Athletics at the 1957 World Festival of Youth and Students

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Soviet stamp marking athletics at the 1957 World Festival of Youth and Students

The 6th World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. The events were contested in Moscow, Soviet Union in August 1957. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the more Western European-oriented 1957 World University Games held in Paris the same year in September. [1]

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Many top Soviet athletes were present and the event and the nation won the most titles. Pyotr Bolotnikov won the 10,000 metres – a feat which preceded a 1960 Olympic win at the distance. Semyon Rzhishchin, the steeplechase world record holder, won his specialist event, but Olympic walking champion Leonid Spirin settled for runner-up spot. In the triple jump, Leonid Shcherbakov failed an attempt to win a fifth straight title at the festival, being beaten by two-time and reigning Olympic champion Adhemar da Silva, who claimed Brazil's first gold in festival history. Javelin thrower Janusz Sidło won a fourth straight world student title and his throw of 80.12 m (262 ft 10+14 in) marked the only time an athlete surpassed eighty metres at the competition. Yugoslavia was prominently represented by Franjo Mihalić, the Olympic runner-up and marathon winner here. [1]

In women's events, former Olympic champion Galina Zybina won the shot put for a second time running, while in the discus her compatriot and fellow Olympic champion Nina Ponomaryova won her fourth straight gold at the festival. Also among the strong Soviet throwers were javelin specialist Inese Jaunzeme and Tamara Tyshkevich (both reigning Olympic champions). Iolanda Balaș had her third straight world student win in the high jump. She went on to win at the 1958 European Athletics Championships a year later, as did pentathlon winner Galina Bystrova and 800 m runner-up Yelizaveta Yermolayeva. [1] [2]

