Athletics at the 1949 World Festival of Youth and Students
The athletics competition among its programme of events. The events were contested in Budapest, Hungary, between 15 and 21 August 1949. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the more Western European-oriented 1949 Summer International University Sports Week held in Merano the same year.[1]
The women's events provided the most prominent top level athletes. Hungary's
Yevgeniy Bulanchik (1954 European hurdles champion) and 1952 Olympic medallists Vladimir Kazantsev, Yuriy Lituyev and Klavdiya Tochonova
.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 17 | 16 | 15 | 48 |
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
3 | France (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Totals (6 entries) | 31 | 32 | 30 | 93 |
References
- ^ a b World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
- Results
- World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.