Athletics at the 1947 World Festival of Youth and Students

The 1st World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. The events were contested in Prague, Czechoslovakia in August 1947. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the more Western European-oriented 1947 International University Games held in Paris the same year.[1]

Prominent competitors included Ivan Gubijan, Wacław Kuźmicki and Olga Šicnerová, all of whom later participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Double sprint gold medallist Ion Moina's feats later led to the Stadionul Ion Moina being named in his honour. Přemysl Hajný won a shot put and discus throw double in the men's section and later won an Olympic silver medal in ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics.[2] Only one medallist in the women's section was from outside of Poland and Czechoslovakia.[1]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Ion Moina (ROM) 10.7   Giuseppe Guzzi (ITA) 10.9   Karel Lambert (TCH) 10.9
200 metres   Ion Moina (ROM) 21.9   Bogdan Lipski (POL) 22.5   Zvonimir Sabolović (YUG) 22.6
400 metres   Zvonimir Sabolović (YUG) 50.4   Zygmunt Buhl (POL) 50.9   Giuseppe Rocca (ITA) 51.0
800 metres   Karel Vomáčka (TCH) 1:57.5   Rinaldo Molina (ITA) 1:59.5   Antonín Bechyne (TCH) 2:00.1
1500 metres   Rinaldo Molina (ITA) 4:11.4   Jaroslav Slavíček (TCH) 4:17.0   Mieczysław Nowak (POL) 4:18.2
5000 metres   Đorđe Stefanović (YUG) 15:29.4   Karel Zabloudil (TCH) 15:41.6   Napoleon Dzwonkowski (POL) 15:41.6
110 m hurdles   Danilo Pacchini (ITA) 15.5   Belul Hatibi (ALB) 16.1   Giuseppe Siletto (ITA) 16.1
4 × 100 m relay   Italy (ITA) 43.7   Poland (POL)
Zygmunt Buhl
Bogdan Lipski
Henryk Białkowski
Jerzy Grzanka
44.1   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 44.3
High jump   Ioan Soter (ROM) 1.90 m   Italo Gabbiazzi (ITA) 1.75 m   Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) 1.70 m
Pole vault   Zeno Dragomir (ROM) 3.60 m Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Long jump   Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) 6.70 m   Karel Hilský (TCH) 6.57 m   Davorin Marčelja (YUG) 6.33 m
Shot put   Přemysl Hajný (TCH) 13.53 m   Eduard Čestr (TCH) 12.81 m   Edward Adamczyk (POL) 12.39 m
Discus throw   Přemysl Hajný (TCH) 40.48 m   Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) 39.06 m   Davorin Marčelja (YUG) 38.58 m
Hammer throw   Jaroslav Knotek (TCH) 54.48 m   Ivan Gubijan (YUG) 50.48 m Unknown Unknown
Javelin throw   Mirko Vujačić (YUG) 61.75 m   Ludvík Wunsch (TCH) 57.45 m   Davorin Marčelja (YUG) 55.12 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Olga Šicnerová (TCH) 12.5   Jadwiga Słomczewska (POL) 12.7   Danuše Klesnilová (TCH) 12.8
200 metres   Olga Šicnerová (TCH) 27.1   Jadwiga Słomczewska (POL) 27.5   Wasilewska (POL) 31.0
80 m hurdles   Aniela Mitan (POL) 12.6   Kveta Volšíková (TCH) 12.9   Anna Plšková (TCH) 13.0
4 × 100 m relay   Poland (POL) 52.4 Only one finishing team
High jump   Kveta Volšíková (TCH) 1.45 m   Aniela Mitan (POL)
  Olga Modrachová (TCH)
1.40 m Not awarded
Long jump   Sona Reichová (TCH) 5.27 m   Danuše Klesnilová (TCH) 5.18 m   Olga Modrachová (TCH) 4.91 m
Shot put   Adéla Machácková (TCH) 11.82 m   Anna Cieślewicz (POL) 11.68 m   Danica Marinček (YUG) 11.04 m
Discus throw   Hana Ženíšková (TCH) 34.38 m   Adéla Machácková (TCH) 33.43 m   Helena Stachowicz (POL) 33.23 m
Javelin throw   Helena Stachowicz (POL) 38.26 m   Marta Komínová (TCH) 29.16 m   Hana Ženíšková (TCH) 26.50 m

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1010727
2  Poland (POL)48618
3  Romania (ROM)4004
4  Italy (ITA)3328
5  Yugoslavia (YUG)3159
6  Albania (ALB)0101
Totals (6 entries)24232067

References

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  1. ^ a b World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
  2. ^ Přemysl Hainý. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
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