1954 World Student Games

The 1954 World Student Games were an athletics competition held in Budapest, Hungary by the Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE) between 5 and 8 August. It marked a one-off departure from the athletics event being linked to the biennial World Festival of Youth and Students. The level of competition was not as high as the previous, festival-associated event, but still featured winning performances from four 1954 European champions: Lajos Szentgáli (800 metres), Anatoliy Yulin (400 metres hurdles), Ödön Földessy (long jump), and Janusz Sidło (javelin throw). Javelin thrower Földessy was the only man to retain his world student title and in the women's section Christa Stubnick repeated her sprint double (the only female repeat victor). The women's events featured less established talents, though many winners in Budapest went on to greater success. Lyudmila Lisenko, Iolanda Balaș and Vera Krepkina eventually became Olympic champions at the 1960 Rome Olympics, while Christa Stubnick, Gisela Köhler and Irina Beglyakova were all runners-up at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Discus bronze medallist Lia Manoliu grew to become Olympic champion fourteen years later. Medal summary Men 100 metresZdobysław Stawczyk POL 1928 10.6Levan Sanadze URS 10.7Angel Kolev BUL 1946 10.8200 metresZdobysław Stawczyk POL 1928 21.5Ewald Schröder GDR 21.6Zenon Baranowski POL 1928 21.7400 metresWilli Bromberger GDR 48.2Gerard Mach POL 1928 48.3Horst Mann GDR 48.5800 metresLajos Szentgáli HUN 1949 1:50.5Edmund Potrzebowski POL 1928 1:50.8László Tanay HUN 1949 1:51.51500 metresEdmund Potrzebowski POL 1928 3:49.8Ernő Béres HUN 1949 3:50.4Alojzy Graj POL 1928 3:50.85000 metresAlojzy Graj POL 1928 14:44.8László Tábori HUN 1949 14:45.6Ernő Béres HUN 1949 14:47.610,000 metresGyula Pénzes HUN 1949 31:02.8Hubert Berta HUN 1949 31:43.6Tege Yitao CHN 33:00.4110 m hurdlesBoris Stolyarov URS 14.3Vyacheslav Bogatov URS 14.5Ion Opris ROM 1952 14.8400 m hurdlesAnatoliy Yulin URS 51.9Igor Ilyin URS 52.1Ilie Savel ROM 1952 52.63000 metres steeplechaseFerenc Dejeny HUN 1949 9:00.0Grigore Cojocaru ROM 1952 9:03.4Jaroslav Slavíček TCH 9:20.210,000 m walkHaralambie Racescu ROM 1952 47:07.4Hans-Joachim Kolletzki GDR 47:55.6László Palotai HUN 1949 48:07.44 × 100 m relayURSLeonid BartenievViktor RyabovLevan SanadzeBoris Tokarev 41.1POL 1928Zenon BaranowskiWiesław HolajnEmil KiszkaZdobysław Stawczyk 41.4HUN 1949József SenkeiGéza VarasdiLászló ZarándiBéla Goldoványi 41.54 × 400 m relayGDREwald SchröderWilli BrombergerHorst MannRolf Seliger 3:14.2POL 1928Gerard MachZbigniew MakomaskiLeszek SierekStanisław Swatowski 3:14.6HUN 1949Péter KarádiBéla DeriJózsef DarvasAttila Botár 3:16.7High jumpJaroslav Kovár TCH 1.99 mZbigniew Lewandowski POL 1928 1.99 mYuriy Stepanov URS 1.95 mPole vaultTamás Homonnay HUN 1949 4.20 mEdward Adamczyk POL 1928 4.15 mZenon Ważny POL 1928 4.10 mLong jumpÖdön Földessy HUN 1949 7.70 mIon Wiesenmayer ROM 1952 7.33 mNikolay Andrushenko URS 7.30 mTriple jumpZygfryd Weinberg POL 1928 15.30 mVirgil Zavadescu ROM 1952 15.08 mIon Sorin ROM 1952 15.07 mShot putVartan Ovsepyan URS 15.88 mFerenc Kövesdi HUN 1949 15.70 mGabriel Georgescu ROM 1952 15.49 mDiscus throwJózsef Szécsényi HUN 1949 51.19 mRudolf Solyóm HUN 1949 48.54 mGéjza Valent, Sr. TCH 47.16 mHammer throwBoris Popov BUL 1946 55.48 mOldrich Engl TCH 54.55 mLajos Kapcsos HUN 1949 53.50 mJavelin throwJanusz Sidło POL 1928 75.24 mZbigniew Radziwonowicz POL 1928 70.46 mSándor Krasznai HUN 1949 69.63 mDecathlonWalter Meier GDR 6587 ptsGheorghe Zimbresteanu ROM 1952 5746 ptsTibor Kertész HUN 1949 5678 pts Women 100 metresChrista Stubnick GDR 11.8Vera Krepkina URS 11.8Mariya Itkina URS 11.9200 metresChrista Stubnick GDR 23.6Mariya Itkina URS 24.2Vera Krepkina URS 24.3400 metresUrsula Donath GDR 55.0Polina Solopova URS 56.5Anna Suták HUN 1949 58.0800 metresUrsula Donath GDR 2:10.1Lyudmila Lisenko URS 2:11.3Dota Barakhovich URS 2:12.180 m hurdlesGisela Köhler GDR 11.0Yevgeniya Gurvich URS 11.3Elżbieta Bocian POL 1928 11.44 × 100 m relayURSMariya ItkinaVera KrepkinaOlga KoshelevaRimma Uliskina 46.3GDRUlla DonathGisela KöhlerChrista StubnickAlice Köckritz-Karger 46.5POL 1928Elżbieta BocianCelina JesionowskaMaria KusionBarbara Janiszewska 47.4High jumpIolanda Balaș ROM 1952 1.61 mIda Németh HUN 1949 1.56 mErzsébet Kertés HUN 1949 1.53 mLong jumpElżbieta Duńska POL 1928 6.12 mMaria Kusion POL 1928 6.00 mGalina Vinogradova URS 5.94 mShot putMariya Kuznetsova URS 15.01 mLea Maremäe URS 14.35 mEdit Sebes HUN 1949 12.91 mDiscus throwIrina Beglyakova URS 45.36 mZsuzsa Serédi HUN 1949 43.59 mLia Manoliu ROM 1952 42.46 mJavelin throwVirve Roolaid URS 51.52 mErzsébet Vígh HUN 1949 47.00 mLea Maremäe URS 46.65 mPentathlonElżbieta Duńska POL 1928 3971 ptsNina Martinenko URS 3738 ptsLyudmila Aralova URS 3717 pts Medal table flagteam 8 10 8 8 8 5 POL 1928 8 3 1 6 8 11 HUN 1949 2 4 5 ROM 1952 1 1 2 1 0 1 BUL 1946 0 0 1 References Results World Student Games (UIE). 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