Summer Universiade 1961 / Athletics

Athletics at the ; 1961 Summer Universiade
information
venue	Sofia Bulgaria;
Competition venue	Vasil Levski National Stadium
date	August 31 to September 3, 1961
decisions	29
	← Turin 1959 Porto Alegre 1963 →

Athletics medal table (after 29 of 29 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Soviet Union Soviet Union	13	10	2	25th
02	Hungary Hungary	4th	-	3	7th
03	Romania 1952 Romania	2	4th	2	8th
04th	Germany BR BR Germany	2	2	7th	11
05	Poland Poland	2	2	2	6th
06th	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	4th
07th	Bulgaria 1948 Bulgaria	1	2	4th	7th
08th	Ireland Ireland	1	-	1	2
0	Italy Italy	1	-	1	2
10	Cuba Cuba	1	-	-	1
11	United Kingdom United Kingdom	-	3	4th	7th
12	Japan Japan	-	2	1	3
13	Austria Austria	-	1	1	2
14th	Belgium Belgium	-	1	-	1
0	Switzerland Switzerland	-	1	-	1
Total		29	29	29	87

The athletics competitions of the Summer Universiade 1961 took place from August 31 to September 3, 1961 in the Vasil Levski National Stadium in the Bulgarian capital Sofia .

Results women

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tatiana Shchelkanova	Soviet Union URS	11.78
2	Galina Popova	Soviet Union URS	11.90
3	Joan Atkinson	United Kingdom GBR	11.93

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Barbara Janiszewska	Poland 1928 POLE	24.44
2	Joan Atkinson	United Kingdom GBR	24.49
3	Vera Kabranjuk	Soviet Union URS	24.70

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Antje Gleichfeld	Germany BR FRG	2: 07.76 UR
2	Florica Grecescu	Romania 1952 ROU	2: 08.67
3	Tsvetana Isaewa	Bulgaria 1948 BUL	2: 12.59

80 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Irina Press	Soviet Union URS	10.90 UR
2	Rimma Koscheljowa	Soviet Union URS	11.01
3	Sneschana Kerkowa	Bulgaria 1948 BUL	11.09

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Rimma Koscheljowa Tatiana Shchelkanova	46.2 UR
2	Poland 1928 Poland	Mirosława Sałacińska Irena Szczupak Elżbieta Krzesińska Barbara Janiszewska	47.5
3	Bulgaria 1948 Bulgaria	Diana Jorgowa	47.9

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Iolanda Balaș	Romania 1952 ROME	1.85 UR
2	Klara Pushkareva	Soviet Union URS	1.67
3	Thelma Hopkins	United Kingdom GBR	1.65

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Shchelkanova	Soviet Union URS	6.49 UR
2	Diana Jorgowa	Bulgaria 1948 BUL	6.12
3	Elżbieta Krzesińska	Poland 1928 POLE	6.11

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tamara Press	Soviet Union URS	17.12 UR
2	Irina Press	Soviet Union URS	15.61
3	Ana Roth	Romania 1952 ROU	15.59
4th
5
6th	Jolán Kontsek	Hungary HUN	14.16

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tamara Press	Soviet Union URS	58.06 UR
2	Antonina Solotuchina	Soviet Union URS	53.82
3	Jolán Kontsek	Hungary HUN	52.51

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union URS	51.39 UR
2	Maria Diaconescu	Romania 1952 ROU	47.02
3	Almut Brömmel	Germany BR FRG	47.65

Results men

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba CUB	10.38 UR
2	Berwyn Jones	United Kingdom GBR	10.59
3	László Mihályfi	Hungary HUN	10.65

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	László Mihályfi	Hungary HUN	21.27
2	Brian Smouha	United Kingdom GBR	21.40
3	Brian Anson	United Kingdom GBR	21.51

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia TCH	47.51
2	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium BEL	48.06
3	Otto Grasshoff	Germany BR FRG	48.53

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ron Delany	Ireland IRL	1: 51.1
2	Rudolf Klaban	Austria GBR	1: 51.4
3	Wolfgang Schöll	Germany BR FRG	1: 51.6