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Marian Foik  (POL)10.5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Bartenyev  (URS)10.6Flag of Bulgaria (1946-1948).svg  Mikhail Bachvarov  (BUL)10.7
200 metresFlag of Hungary.svg  Sándor Jakabfy  (HUN)21.3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Bartenyev  (URS)21.3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Konovalov  (URS)21.4
400 metresFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jaroslav Jirásek  (TCH)47.6Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Ion Wiesenmayer  (ROM)47.7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Trousil  (TCH)47.9
800 metresFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Tadeusz Kaźmierski  (POL)1:48.2Flag of East Germany.svg  Helfried Reinnagel  (GDR)1:48.5Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Zoltan Vamoș  (ROM)1:49.4
1500 metresFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Jonas Pipyné  (URS)3:41.1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yevgeniy Sokolov  (URS)3:41.7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Stanislav Jungwirth  (TCH)3:41.7
5000 metresFlag of Hungary.svg  Miklós Szabó  (HUN)13:51.8Flag of East Germany.svg  Friedrich Janke  (GDR)13:52.0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Al Lawrence  (AUS)13:54.2
10,000 metresFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Pyotr Bolotnikov  (URS)29:14.6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Al Lawrence  (AUS)29:16.4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ivan Cherniavskyi  (URS)29:36.0
110 m hurdlesFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Stanko Lorger  (YUG)14.5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Boris Stolyarov  (URS)14.6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Petrov  (URS)14.6
400 m hurdlesFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Lituyev  (URS)51.2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Ilyin  (URS)51.3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Pavel Syedov  (URS)53.9
3000 metres steeplechaseFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Semyon Rzhishchin  (URS)8:50.2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ludvík Veselý  (TCH)8:51.8Flag of Hungary.svg  Gyula Varga  (HUN)8:53.8
4 × 100 m relayFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Boris Tokaryev
Yuriy Konovalov
Albert Plaskeyev
Leonid Bartenyev
40.2Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)
Zenon Baranowski
Marian Foik
Jan Jarzembowski
Henryk Grabowski
40.8Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)
Vilhjálmur Einarsson
Hilmar Þorbjörnsson
Daníel Halldórsson
Adólf Óskarsson
42.9
4 × 400 m relayFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Leopold Shupilov
Vladimir Yefishin
Valentin Rakhmanov
Mikhail Nikolskiy
3:11.1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
Stanislav Jungwirth
Jozef Kočiš
Josef Trousil
Jaroslav Jirásek
3:12.6Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Helmut Hengst
Karl-Heinz Kruse
Helfried Reinnagel
Walter Meier
3:13.7
MarathonFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Franjo Mihalić  (YUG)2:21:24Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Albert Ivanov  (URS)2:22:30Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Popov  (URS)2:24:05
20 km walkFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Antanas Mikénas  (URS)1:33:02Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Spirin  (URS)1:33:02Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Grigoriy Panichkin  (URS)1:33:20
50 km walkFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mikhail Lavrov  (URS)4:23:29Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoly Vedyakov  (URS)4:25:00Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Grigory Klimov  (URS)4:26:05
High jumpFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Stepanov  (URS)2.13 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Kashkarov  (URS)2.13 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Volodymyr Sitkin  (URS)2.01 m
Pole vaultFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vitaliy Chernobay  (URS)4.50 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Bulatov  (URS)
Flag of East Germany.svg  Manfred Preussger  (GDR)
4.40 mNot awarded
Long jumpFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Henryk Grabowski  (POL)7.46 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yevgeniy Chen  (URS)7.43 mFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Branko Miler  (YUG)7.25 m
Triple jumpFlag of Brazil.svg  Adhemar da Silva  (BRA)15.92 mFlag of Iceland.svg  Vilhjálmur Einarsson  (ISL)15.90 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Shcherbakov  (URS)15.76 m
Shot putFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jiří Skobla  (TCH)17.20 mFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jaroslav Plíhal  (TCH)16.98 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vartan Ovsepyan  (URS)16.94 m
Discus throwFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Karel Merta  (TCH)53.55 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Boris Matveyev  (URS)52.43 mFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Edmund Piątkowski  (POL)52.19 m
Hammer throwFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mikhail Krivonosov  (URS)62.91 mFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Zvonko Bezjak  (YUG)62.35 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Samotsvetov  (URS)62.13 m
Javelin throwFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Janusz Sidło  (POL)80.12 mFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Jan Kopyto  (POL)76.70 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Kuznetsov  (URS)76.44 m
DecathlonFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Kutenko  (URS)7294 ptsFlag of East Germany.svg  Walter Meier  (GDR)7193 ptsFlag of East Germany.svg  Helmut Hengst  (GDR)6574 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vera Krepkina  (URS)11.9Flag of East Germany.svg  Gisela Köhler  (GDR)12.0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Popova  (URS)12.0
200 metresFlag of East Germany.svg  Gisela Köhler  (GDR)23.9Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mariya Itkina  (URS)24.0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Albina Kobranova  (URS)24.4
400 metresFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Antonina Khomutova  (URS)54.4Flag of East Germany.svg  Ursula Donath  (GDR)54.7Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mariya Itkina  (URS)54.7
800 metresFlag of East Germany.svg  Ursula Donath  (GDR)2:07.8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yelizaveta Yermolayeva  (URS)2:08.1Flag of Hungary.svg  Gizella Sasvári  (HUN)2:08.7
80 m hurdlesFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nelli Yeliseyeva  (URS)10.8Flag of East Germany.svg  Gisela Köhler  (GDR)10.8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Bystrova  (URS)11.0
4 × 100 m relayFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Mariya Itkina
Vera Krepkina
Galina Popova
Nina Dyekonskaya
46.0Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer
Bärbel Mayer
Brigitte Weinmeister
Margot Eichler
46.3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
Miroslava Trkalová
Bedriska Müllerová
Anna Pišková
?
51.2
High jumpFlag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Iolanda Balas  (ROM)1.66 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mariya Pisareva  (URS)1.66 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valentina Ballod  (URS)1.66 m
Long jumpFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vilve Maremäe  (URS)5.87 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nadezhda Dvalishvili  (URS)5.82 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nelli Yeliseyeva  (URS)5.81 m
Shot putFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Zybina  (URS)16.26 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tamara Tyshkevich  (URS)16.14 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Zinaida Doinikova  (URS)15.64 m
Discus throwFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nina Ponomaryova  (URS)53.13 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Irina Beglyakova  (URS)52.04 mFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Štepánka Mertová  (TCH)50.42 m
Javelin throwFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Inese Jaunzeme  (URS)51.60 mFlag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Maria Diţi  (ROM)50.06 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Eleonora Bogun  (URS)49.92 m
PentathlonFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Bystrova  (URS)4560 ptsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vilve Maremäe  (URS)4413 ptsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lidiya Shmakova  (URS)4283 pts

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)21192161
2Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)4217
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)33410
4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)28212
5Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia  (YUG)2103
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)2024
7Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania  (ROM)1214
8Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1001
9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)0112
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)0112
11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0011
Totals (11 entries)363734107

References

  1. 1 2 3 World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
  2. European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-11.
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