1959 Summer Universiade

Host City Torino
Country ITA
Held 26 August – 7 September 1959
Competitors 350
Countries 22

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
High Jump Men — Medal 4 4
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Pentathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
80 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men — Medal 22 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Epée individual Men — Medal 3 3
Epée team Men — Medal 14 3
Foil individual Men — Medal 3 3
Foil team Men — Medal 13 3
Sabre individual Men — Medal 3 3
Sabre team Men — Medal 14 3
Foil individual Women — Medal 3 2
Foil team Women — Medal 14 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 26 16
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 12 8
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 8 5
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 8 8
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 16 12
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 11 8
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 15 11
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 8 8
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 10 6
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 7 4
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 8 4
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 6 4
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 6 6
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 7 5
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 12 4
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Singles Men — Medal 3 3
Doubles Men — Medal 6 3
Singles Women — Medal 3 3
Doubles Women — Medal 6 3
Doubles Mixed — Medal 6 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Volleyball Men — Medal 34 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 42 7

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Italy ITA 18 10 10 38
2 Soviet Union URS 11 7 5 23
3 Hungary HUN 7 5 2 14
4 Germany GER 6 10 10 26
5 Great Britain GBR 3 6 1 10
6 France FRA 3 3 8 14
7 Yugoslavia YUG 3 3 2 8
8 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 5 5 12
9 Japan JPN 2 2 3 7
10 Romania ROU 2 1 2 5
11 Poland POL 1 5 8 14
12 Greece GRE 1 1 1 3
13 Bulgaria BUL 1 1 0 2
14 Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
15 Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
= Spain ESP 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Livio Berruti ITA Jean-Claude Penez FRA Romain Poté BEL
200 m, Men Livio Berruti ITA Nikolaos Georgopoulos GRE Fritz Helfrich GER
400 m, Men Viktor Šnajder YUG Walter Oberste GER Otto Klappert GER
800 m, Men Dieter Heydecke GER John Holt GBR Kuniaki Watanabe JPN
1,500 m, Men Béla Székeres HUN John Winch GBR Kuniaki Watanabe JPN
5,000 m, Men Kevin Gilligan GBR Saburo Yokomizo JPN Jaroslav Bohatý TCH
110 m Hurdles, Men Stanko Lorger YUG Nereo Svara ITA Giorgio Mazza ITA
400 m Hurdles, Men Salvatore Morale ITA Germano Gimelli ITA Wiesław Król POL
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Italy ITA Germany GER France FRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Germany GER Italy ITA Great Britain GBR
High Jump, Men Cornel Porumb ROU Vladimir Marjanović YUG Raycho Aleksandrov
Kazimierz Fabrykowski 		URS
POL
Pole Vault, Men Noriaki Yasuda JPN Mirko Kuzmanović YUG Bernard Balastre FRA
Long Jump, Men Attilio Bravi ITA Maurizio Terenziani ITA Ali Brakchi FRA
Triple Jump, Men Oleg Ryakhovsky URS Koji Sakurai JPN Hiroshi Shibata JPN
Shot Put, Men Hermann Lingnau GER Zsigmond Nagy HUN Georgios Tsakanikas GRE
