1939 International University Games

The 1939 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. At these games a number of Athletic events were contested. An alternative version was held in Vienna, Austria.

Men’s events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 Metres	Clyde Jeffrey (USA)	10.5	René Valmy (FRA)	10.7	Kenneth Jenkins (ENG)	Unknown
200 Metres	Clyde Jeffrey (USA)	21.5	Kenneth Jenkins (ENG)	22.0	Joe Batiste (USA)	22.0
400 Metres	Wacław Gąssowski (POL)	49.3	J.A.M. Robertson (SCO)	49.6	Zygmunt Zabierzowski (POL)	50.1
800 Metres	Charlie Beetham (USA)	1:53.3	Jacques Lévèque (FRA)	1:53.8	Jean Pfanner (FRA)	1:54.3
1500 Metres	Blaine Rideout (USA)	04:01.1	Ralfs Balodis (LAT)	4:03.5^[1]	Walter Lutz (SUI)	04:09.0
5000 Metres	Morrison "Jack" Carstairs (SCO)	15:20.2	Ralph Schwarzkopf (USA)	15:20.2	Roger Leredde (FRA)	16:11.2
110 Metres Hurdles	Joe Batiste (USA)	14.6	Jean-François Brisson (FRA)	15.2	Stanisław Sulikowski (POL)	Unknown
400 Metres Hurdles	Roy Cochran (USA)	52.8	Alec Palmer (ENG)	56.4	W. Mitchell (SCO)	56.5
High Jump	Les Steers (USA)	1.90	Joe Batiste (USA)	1.80	S.A. Edwards (British Ceylon)^[2]	1.75
Pole Vault	George Varoff (USA)	4.11	Luís Taliberti (BRA)	3.80	Pekka Hopea (FIN)	3.50
Long Jump	William Watson (USA)	7.11	François Mersch (LUX)	7.05	Jean Beaudry (FRA)	6.86
Triple Jump	Jouko Norén (FIN)	14.11	Paul Faucher (FRA)	13.70	Jean Nichil (FRA)	13.68
Shot	William Watson (USA)	15.78	Witold Gerutto (POL)	14.68	Rolf Saxholm (NOR)	14.62
Discus	William Watson (USA)	45.85	Helge Sivertsen (NOR)	45.08	Witold Gerutto (POL)	43.92
Javelin	Hugo Vainio (FIN)	67.87	Les Steers (USA)	62.20	Rolf Faes (SUI)	59.52
Pentathlon	Rolf Faes (SUI)	3456^[3]	Arnolds Berzinš (LAT)	3216^[3]	Les Steers (USA)	2998^[3]
4 x 100 Metres Relay	United States	41.9	France	42.1	Latvia	43.7
4 x 400 Metres Relay	United States	3:14.5	France	3:16.3	Scotland	3:28.5
1600 Metres Medley Relay	United States	3:27.8	Poland	3:32.9	France	50 m bh2

Women’s events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
80 Metres	Jeanine Toulouse (FRA)	10.4	Paulette Morisson (FRA)	Unknown	Dejean (FRA)^[4]	Unknown
200 Metres	Marjorie Gray (SCO)	26.8	Marguerite André (FRA)	28.1	Marie-Thérèse Stiegler (FRA)	28.2
80 Metres Hurdles	Jeanne Heitz (FRA)	13.1	Elizabeth Duke (ENG)	13.2e	Olive McMillan (SCO)	Unknown
High Jump	Elizabeth Duke (ENG)	1.49	Marjorie Gray (SCO)	1.46	Helene Mayer (ENG)^[5]	1.42
Long Jump	Rosamund Sellar (SCO)	5.09	Nancy Watt (SCO)	4.92	Miche (FRA)^[6]	4.91
Shot	Marie-Thérèse Stiegler (FRA)	9.19	Elizabeth Duke (ENG)	8.93	Unknown	Unknown
Discus	Inez Sweeting (ENG)	29.32^[7]	Marie-Thérèse Stiegler (FRA)	28.09^[7]	Dorothy Saunders (ENG)	23.90^[7]
Javelin	Dorothy Saunders (ENG)	22.34	Inez Sweeting (ENG)	20.45^[7]	Unknown	Unknown
4 x 100 Metres Relay	France	51.7	Scotland	52.4	England	Unknown

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	11	3	2	16
2	France (FRA)	3	7	7	17
3	Scotland (SCO)	3	4	3	10
4	England (ENG)	2	4	4	10
5	Finland (FIN)	2	0	1	3
6	Poland (POL)	1	2	3	6
7	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	2	3
8	Latvia (LAT)	0	2	0	2
9	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
10	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
11	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
Total		23	25	23	71

References

World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) - GBR Athletics

↑ The time for this result is not completely certain according to the source information
↑ S.A. Edwards represented Ceylon but was from England
1 2 3 The time for this result is not completely certain according to the source information
↑ The source for these results gives no first name for Dejean
↑ Helene Mayer represented England but was from Germany
↑ The source for these results gives no first name for Miche
1 2 3 4 The distance for this result is not completely certain according to the source information

Universiade

Summer Universiade	Turin 1959 Sofia 1961 Porto Alegre 1963 Budapest 1965 Tokyo 1967 Turin 1970 Moscow 1973 Rome 1975 Sofia 1977 Mexico City 1979 Bucharest 1981 Edmonton 1983 Kobe 1985 Zagreb 1987 Duisburg 1989 Sheffield 1991 Buffalo 1993 Fukuoka 1995 Sicily 1997 Palma de Mallorca 1999 Beijing 2001 Daegu 2003 İzmir 2005 Bangkok 2007 Belgrade 2009 Shenzhen 2011 Kazan 2013 Gwangju 2015 Taipei 2017 Naples 2019 TBD 2021

Winter Universiade	Chamonix 1960 Villars 1962 Špindlerův Mlýn 1964 Sestriere 1966 Innsbruck 1968 Rovaniemi 1970 Lake Placid 1972 Livigno 1975 Špindlerův Mlýn 1978 Jaca 1981 Sofia 1983 Belluno 1985 Štrbské Pleso 1987 Sofia 1989 Sapporo 1991 Zakopane 1993 Jaca 1995 Muju 1997 Poprad/Tatry 1999 Zakopane 2001 Tarvisio 2003 Innsbruck 2005 Turin 2007 Harbin 2009 Erzurum 2011 Trentino 2013 Granada/Štrbské Pleso 2015 Almaty 2017 Krasnoyarsk 2019 Lucerne 2021

FISU Sports at the Universiade All-time Universiade medal table

Athletics at the Universiade and World Student Games

CIE era

Student World Championships/International University Games	1924 1927 1928 1930 1933 1935 1937 1939 1939^† 1947

UIE era

World Festival of Youth and Students	1947 1949 1951 1953 1954^†† 1955 1957 1959 1962

FISU era

Summer International University Sports Week	1949 1951 1953 1955 1957

Summer Universiade	1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

^† Unofficial edition
^†† Held separately from main festival
See also: 1923 International Universities Championships (UNEF)
Universiade records in athletics

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