1927 Summer Student World Championships

The 1927 Summer Student World Championships, was the third editions of the Summer Student World Championships, were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Rome, Italy. Held from 28 August to 4 September, 269 athletes from 15 nations competed in the sports programme including athletics, fencing, association football, swimming and tennis. Women's events were introduced for the first time, but in swimming only.[1]

Athletics medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   André Théard (HAI)[2] 10.6   Elemér Veress (HUN) 11.0   János Paitz (HUN) 11.0
200 metres   János Paitz (HUN) 22.4   Georges Krotoff (FRA) 22.8   Kazimierz Kasperkiewicz (POL) 22.8
400 metres   Paul Martin (SUI) 50.6   Joseph Jackson (FRA) 52.2   László Magdics (HUN) 52.6
800 metres   Paul Martin (SUI) 1:57.6   René Wiriath (FRA) 1:58.8   Lajos Remetz (HUN) 2:01.0[3]
1500 metres   René Wiriath (FRA) 4:05.0   Paul Martin (SUI) 4:06.6   Euclide Svampa (ITA) 4:14.6
3000 metres   Józef Jaworski (POL) 9:20.4   John Bell (USA) 9:28.0   Josef Hron (TCH) 9:33.4
110 metres hurdles   Gabriel Sempé (FRA) 15.2   Wojciech Trojanowski (POL) 16.0   Stefan Kostrzewski (POL) 16.2[3]
4×100 metres relay   Hungary
Ferenc Orbán
János Paizs
Elemér Veress
Károly Ottováy
44.4   France
Géo André
Jacques Flouret
Georges Krotoff
Gabriel Sempé
44.6   Italy
Alberto D'Agostino
Renato Alessandri
Manlio Gelsomini
Aldo Colussi
45.0
4×400 metres relay   France
Joseph Jackson
René Wiriath
Georges Pontvianne
Marcel Keller
3:28.4   Hungary
Károly Ottováy
Ödön Ferenczy
Lajos Remetz
Endre Sandor
3:30.4   Poland
Zygmunt Weiss
Józef Korolkiewicz
Józef de Virion
Stefan Kostrzewski[4]
3:31.2
1000 metres medley relay   Hungary
János Paizs
Elemér Veress
Károly Ottováy
Ödön Ferenczy
2:01.2[3]   France
Géo André
Georges Krotoff
René Wiriath
Émile Mattei
2:02.8[3]   Czechoslovakia
Karel Kněnický
Jan Holub
Emanuel Černý
Ladislav Dostál
2:03.0
High jump   Ferenc Orbán (HUN) 1.86   József Tass (HUN) 1.83   Fernand Aupinel (FRA) 1.83
Pole vault   Raimund Held (AUT) 3.60   István Király (HUN) 3.50   Artur Reisner (EST) 3.40
Long jump   Virgilio Tommasi (ITA) 7.03   József Tass (HUN) 6.78   Elemér Veress (HUN) 6.73
Shot put   Antal Bacsalmasi (HUN) 14.22   Hugo Vītols (LAT) 13.70   Nikolai Feldmann (EST) 13.18
Discus throw   Jan Beneš (TCH) 39.73   Pál Tóth (HUN) 38.63   Wilhelm Schwartzinger (AUT) 38.48
Javelin throw   Johannes Schutz (EST) 51.85[3]   Jacques Flouret (FRA) 51.35   Agop Taxgian (ITA) 50.27
Pentathlon   Ludovico Paternò (ITA) 3145.68   Jacques Flouret (FRA) 3135.77   Gustavo Baracchi (ITA) 2987.36

Athletics medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Hungary (HUN)46414
2  France (FRA)36110
3  Switzerland (SUI)2103
4  Italy (ITA)2035
5  Poland (POL)1135
6  Estonia (EST)1023
7  Austria (AUT)1012
  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1012
9  Latvia (LAT)0101
  United States (USA)0101
Totals (10 entries)15161546

Participating nations

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References

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  1. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  2. ^ André Théard was from Haiti but represented France
  3. ^ a b c d e The source of the results suggests there is uncertainty as to the exact time
  4. ^ Kurzyński H., Pietkiewicz S., Rynkowski M., Od Adamczaka do Zasłony. Leksykon lekkoatletów polskich okresu międzywojennego. Mężczyźni, Warszawa 2004, pp. 100, 102, 228, 231