Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade

Athletics events were contested at the 1961 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Athletics at the II Summer Universiade
Dates31 August – 3 September
Host citySofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria
VenueVasil Levski National Stadium
Events29


Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
 Enrique Figuerola (CUB)10.38  Berwyn Jones (GBR)10.59  László Mihályfi (HUN)10.65
200 metres
 László Mihályfi (HUN)21.27  Brian Smouha (GBR)21.40  Brian Anson (GBR)21.51
400 metres
 Josef Trousil (TCH)47.51  Jacques Pennewaert (BEL)48.06  Otto Grasshoff (FRG)48.53
800 metres
 Ron Delany (IRL)1:51.1  Rudolf Klaban (AUT)1:51.4  Wolfgang Schöll (FRG)1:51.6
1500 metres
 Tomáš Salinger (TCH)3:45.75  Zoltan Vamoș (ROM)3:45.85  Rudolf Klaban (AUT)3:46.16
5000 metres
 János Pintér (HUN)14:23.4  Andrei Barabás (ROM)14:23.8  Peter Kubicki (FRG)14.23.8
110 metres hurdles
 Valentin Chistyakov (URS)14.33  Klaus Willimczik (FRG)14.62  Wiesław Król (POL)14.81
400 metres hurdles
 Salvatore Morale (ITA)50.14  Georgiy Chevychalov (URS)51.80  Elio Catola (ITA)52.33
4 × 100 metres relay
 Soviet Union (URS)
Leonid Bartenyev
Valentin Chistyakov
Anatoly Mikhaylov
Edvin Ozolin
41.22  Japan (JPN)
Kiyoshi Asai
Hirotada Hayase
Yojiro Muro
Takayuki Okazaki
41.30  West Germany (FRG)
Hans-Jürgen Felsen
Rudolf Sundermann
Hinrick Helmke
Joachim Guter
41.35
4 × 400 metres relay
 West Germany (FRG)
Peter Hoppe
Wolfgang Schöll
Otto Graßhoff
Albert Grawitz
3:10.56  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Josef Trousil
Josef Odložil
Milan Jílek
Tomáš Salinger
3:12.93  Great Britain (GBR)
Menzies Campbell
John Cooper
Mike Fleet
Mike Robinson
3:14.63
High jump
 Valeriy Brumel (URS)2.25  Igor Kashkarov (URS)2.08  Milan Valenta (TCH)2.03
Pole vault
 Dimitar Khlebarov (BUL)4.52  Gérard Barras (SUI)4.52  Ihor Petrenko (URS)4.52
Long jump
 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)7.90  Takayuki Okazaki (JPN)7.67  Ivan Ivanov (BUL)7.58
Triple jump
 Sorin Ioan (ROM)15.93  Oleg Ryakhovskiy (URS)15.85  Tomio Ota (JPN)15.65
Shot put
 Viktor Lipsnis (URS)18.00  Dieter Urbach (FRG)17.64  Zsigmond Nagy (HUN)17.57
Discus throw
 Edmund Piątkowski (POL)59.15  Kaupo Metsur (URS)54.20  Virgil Manolescu (ROM)52.52
Hammer throw
 Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)64.62  Gennadiy Kondrashov (URS)63.38  John Lawlor (IRL)63.33
Javelin throw
 Gergely Kulcsár (HUN)77.65  Janusz Sidło (POL)77.48  Rolf Herings (FRG)75.67
Decathlon
 Vasili Kuznetsov (URS)7918  Milan Kuzmanov (BUL)6226  Klaus-Dieter Röper (FRG)6209

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
 Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS)11.78  Galina Popova (URS)11.90  Joan Atkinson (GBR)11.93
200 metres
 Barbara Janiszewska (POL)24.44  Joan Atkinson (GBR)24.49  Vera Kabranyuk (URS)24.70
800 metres
 Antje Gleichfeld (FRG)2:07.76  Florica Grecescu (ROM)2:08.67  Tsvetana Isaeva (BUL)2:12.59
80 metres hurdles
 Irina Press (URS)10.90  Rimma Koshelyova (URS)11.01  Snezhana Kerkova (BUL)11.09
4 × 100 metres relay
 Soviet Union (URS)
Irina Press
Tatyana Shchelkanova
Rimma Koshelyova
Larisa Kuleshova
46.2  Poland (POL)
Mirosława Sałacińska
Irena Szczupak
Elżbieta Krzesińska
Barbara Janiszewska
47.6  Bulgaria (BUL)
Stefka Ilieva
Diana Yorgova
Svetlana Isaeva
Rossitsa Madzharska
47.9
High jump
 Iolanda Balaș (ROM)1.85  Klara Pushkaryeva (URS)1.67  Thelma Hopkins (GBR)1.65
Long jump
 Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS)6.49  Diana Yorgova (BUL)6.12  Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL)6.11
Shot put
 Tamara Press (URS)17.12  Irina Press (URS)15.61  Ana Roth (ROM)15.59
Discus throw
 Tamara Press (URS)58.06  Antonina Zolotukhina (URS)53.82  Jolán Kontsek (HUN)52.51
Javelin throw
 Yelena Gorchakova (URS)51.39  Maria Diaconescu (ROM)50.64  Almut Brömmel (FRG)47.65

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)1310225
2 Hungary (HUN)4037
3 Romania (ROM)2428
4 West Germany (FRG)22711
5 Poland (POL)2226
6 Czechoslovakia (TCH)2114
7 Bulgaria (BUL)1247
8 Ireland (IRL)1012
 Italy (ITA)1012
10 Cuba (CUB)1001
11 Great Britain (GBR)0347
12 Japan (JPN)0213
13 Austria (AUT)0112
14 Belgium (BEL)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
Totals (15 entries)29292987


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