1928 Summer Student World Championships

The 1928 Summer Student World Championships were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Paris, France. At these games a number of Athletic events were contested.

Men’s events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres  André Théard (HAI)[1] 10.60  Hans Salz (GER) 10.8e  Eugen Eldracher (GER) 10.9e
200 Metres  John Rinkel (ENG) 22.20  Eugen Eldracher (GER) 22.8e  Georges Krotoff (FRA) Unknown
400 Metres  Werner Storz (GER) 49.20  Joseph Jackson (FRA) 50.6e  László Magdics (HUN) Unknown
800 Metres  Paul Martin (SUI) 01:57.6  Fredy Müller (GER) 1:58.4e  Francis Galtier (FRA) 1:58.6e
1500 Metres  Helmut Krause (GER) 04:01.6  Reidar Jørgensen (NOR) 4:01.7e  Gaston Leduc (FRA) 4:02.4e
3000 Metres  Gaston Leduc (FRA) 08:58.4  David Richards (ENG) 9:02.6e  Elek Szerb (HUN) 9:08.6e
110 Metres Hurdles  Bernard Lucas (ENG) 15.60  Gabriel Sempé (FRA) 15.7e  Robert Marchand (FRA) 15.8e
400 Metres Hurdles  Robert Maxwell (USA) 55.40  Stefan Kostrzewski (POL) 56.0e  Édouard Max-Robert (FRA) Unknown
High Jump  Kazuo Kimura (JPN) 1.88  Wilhelm Ladewig (GER) 1.85  Giuseppe Palmieri (ITA) 1.80
Pole Vault  Hiroshi Kasahara (JPN) 3.80  Shuhei Nishida (JPN) 3.70  Jan Koreis (TCH) 3.60
Long Jump  Willi Meier (GER) 7.34  Chuhei Nambu (JPN) 7.18  Lajos Balogh (HUN) 7.13
Shot  Édouard Duhour (FRA) 14.60  Antal Bacsalmasi (HUN) 13.90  Václav Chmelík (TCH) 13.41
Discus  István Komlos (HUN) 40.28  Kurt Weiss (GER) 39.35  István Regos (HUN) 39.10
Javelin  Kosaku Sumiyoshi (JPN) 62.81  Hans Schnackerts (GER) 58.48?  Giuseppe Palmieri (ITA) 57.72
Pentathlon  Wilhelm Beck (AUT) 3460.60  Wilhelm Ladewig (GER) 3457.69  Jacques Flouret (FRA) 3300.98
4 x 100 Metres Relay Germany 42.80 Japan 42.80 France 43.20
4 x 400 Metres Relay France 03:22.8 Germany 03:22.8 Hungary 03:24.8
1000 Metres Medley Relay Germany 02:01.2 France 02:01.2 Hungary 02:01.6

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 4 8 1 13
2  France (FRA) 3 3 6 12
3  Japan (JPN) 3 2 0 5
4  England (ENG) 2 1 0 3
5  Hungary (HUN) 1 1 6 8
6  Austria (AUT) 1 0 0 1
7  Switzerland (SUI) 1 0 0 1
8  United States (USA) 1 0 0 1
9  Norway (NOR) 0 1 0 1
10  Poland (POL) 0 1 0 1
11  Italy (ITA) 0 0 2 2
12  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 0 2 2
Total 16 17 17 50

References

  1. ^ André Théard was from Haiti but represented France. The source records suggest the Theard won this race as he had the previous year, and in exactly the same time