.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
7. "Willy Kemp (*1925)". luxembourg.public.lu. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
8. "Palmares de Willy Kemp (Lux)". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 13 May 2013.