1937 International University Games

The 1937 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Paris, France. Held from 21–29 August, 22 nations competed in fourteen sports. Boxing, cycling, field hockey, handball, and shooting all made their first appearance at the games. The gymnastics competition was dropped, however, and did not appear again until 1961. This tournament marked the first appearance of a South American nation, in the form of Brazil.^[1]

Sports[edit]

Athltics medal summary[edit]

Men[edit]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Cyril Holmes (ENG)	10.6	Alan Pennington (ENG)	10.7	Theo Vogelsang (GER)	10.8
200 metres	Cyril Holmes (ENG)	21.5	Aloisio Queiroz Telles (BRA)	22.0	Hubert Bluquette (FRA)	22.0
400 metres	Godfrey Brown (ENG)	47.8	John Horsfall (ENG)^[2]	48.2	Ronald Wylde (SCO)	48.2
800 metres	Jim Alford (WAL)	1:54.1	Hamish Stothard (ENG)	1:54.3	János Aradi (HUN)	1:54.3
1500 metres	Jim Alford (WAL)	3:56.0	Jack Emery (ENG)	3:57.0	Herbert Stieglitz (GER)	3:59.9
5000 metres	Peter Ward (ENG)	15:21.6	Morris Carstairs (SCO)	15:24.2	András Csaplár (HUN)	15:38.2
110 metres hurdles	Paul Mathiotte (FRA)	14.9^[3]	Rudolf Eggenberg (SUI)	15.2^[3]	Carl Grampp (GER)	15.2^[3]
400 metres hurdles	Walter Darr (GER)	54.6	Darcy Guimarães (BRA)	55.0	Fritz Nottbrock (GER)	55.0
4×100 metres relay	England (ENG) Godfrey Brown Sandy Duncan Alan Pennington Cyril Holmes	41.8	Germany (GER) Fritz Müller Peter Fehring Heinz-Wilhelm Salland Willi Bönecke	42.4	France (FRA) Georges Courtin André Dessus Paul Mathiotte Hubert Bluquette	42.5
4×400 metres relay	England (ENG) John Horsfall John Barnes Alan Pennington Godfrey Brown	3:14.0	France (FRA) Pierre Skawinski Raymond Boisset Paul Faure Jacques Lévèque	3:16.6	Germany (GER) Wolfgang Dessecker Josef Volmert Peter Rössler Walter Darr	3:22.0
1600 metres medley relay	England (ENG) Hamish Stothard Alan Pennington Cyril Holmes John Barnes	3:28.3	Germany (GER) Wolfgang Dessecker Josef Volmert Hans-Georg Steigerthal Albert Sumser	3:31.4	France (FRA) Raymond Boisset André Dessus André Gardien Laurent Charles	3:34.8
High jump	Gustav Weinkötz (GER)	1.95	Vladimír Galanda (TCH)	1.90	Kurt Augustin (GER)	1.85
Pole vault	Richard Webster (ENG)	3.85	Georgios Thanos (GRE)	3.75	Ervald Aarma (EST)	3.75
Long jump	Luz Long (GER)	7.68	Ruudi Toomsalu (EST)	7.29	Carl Grampp (GER)	7.28
Shot put	Aleksander Kreek (EST)	15.17	Adolf Kamputsch (AUT)	14.41	Kurt Gross-Fengels (GER)	14.34
Discus throw	Gerhard Hilbrecht (GER)	46.25	Dezsõ Józsa (HUN)	45.88	Kurt Gross-Fengels (GER)	43.35
Javelin throw	Friedrich Issak (EST)	70.25	József Várszegi (HUN)	67.18	Eduard Bartels (GER)	65.45
Pentathlon	Fritz Müller (GER)	3824.00	Gerhard Hilbrecht (GER)	3433.00	Rudolf Amsler (AUT)	3128.00

Women[edit]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
80 metres	Dorothy Saunders (ENG)	9.8	Audrey Brown (ENG)	10.0	Huhnemorder (GER)^[4]	10.1
200 metres	Dorothy Saunders (ENG)	24.8	Audrey Brown (ENG)	25.4	Madeleine Gravil (FRA)	26.5
80 metres hurdles	Siegfriede Dempe (GER)	11.7	Annemarie Westphal (GER)	12.2	Grethe Whitehead (ENG)	12.4
4×100 metres relay	Germany (GER) Annemarie Westphal Traute Göppner Siegfriede Dempe Huhnemorder	49.8	England (ENG) Dorothy Saunders Vida Cunliffe Linda Whitman Audrey Brown	50.0	France (FRA)	53.9?
High jump	Gisela Mauermayer (GER)	1.53	Marjorie Gray (SCO)	1.45	Enid Cathcart (SCO)	1.45
Long jump	Traute Göppner (GER)	5.39	Gisela Mauermayer (GER)	5.34	Wanda Nowak (AUT)	5.33
Shot put	Gisela Mauermayer (GER)	12.55	Annemarie Westphal (GER)	11.77	Nagel (GER)^[5]	10.24
Discus throw	Gisela Mauermayer (GER)	44.17	Huchting (GER)^[6]	33.28	Nobiling (GER)^[7]	30.41
Javelin throw	Gerda Goldmann (GER)	38.85	Gisela Rothaus (GER)	37.19	Constance Lee (ENG)	33.69

Athletics medal table[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	11	6	12	29
2	England (ENG)	8	6	1	15
3	Estonia (EST)	2	1	1	4
4	Wales (WAL)	2	0	0	2
5	France (FRA)	1	1	4	6
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	2	4
6	Scotland (SCO)	0	2	2	4
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	2	0	2
9	Austria (AUT)	0	1	2	3
10	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
Totals (12 entries)		24	24	24	72

Participating nations[edit]

References[edit]

World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) - GBR Athletics

^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
^ John Horsfall represented England but was from Australia
^ ^a ^b ^c The source for these results suggests these results were possibly wind-assisted
^ The source for these results gives no first name for Huhnemorder
^ The source for these results gives no first name for Nagel
^ The source for these results gives no first name for Huchting
^ The source for these results gives no first name for Nobiling

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

[2] John Horsfall represented England but was from Australia

[Time-3] The source for these results suggests these results were possibly wind-assisted

[4] The source for these results gives no first name for Huhnemorder

[5] The source for these results gives no first name for Nagel

[6] The source for these results gives no first name for Huchting

[7] The source for these results gives no first name for Nobiling

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