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An International University Games (de Studenten-Weltspiele) was an international multi-sport event held between 20 and 27 August 1939 in Vienna, German Reich (now Vienna, Austria),Rebhann Fritz Maria Die braunen Jahre: Wien 1938-1945 1995 Wiener Journal Zeitschriftenverl. 9783853080139 78 which had originally been scheduled as the official 1939 staging of the Summer International University Games awarded to Vienna by the Confédération Internationale des Étudiants (CIE) in January 1938, prior to Austria's absorption into Nazi Germany by the Anschluss.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sjg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=R6YLAAAAIBAJ&pg=4545%2C143265 World Student Games: Surprise Change of Venue 1 June 1939 The Glasgow Herald 17 19 May 2016Students in Search of Their University: An International "conversation" Between Students on "Education in the Modern University", Luxemburg, May 22-25, 1938 1939 International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation 162 The National Socialist German Students' League (NSDStB) withdrew from the CIE in May 1939, and the CIE at short notice moved its version of the 1939 International University Games to Monte Carlo.
The formal opening was by Bernhard Rust, the Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture, on 20 August at Prater Stadium, the main venue of the games.http://www.beeldbankwo2.nl/detail.jsp?action=detail&recordidx=1 Feierliche Eröffnung der Studentenweltspiele 1939 Beeldbank WO2 [Image Bank WW2] de 22 May 2016 Amsterdam https://archive.today/20130912131044/http://www.beeldbankwo2.nl/detail.jsp?action=detail&recordidx=1 2013-09-12 deadhttps://www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/annodazumal/sportstaetten/stadion.html Das Wiener Stadion (Ernst-Happel-Stadion) Wien.gv.at Vienna City Council de 22 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807112739/https://www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/annodazumal/sportstaetten/stadion.html 2016-08-07 dead The International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation stated in 1940 that "the results of the Monaco Games were much superior to those of the Vienna Games."1940 Intellectual Co-operation Bulletin International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation 134 ?
Participating nations
The NSDStB invited many nations to the Vienna games, but most entrants were nations affiliated with the Axis powers.Kotek Joel Blumenau trans Ralph Students and the Cold War https://books.google.com/books?id=weqwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA242 19 May 2016 30 December 2015 Palgrave Macmillan UK 9781349248384 242, note 3 The following countries were reported to have participated in the games:Ernst Söllinger, Ein Münchener in Darmstadt https://books.google.com/books?id=gCTTl27097cC&pg=PA89 Raimund Kluber de 89 July 2018
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Nazi Germany German Reich
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Italy
Empire of Japan
Slovak Republic 1939 Slovak Republic
Spanish State
Union of South Africa
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Athletics
Men's events
100 MetresJózsef Sir HUN 192010.7Amelio Monacci ITA 186110.8Matsuo Taniguchi JPN10.9 200 MetresTullio Gonnelli ITA 186121.8József Sir HUN 192021.9Ernesto Bianchi ITA 186122.0 400 MetresOttavio Missoni ITA 186148.0Hans Helm GER Nazi48.3Karl Rinck GER Nazi48.5 800 MetresWolfgang Dessecker GER Nazi1:53.9Gioacchino Dorascenzi ITA 18611:54.4János Aradi HUN 19201:55.3 1500 MetresWolfgang Dessecker GER Nazi3:57.2Sándor Rátonyi HUN 19203:58.4Gusztáv Harsányi HUN 19203:59.6 5000 MetresRolf Fellersmann GER Nazi15:10.6András Csaplár HUN 192015:10.8Åke Lindstedt SWE15:28.6 110 Metres HurdlesLennart Lundberg SWE15.1Giorgio Oberweger ITA 186115.3Akira Kawamura JPN15.4 400 Metres HurdlesMax Meyr GER Nazi54.0Walter Darr GER Nazi54.5Jenõ Polgár HUN 192056.0 4 x 100 Metres RelayGermany NaziGermany "A"Fritz MüllerHarald MellerowiczSiegfried SchmittGünter Köster41.8Italy 1861Italy "A"Tullio GonnelliAmelio MonacciGianvittorio SchulteschiErnesto Bianchi42.1Hungary 1920HungaryJózsef SirFerenc SzigetváriLászló EmberJózsef Góby42.6 4 x 400 Metres RelayGermany NaziGermany "A"Karl RinckHans HelmCuno WielandGerhard Rose3:15.8Italy 1861Italy "A"Gioacchino DorascenziOttavio MissoniAldo FerassuttiAngelo Lualdi3:17.2Hungary 1920HungaryJózsef VadasJános GörkóiGyörgy SándorJenõ Polgár3:17.4 10 x 200 Metres RelayGermany NaziGermany3:38.3Italy 1861ItalyOttavio MissoniTullio GonnelliLeo CraigheroAmelio MonacciGianvittorio