1928 Summer Student World Championships

The 1928 Summer Student World Championships, was the fourth editions of the Summer Student World Championships, were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Paris, France. Held from 9–17 August, a total of 300 athletes from 16 nations competed in the programme of five sports, including: athletics, fencing, association football, swimming and tennis. Women competed in swimming events only.[1]

Official poster

Athletics medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   André Théard (HAI)[2] 10.6   Hans Salz (GER) 10.8e   Eugen Eldracher (GER) 10.9e
200 metres   John Rinkel (ENG) 22.2   Eugen Eldracher (GER) 22.8e   Georges Krotoff (FRA) Unknown
400 metres   Werner Storz (GER) 49.2   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) 15.6   Gabriel Sempé (FRA) 15.7e   Robert Marchand (FRA) 15.8e
400 metres hurdles   Robert Maxwell (USA) 55.4   Stefan Kostrzewski (POL) 56.0e   Édouard Max-Robert (FRA) Unknown
4 × 100 metres relay   Germany (GER)
Hans Salz
Eugen Eldracher
Kurt Mölle
Robert Suhr
42.8   Japan (JPN) 43.2   France (FRA)
Georges Krotoff
Gabriel Sempé
Jacques Arnaud
Charles Heutschell
44.8
4 × 400 metres relay   France (FRA)
Joseph Jackson
Georges Krotoff
Francis Galtier
Marcel Keller
3:22.8   Germany (GER) 3:24.8   Hungary (HUN)
Imre Dénes
Ödön Ferenczy
Lajos Remetz
László Magdics
3:25.0
1000 metres medley relay   Germany (GER)
Harry Storz
Hans Salz
Eugen Eldracher
Peter-Paul Wiese
2:01.2   France (FRA)
Joseph Jackson
Georges Krotoff
Édouard Max-Robert
Francis Galtier
2:01.6   Hungary (HUN)
László Magdics
Ferenc Abonyi
János Paizs
Elemér Veress
2:02.0
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 put   Édouard Duhour (FRA) 14.60   Antal Bacsalmasi (HUN) 13.90   Václav Chmelík (TCH) 13.41
Discus throw   István Komlos (HUN) 40.28   Kurt Weiss (GER) 39.35   István Regos (HUN) 39.10
Javelin throw   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

Athletics medal table edit

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

Participating nations edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  2. ^ 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