1937 International University Games Explained

The 1937 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Paris, France. Held from 21–29 August, 22 nations competed in fourteen sports. Boxing, cycling, field hockey, handball, and shooting all made their first appearance at the games. The gymnastics competition was dropped, however, and did not appear again until 1961. This tournament marked the first appearance of a South American nation, in the form of Brazil.^[1]

Athletics medal summary

Men

100 metres		10.6		10.7		10.8
200 metres		21.5		22.0		22.0
400 metres		47.8	^[2]	48.2		48.2
800 metres		1:54.1		1:54.3		1:54.3
1500 metres		3:56.0		3:57.0		3:59.9
5000 metres		15:21.6		15:24.2		15:38.2
110 metres hurdles		14.9^[3]		15.2		15.2
400 metres hurdles		54.6		55.0		55.0
4×100 metres relay	Godfrey Brown Sandy Duncan Alan Pennington Cyril Holmes	41.8	Fritz Müller Peter Fehring Heinz-Wilhelm Salland Willi Bönecke	42.4	Georges Courtin André Dessus Paul Mathiotte Hubert Bluquette	42.5
4×400 metres relay	John Horsfall John Barnes Alan Pennington Godfrey Brown	3:14.0	Pierre Skawinski Raymond Boisset Paul Faure Jacques Lévèque	3:16.6	Wolfgang Dessecker Josef Volmert Peter Rössler Walter Darr	3:22.0
1600 metres medley relay	Hamish Stothard Alan Pennington Cyril Holmes John Barnes	3:28.3	Wolfgang Dessecker Josef Volmert Hans-Georg Steigerthal Albert Sumser	3:31.4	Raymond Boisset André Dessus André Gardien Laurent Charles	3:34.8
High jump		1.95		1.90		1.85
Pole vault		3.85		3.75		3.75
Long jump		7.68		7.29		7.28
Shot put		15.17		14.41		14.34
Discus throw		46.25		45.88		43.35
Javelin throw		70.25		67.18		65.45
Pentathlon		3824.00		3433.00		3128.00

Women

80 metres		9.8		10.0	^[4]	10.1
200 metres		24.8		25.4		26.5
80 metres hurdles		11.7		12.2		12.4
4×100 metres relay	Annemarie Westphal Traute Göppner Siegfriede Dempe Huhnemorder	49.8	Dorothy Saunders Vida Cunliffe Linda Whitman Audrey Brown	50.0		53.9?
High jump		1.53		1.45		1.45
Long jump		5.39		5.34		5.33
Shot put		12.55		11.77	^[5]	10.24
Discus throw		44.17	^[6]	33.28	^[7]	30.41
Javelin throw		38.85		37.19		33.69

Participating nations

• • • Brazil
    • Egypt
      • Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Italy
  • Lithuania
    • • Poland
        • • United States

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. John Horsfall represented England but was from Australia
3. The source for these results suggests these results were possibly wind-assisted
4. The source for these results gives no first name for Huhnemorder
5. The source for these results gives no first name for Nagel
6. The source for these results gives no first name for Huchting
7. The source for these results gives no first name for Nobiling