SchulteschiErnesto BianchiAldo FerassuttiBruno MainardiGiovanni ScolariAdriano Ambrosioni3:39.2Hungary 1920HungaryGyörgy SándorLászló EmberFerenc SzigetváriJózsef SirJenõ PolgárJózsef VadasVilmos VermesJózsef GóbyLászló GáborJános Görkói3:43.2 High JumpAssar Persson SWE1.90Gustav Weinkötz GER Nazi1.85Renato Dotti ITA 18611.85 Pole VaultRudolf Glötzner GER Nazi4.10Gian Battista Boscutti ITA 18613.90Bo Ljungberg SWE3.90 Long JumpGuido Bologna ITA 18617.09István Gyuricza HUN 19207.03Lennart Eliaeson SWE7.01 Triple JumpKim Won-Kwon JPNKim Won-Kwon represented Japan but was from Korea. The Japanese gave his name as Genken Kim15.37 Jaakko Vakkuri FIN14.73Vittorio Turco ITA 186114.72 ShotGerhard Stöck GER Nazi16.33Aleksander Kreek EST16.26Kurt Gross-Fengels GER Nazi14.79 DiscusGiorgio Oberweger ITA 186148.21Walter Buschey GER Nazi47.45Gerhard Hilbrecht GER Nazi46.11 HammerWalter Beyer GER Nazi53.54Kurt Jancke GER Nazi49.21Michele Venanzetti ITA 186148.85 JavelinJózsef Várszegi HUN 192067.37Karl-Heinrich Berg GER Nazi67.29Friedrich Issak EST66.79 PentathlonFritz Müller GER Nazi3867Fritz Lüttge GER Nazi3273Friedel Heintz GER Nazi3225
Women's events
100 MetresRitagret Wendel GER Nazi12.4Siegfriede Dempe GER Nazi12.6Langerbeck GER NaziThe source for these results gives no first name for this athlete13.0 200 MetresRitagret Wendel GER Nazi25.4Ergbuth GER Nazi26.6Lilo Stubbe GER Nazi26.6 80 Metres HurdlesSiegfriede Dempe GER Nazi11.7Annemarie Westphal GER Nazi12.0Erika Biess GER Nazi12.1 4 x 100 Metres RelayGermany NaziGermany "A"Siegfriede DempeRitagret WendelLangerbeckErika Biess49.0Germany NaziGermany "B"50.5UnknownUnknown High JumpLuise Lockemann GER Nazi1.50There is uncertainty about this time per the source dataWanda Nowak GER NaziWanda Nowak represented Germany but was from Austria1.50Editha Evers GER Nazi1.50 Long JumpLuise Lockemann GER Nazi5.21Brenner GER Nazi5.19Ergbuth GER Nazi4.90 ShotAnnemarie Westphal GER Nazi12.44Gisela Schulte GER Nazi12.43UnknownUnknown DiscusRuth Schönfeld GER Nazi37.43Hermine Wittmann GER Nazi36.51Gisela Schulte GER Nazi35.07 JavelinAnneliese Kahle GER Nazi41.15Ursula Klotz GER Nazi38.52Gerda Goldmann GER Nazi37.60
Medal table
flagteam
18 15 10 GER Nazi
4 6 4 ITA 1861
2 4 5 HUN 1920
2 0 3
1 0 2
0 1 1
0 1 0
Other sports
Military sports were held at the games, reflecting the militarism of Nazi and fascist states.Teja Angela Arnaud Pierre Riordan James Sport and International Politics 2003 E & FN SPON 0-203-47658-1 1998 147 Italian sport and international relations under fascism Other sports included tennis, boxing, field hockey (Germany beat two Italian teamshttp://www.lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/binaries/navigation/5913/file_45_1937_1939fuerpdf.doc?t=1446553566&usg=AFQjCNEJU8e9UaiwecGM_UYHO0vy50FGIQ&sig2=Vf74J3cjMz7nB-ByjbSU8A MS Word Deutscher Hockeysport 1937-1939: Vergessene Aspekte der deutschen Sportgeschichte? Happ Martin LISA Gerda Henkel Stiftung de 22 May 2016 Düsseldorf), basketball, swimming, handball, association football, rugby, rowing, fencing, gliding, and water polo (won by Hungaryhttp://www.fisu.net/en/A-University-Athlete-like-No-Other-3133.html?mbID=6579 A University Athlete like No Other 28 August 2015 International University Sports Federation 22 May 2016 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013635/http://www.fisu.net/en/A-University-Athlete-like-No-Other-3133.html?mbID=6579 dead).http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk0007t746g/?layout=metadata Studenten-Weltspiele, Wien 20.-27. August 1939 German Nazi posters from the Second World War era UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library 22 May 2016
Footnotes
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References
Sources
http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wsg.htm World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) Athletics Weekly GBR Athletics
Oelrich Harald Sportgeltung - Weltgeltung: Sport im Spannungsfeld der deutsch-italienischen Außenpolitik von 1918 bis 1945 https://books.google.com/books?id=L2H3K1oNWEQC&pg=PA389 30 May 2016 2003 LIT Verlag Münster de 9783825856090 389–393 6.3.3 — Infiltrationsstrategie und Umsturzversuch: Die internationalen Studentenmeisterschaften 1939 in Wien
Citations
Further reading
Teichler Hans Joachim 1984 Nationale Und Internationale Meisterschaften Im Studentensport Vor Dem 2. Weltkrieg. Zum Weg Des Deutschen Studentensports Von Der Sportlichen Zur Sportpolitischen Hegemonie in Europa. Hochschulsport: Magazin des ADH Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband 11 2 4–14 de
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