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tomáš Salinger	Czechoslovakia TCH	3: 45.75 UR
2	Zoltan Vamoş	Romania 1952 ROU	3: 45.85
3	Rudolf Klaban	Austria GBR	3: 46.16

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	János Pintér	Hungary HUN	14: 23.4
2	Andrei Barabás	Romania 1952 ROU	14: 23.8
3	Peter Kubicki	Germany BR FRG	14: 23.8
4th
5
6th	Béla Szekeres	Hungary HUN	14: 30.0

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union URS	14.33
2	Klaus Willimczik	Germany BR FRG	14.62
3	Wiesław Król	Poland 1928 POLE	14.81

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Salvatore Morale	Italy ITA	50.14 UR
2	Georgi Chevychalov	Soviet Union URS	51.80
3	Elio Catola	Italy ITA	52.33

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Leonid Bartenew Valentin Tschistjakow Anatoli Michailow Edwin Osolin	41.22
2	Japan Japan	Kiyoshi Asai Hirotada Hayase Yōjirō Muro Takayuki Okazaki	41.30
3	Germany BR BR Germany	Hans-Jürgen Felsen	41.55

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Germany BR BR Germany	Peter Hoppe Wolfgang Schöll Otto Graßhoff Albert Grawitz	3: 10.56
2	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia		3: 12.93
3	United Kingdom United Kingdom	Menzies Campbell John Cooper Mike Fleet Mike Robinson	3: 14.63

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Valery Brumel	Soviet Union URS	2.25 UR
2	Igor Kashkarov	Soviet Union URS	2.08
3	Milan Valenta	Czechoslovakia TCH	2.03
4th
5
6th	Sándor Noszály	Hungary HUN	1.99

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dimitar Khelbarov	Bulgaria 1948 BUL	4.52 UR
2	Gérard Barras	Switzerland SUI	4.52 = UR
3	Ihor Petrenko	Soviet Union URS	4.52 = UR

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Igor Ter-Ovansyan	Soviet Union URS	7.90 UR
2	Takayuki Okazaki	Japan JPN	7.67
3	Ivan Ivanov	Bulgaria 1948 BUL	7.58

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sorin Ioan	Romania 1952 ROU	15.93 UR
2	Oleg Ryakhovsky	Soviet Union URS	15.85
3	Tomio Ōta	Japan JPN	15.65
4th
5	Gyula Czapalai	Hungary HUN	15.48

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Viktor Lipsnis	Soviet Union URS	18.00 UR
2	Dietrich Urbach	Germany BR FRG	17.64
3	Zsigmond Nagy	Hungary HUN	17.57

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Edmund Piątkowski	Poland 1928 POLE	59.15 UR
2	Kaupo Mezur	Soviet Union URS	54.20
3	Virgil Manolescu	Romania 1952 ROU	52.52

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gyula Zsivótzky	Hungary HUN	64.62 UR
2	Gennady Kondrashov	Soviet Union URS	63.38
3	John Lawlor	Ireland IRL	63.33
4th	Sándor Eckschmiedt	Hungary HUN	60.95

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary HUN	77.65 UR
2	Janusz Sidło	Poland 1928 POLE	77.48
3	Rolf Herings	Germany BR FRG	75.67

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Vasily Kuznetsov	Soviet Union URS	7918
2	Milan Kuzmanov	Bulgaria 1948 BUL	6226
3	Klaus-Dieter Röper	Germany BR FRG	6209

Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade


information
venue	Sofia Bulgaria Bulgaria 1948
Competition venue	Vasil Levski National Stadium
date	August 31 to September 3, 1961
decisions	29
← Turin 1959 Porto Alegre 1963 →

Summer Universiade 1961 / Athletics

contents

Results women

100 m

200 m

800 m

80 m hurdles

4 × 100 m relay

high jump

Long jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Javelin throw

Results men

100 m

200 m

400 m

800 m

1500 m

5000 m

110 m hurdles

400 m hurdles

4 × 100 m relay

4 × 400 m relay

high jump

Pole vault

Long jump

Triple jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Hammer throw

Javelin throw

Decathlon

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