1933 International University Games

The 1933 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Turin, Italy. Held from 1–10 September, 27 nations competed in nine sports. Women competed only in the athletics, swimming, fencing, and tennis events (the latter two being debut events for women). This edition marked the first appearance of African athletes at the competition, as South Africa and Egypt sent delegations for the first time.[1]

Sports

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Erhard Pflug (GER)10.70  Paul Virtanen (FIN)10.80  Ulderico Di Blas (ITA)10.90
200 metres  Andrej Engel (TCH)22.10  Erhard Pflug (GER)22.20  Angelo Ferrario (ITA)22.30
400 metres  Ivan Fuqua (USA)47.80  Harry Voigt (GER)48.30  Adolf Metzner (GER)48.50
800 metres  Wolfgang Dessecker (GER)1:54.6  Max Danz (GER)1:55.0  Umberto Cerati (ITA)1:55.6?
1500 metres  Luigi Beccali (ITA)3:49.2  Jack Lovelock (NZL)3:49.8  Wolfgang Dessecker (GER)4:03.0
3000 metres  Cerati Umberto (ITA)8:43.0  Joe McCluskey (USA)8:44.2  Josef Hron (TCH)9:02.8?
110 metres hurdles  John Morriss (USA)14.40  Erwin Wegner (GER)14.90  Corrado Valle (ITA)15.60
400 metres hurdles  Géza Nagy (HUN)54.70  Ralph Brown (ENG)54.80  Emilio Mori (ITA)56.00
4×100 metres relay  Germany (GER)42.00  Italy (ITA)42.00  Czech Republic (CZE)42.60
4×400 metres relay  Germany (GER)3:17.6  France (FRA)3:17.6  Italy (ITA)3:19.0
1600 metres medley relay  Italy (ITA)3:28.2  Germany (GER)3:28.2  Hungary (HUN)3:31.2
High jump  Mihály Bodosi (HUN)1.94  Aksel Kuuse (EST)1.91  Nils Bergström (SWE)1.85
Pole vault  Bo Ljungberg (SWE)3.90  Diego Pajmaevich (ARG)3.80  Riccardo Galetto (ITA)3.80
Long jump  Nikolai Küttis (EST)7.26  Martti Tolamo (FIN)7.03  Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER)6.94
Shot put  Risto Kuntsi (FIN)15.52  Arnold Viiding (EST)15.09  Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER)14.95
Discus throw  Henri LaBorde (USA)48.90  Arnold Viiding (EST)45.40  Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER)44.54
Javelin throw  József Várszegi (HUN)64.85  Gustav Sule (EST)64.03?  Gottfried Weimann (GER)64.02
Pentathlon  Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER)4163.54  Wolrad Eberle (GER)3979.51  Martti Tolamo (FIN)3941.24

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Trebisonda Valla (ITA)12.90  Audrey Brown (ENG)13.00  Claudia Testoni (ITA)13.00
80 metres hurdles  Trebisonda Valla (ITA)12.20  Claudia Testoni (ITA)12.60  Rózsi Perjés-Pertich (HUN)13.00
4 x 100 metres relay  Italy (ITA)51.50  England (ENG)51.50  Latvia (LAT)51.90
High jump  Trebisonda Valla (ITA)1.45  Kathleen Halsall (ENG)1.40  Violeta Eversa (LAT)1.40
Long jump  Claudia Testoni (ITA)5.03  Rózsi Perjés-Pertich (HUN)4.97  Trebisonda Valla (ITA)4.85
Discus throw  Lidia Bongiovanni (ITA)25.62  V. Booth (ENG)24.27?  Sybil Ireland (ENG)22.12
Javelin throw  Margaret Cox (ENG)29.16  Constance Lee (ENG)28.81  Maria Cosselli (ITA)27.81

Athletics medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Italy (ITA) 9 1 9 19
2  Germany (GER) 4 6 6 16
3  Hungary (HUN) 3 1 2 6
4  United States (USA) 3 1 0 4
5  Estonia (EST) 1 4 0 5
6  Finland (FIN) 1 2 1 4
7  Sweden (SWE) 1 0 1 2
8  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 0 1 2
9  England (ENG) 0 5 1 6
10  Argentina (ARG) 0 1 0 1
11  France (FRA) 0 1 0 1
12  New Zealand (NZL) 0 1 0 1
13  Latvia (LAT) 0 0 2 2
Total 23 23 23 69

References

  1. ↑ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
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