1939 International University Games Explained

The 1939 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. At these games a number of Athletic events were contested. An alternative version was held in Vienna, Austria.

Athletics medal summary

Men

100 Metres		10.5		10.7		Unknown
200 Metres		21.5		22.0		22.0
400 Metres		49.3		49.6		50.1
800 Metres		1:53.3		1:53.8		1:54.3
1500 Metres		04:01.1		4:03.5^[1]		04:09.0
5000 Metres		15:20.2		15:20.2		16:11.2
110 Metres Hurdles		14.6		15.2		15.8
400 Metres Hurdles		52.8		56.4		56.5
4 x 100 Metres Relay	United States Roy Cochran Clyde Jeffrey Joe Batiste Bill Watson	41.9	France Jean Fusil René Valmy Albert Bocourt Marc Aubert	42.1	Latvia Valdis Pormanis Arnolds Feldhūns Georgs Ālers Arnolds Bērziņš	43.7
4 x 400 Metres Relay	United States Blaine Rideout Roy Cochran Clyde Jeffrey Charles Beetham	3:14.5	France Jean Pfanner Paul Peyre Jacques Lévèque Paul Faure	3:16.3	Scotland	3:28.5
1600 Metres Medley Relay	United States Roy Cochran Clyde Jeffrey Charles Beetham Blaine Rideout	3:27.8	Poland Wacław Gąssowski Stefan Sulikowski Jan Tęsiorowski Zygmunt Zabierzowski^[2]	3:32.9	France Albert Bocourt Marc Aubert Paul Peyre Henri Durand	50 m bh2
High Jump		1.90		1.80	^[3]	1.75
Pole Vault		4.11		3.80		3.50
Long Jump		7.11		7.05		6.86
Triple Jump		14.11		13.70		13.68
Shot		15.78		14.68		14.62
Discus		45.85		45.08		43.92
Javelin		67.87		62.20		59.52
Pentathlon		3456^[4]		3216		2998

Women

80 Metres		10.4		Unknown	^[5]	Unknown
200 Metres		26.8		28.1		28.2
80 Metres Hurdles		13.1		13.2e		Unknown
4 x 100 Metres Relay	France Jeanine Toulouse Paulette Morisson Dejean Marguerite André	51.7	Scotland Olive McMillan Rosamund Sellar Nancy Watt Marjorie Gray	52.4	England Elizabeth Duke Helene Mayer Inez Sweeting Dorothy Saunders	Unknown
High Jump		1.49		1.46	^[6]	1.42
Long Jump		5.09		4.92	^[7]	4.91
Shot		9.19		8.93	Unknown	Unknown
Discus		29.32^[8]		28.09		23.90
Javelin		22.34		20.45	Unknown	Unknown

Participating nations

• • Brazil
    • Egypt
      • • India
          • • Poland
      • United States

References

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

Notes and References

1. The time for this result is not completely certain according to the source information
2. Kurzyński H., Pietkiewicz S., Rynkowski M., Od Adamczaka do Zasłony. Leksykon lekkoatletów polskich okresu międzywojennego. Mężczyźni, Warszawa 2004, pp. 58, 210, 221, 241
3. S.A. Edwards represented Ceylon but was from England
4. The time for this result is not completely certain according to the source information
5. The source for these results gives no first name for Dejean
6. Helene Mayer represented England but was from Germany
7. The source for these results gives no first name for Miche
8. The distance for this result is not completely certain according to the source information