1947 International University Games Explained

The 1947 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Paris, France, between 24 and 31 August. At these games a number of athletic and cycling events were contested.

Athletics

Men's events

100 Metres		10.5		10.8	^[1]	10.8
200 Metres		22.2		22.3		22.5
400 Metres		48.1	^[2]	48.6		48.8
800 Metres		1:54.4		1:54.6		1:54.7
1500 Metres		3:52.8		3:53.6		3:55.0
5000 Metres		14:20.8		15:12.4		15:15.4
110 Metres Hurdles		14.9		15.2		15.3
400 Metres Hurdles		52.3		55.2		55.4
4 x 100 Metres Relay	Hungary László Bartha György Csányi Ferenc Tima Béla Goldoványi	42.1	Italy Enrico Perucconi Michele Tito Giuseppe Guzzi Piero Bassetti	42.1	Czechoslovakia Jiří David Miroslav Horčic Mirko Paráček Jan Schmid	42.3
4 x 400 Metres Relay	France André Sigonney Armand Jacquier Pierre Le Gallais Jean-Claude Arifon	3:15.0	Sweden Folke Alnevik Nils Toll Carl-Göran Lindelöw Bengt Sigvard Palm	3:16.6	Italy Armando Filiput Luigi Paterlini Agostino Ercolessi Giorgio Zitelli	3:18.2
1600 Metres Medley Relay	Sweden Folke Alnevik Erland Fridén Carl-Göran Lindelöw Lennart Palm	3:27.0	France Jean-Claude Arifon Marc Litaudon André Sigonney Jacques Rasse	3:27.8	Hungary Ferenc Bánhalmi György Csányi Sándor Garay Béla Goldoványi	3:28.4
High Jump		1.93		1.90		1.85
Pole Vault		4.00		3.90		3.70
Long Jump		7.22		7.14		7.04
Triple Jump		14.62		14.50		14.28
Shot		14.53		13.67		13.38
Discus		47.80		44.76		42.72
Javelin		66.45		63.86		60.78
Pentathlon		3277.00		3225.00		3088.00

Women's events

100 Metres		12.6	^[3]	12.6		12.7
200 Metres		26.0		26.8		26.8
80 Metres Hurdles		11.9		12.1		12.4
4 x 100 Metres Relay	France Odile Exartier Jacqueline Couamet Algan Jacqueline Dufour	50.7	Czechoslovakia Dana Hiklová Danuše Klesnilová Hana Zentnerová Eva Preusová	52.0	Austria	54.2
High Jump		1.56		1.45?		1.45
Long Jump		5.47		5.07	^[4]	4.95
Shot		12.73		11.21		11.01
Discus		38.40		33.16		31.70
Javelin		38.86		38.22		37.77

Cycling

Men's event
Road Race^[5] ^[6]	Willy Kemp
Individual Pursuit^[7]			Willy Kemp
Team Pursuit		Willy Kemp

Medal table

incomplete (of the 28 athletics events, only 25/26 are listed)

References

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

Notes and References

1. Quamina Cofie represented Scotland but was from Nigeria
2. Peter Wallis represented England but was from South Africa
3. The source for these results gives no first name for Exartier
4. The source for these results gives no first name for Algan
5. Web site: World Championship, Road, Univ. 1947 . Cyclingarchives.com. 25 September 2012.
6. Web site: Willy Kemp (*1925). luxembourg.public.lu. 13 May 2013.
7. Web site: Palmares de Willy Kemp (Lux). memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. 13 May 2013.