Discus Throw, Men Antonios Kounadis GRE Vladimir Lyakhov URS Eugeniusz Wachowski POL
Hammer Throw, Men Gyula Zsivótzky HUN Anatoly Samotsvetov URS Krešo Račić YUG
Javelin Throw, Men Hermann Salomon GER Gergely Kulcsár HUN Alexandru Bizim ROU
Pentathlon, Men Vasily Kuznetsov URS Hermann Salomon GER Miloš Vojtek TCH
100 m, Women Giuseppina Leone ITA Lyudmila Nechayeva URS Catherine Capdevielle FRA
200 m, Women Giuseppina Leone ITA Barbara Janiszewska POL Lyudmila Nechayeva URS
800 m, Women Nicole Goullieux FRA Edith Schiller GER Klavdiya Babintseva URS
80 m Hurdles, Women Nelli Yeliseyeva URS Snezhana Kerkova BUL Elżbieta Krzesińska POL
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Soviet Union URS Italy ITA Germany GER
High Jump, Women Iolanda Balaș ROU Valentina Ballod URS Jarosława Jóźwiakowska POL
Long Jump, Women Elżbieta Krzesińska POL Tamara Makarova URS Larisa Kuleshova URS
Shot Put, Women Lidiya Sharamovich BUL Milena Usenik YUG Antonia Vehoff GER
Discus Throw, Women Györgyi Hegedűs HUN Elivia Ricci ITA Ida Bucsányi HUN
Javelin Throw, Women Elvīra Ozoliņa URS Urszula Figwer POL Maria Diți ROU
Basketball, Men Soviet Union URS Italy ITA Czechoslovakia TCH
Epée individual, Men István Kausz HUN Michel Steininger SUI Göran Abrahamsson SWE
Epée team, Men Italy ITA Poland POL Hungary HUN
Foil individual, Men Jenő Kamuti HUN Guy Barrabino FRA Yury Sisikin URS
Foil team, Men Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN France FRA
Sabre individual, Men Wladimiro Calarese ITA Emil Ochyra POL Jean-Ernest Ramez FRA
Sabre team, Men Hungary HUN Italy ITA Poland POL
Foil individual, Women Romi Weiß GER Gundi Vorbrich GER Monique Le Roux FRA
Foil team, Women France FRA Germany GER Italy ITA
100 m Freestyle, Men Igor Luzhkovsky URS Andrzej Salamon POL Paolo Pucci ITA
400 m Freestyle, Men Igor Luzhkovsky URS Hans-Joachim Link GER Mario Liotti ITA
1,500 m Freestyle, Men György Kádár HUN Bernd Strasser GER José Manuel Cossio ESP
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Italy ITA Hungary HUN Germany GER
100 m Backstroke, Men Gilberto Elsa ITA Georgy Kuvaldin URS Mihovil Dorčić YUG
200 m Breaststroke, Men Hans-Joachim Tröger GER Roberto Lazzari ITA Andrzej Kłopotowski POL
200 m Butterfly, Men Fritz Dennerlein ITA Grigory Kiselyov URS Pavel Pazdírek TCH
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Italy ITA Czechoslovakia TCH Germany GER
100 m Freestyle, Women Maria Grazia Sacco ITA Ľudmila Kottková TCH Koosje van Voorn NED
400 m Freestyle, Women Ľudmila Kottková TCH Christine Gosden GBR Maria Grazia Sacco ITA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women Great Britain GBR Germany GER Italy ITA
100 m Backstroke, Women Rita Androsoni ITA Morna Tindall GBR Bosch GER
200 m Breaststroke, Women Christine Gosden GBR Alessandra Salvi ITA Schiemenz GER
100 m Butterfly, Women Valentina Poznyak URS Christine Gosden GBR Cornelia Hruska ITA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Italy ITA Great Britain GBR Germany GER
Singles, Men François Jauffret FRA Pavel Benda TCH Massimo Drisaldi ITA
Doubles, Men Hanna / Masao Nagasaki JPN Günter Reimann / Klaus Wunderlich GER Michel Chevalier / François Jauffret FRA
Doubles, Mixed Maria Chiara Ramorino / Massimo Drisaldi ITA Janine Lieffrig / Michel Chevalier FRA Zdenka Strachová / Richard Schönborn TCH
Singles, Women Irina Ryazanova URS Zdenka Strachová TCH Maria Teresa Riedl ITA
Doubles, Women Maria Chiara Ramorino / Maria Teresa Riedl ITA Jitka Horčičková / Zdenka Strachová TCH Heidi Haas / Gisela Timm GER
Volleyball, Men Czechoslovakia TCH Romania ROU Poland POL
Water Polo, Men Yugoslavia YUG Hungary HUN Italy ITA