1927 Summer Student World Championships Explained

The 1927 Summer Student World Championships, was the third editions of the Summer Student World Championships, were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Rome, Italy. Held from 28 August to 4 September, 269 athletes from 15 nations competed in the sports programme including athletics, fencing, association football, swimming and tennis. Women's events were introduced for the first time, but in swimming only.^[1]

Athletics medal summary

100 metres	^[2]	10.6		11.0		11.0
200 metres		22.4		22.8		22.8
400 metres		50.6		52.2		52.6
800 metres		1:57.6		1:58.8		2:01.0^[3]
1500 metres		4:05.0		4:06.6		4:14.6
3000 metres		9:20.4		9:28.0		9:33.4
110 metres hurdles		15.2		16.0		16.2
4×100 metres relay	Hungary Ferenc Orbán János Paizs Elemér Veress Károly Ottováy	44.4	France Géo André Jacques Flouret Georges Krotoff Gabriel Sempé	44.6	Italy Alberto D'Agostino Renato Alessandri Manlio Gelsomini Aldo Colussi	45.0
4×400 metres relay	France Joseph Jackson René Wiriath Georges Pontvianne Marcel Keller	3:28.4	Hungary Károly Ottováy Ödön Ferenczy Lajos Remetz Endre Sandor	3:30.4	Poland Zygmunt Weiss Józef Korolkiewicz Józef de Virion Stefan Kostrzewski^[4]	3:31.2
1000 metres medley relay	Hungary János Paizs Elemér Veress Károly Ottováy Ödön Ferenczy	2:01.2	France Géo André Georges Krotoff René Wiriath Émile Mattei	2:02.8	Czechoslovakia Karel Kněnický Jan Holub Emanuel Černý Ladislav Dostál	2:03.0
High jump		1.86		1.83		1.83
Pole vault		3.60		3.50		3.40
Long jump		7.03		6.78		6.73
Shot put		14.22		13.70		13.18
Discus throw		39.73		38.63		38.48
Javelin throw		51.85		51.35		50.27
Pentathlon		3145.68		3135.77		2987.36

Participating nations

• • • • • • • Greece
  • Hungary
• Italy
  • Poland
  • South Africa

References

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

Notes and References

1. Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. .
2. André Théard was from Haiti but represented France
3. The source of the results suggests there is uncertainty as to the exact time
4. Kurzyński H., Pietkiewicz S., Rynkowski M., Od Adamczaka do Zasłony. Leksykon lekkoatletów polskich okresu międzywojennego. Mężczyźni, Warszawa 2004, pp. 100, 102, 228, 231