1949 World Festival of Youth and Students

Host City Budapest
Country HUN
Held 17 – 20 August 1949
Competitors 133
Countries 9

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 1
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
Medley Relay Men — Medal 12 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 1
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 1
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
800 m Women — Medal 3 2
80 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 200 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 1
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 1
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 1
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men 19 August 1949 Medal 3 2
10 m Platform Men — Medal 3 2
3 m Springboard Women 18 August 1949 Medal 3 2
10 m Platform Women — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 4 3
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 1
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 1
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men — Exhibition 4 2
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 3
100 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
3 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 12 4
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 1
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 2
3 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 3 1

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Hungary HUN 20 11 10 41
2 Soviet Union URS 19 17 19 55
3 France FRA 3 5 5 13
4 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 6 3 11
5 Poland POL 2 0 2 4
6 Romania ROU 1 3 2 6
7 Scotland SCO 0 2 2 4
8 Austria AUT 0 1 2 3
9 Mixed team MIX 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Miroslav Horčic TCH Ottó Szebeni HUN Zdobysław Stawczyk POL
200 m, Men Zdobysław Stawczyk POL Miroslav Horčic TCH Yves Camus FRA
400 m, Men Ferenc Bánhalmi HUN Jean-Paul Martin du Gard FRA Sergey Komarov URS
800 m, Men Dumitru Tilmaciu ROU Armand Jacquier FRA Jacques Rasse FRA
1,500 m, Men Sándor Garay HUN Dumitru Tilmaciu ROU Victor Pop ROU
5,000 m, Men Vladimir Kazantsev URS Ivan Semyonov URS Ivan Pozhidayev URS
110 m Hurdles, Men Yevgeny Bulanchik URS Milan Tosnár TCH Alois Krul TCH
400 m Hurdles, Men Georges Elloy FRA Timofey Lunyov URS Yury Lituyev URS
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Hungary HUN Czechoslovakia TCH
4 x 400 m Relay, Men France FRA Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN
Medley Relay, Men France FRA Soviet Union URS Poland POL
High Jump, Men Yury Ilyasov URS Ion Söter ROU German Res URS
Pole Vault, Men Viktor Knyazev URS Georges Breitman FRA Boris Sukharev URS
Long Jump, Men Edward Adamczyk POL Vladimir Volkov URS Khandadash Madatov URS
Triple Jump, Men Leonid Shcherbakov URS Pierre Pustoch FRA Antal Puskás HUN
Shot Put, Men Čestmír Kalina TCH Oto Grigalka URS Boris Butenko URS
Discus Throw, Men Ferenc Klics HUN Jan Kypta TCH Aladár Kobold HUN
Hammer Throw, Men Lajos Petike HUN Constantin Dumitru ROU Arnošt Kadrnožka TCH
Javelin Throw, Men Viktor Iyevlev URS Georgy Lukyanov URS Ivan Kaptyukh URS
Decathlon, Men Pyotr Denisenko URS Vladimir Volkov URS Viktor Iyevlev URS
100 m, Women Zoya Dukhovich URS Sofiya Malshina URS Irén Lohász HUN
200 m, Women Zoya Dukhovich URS Rosine Faugouin FRA Inga Zeltinja URS
800 m, Women Valentina Bogatiryova-Pomogayeva URS Lyudmila Sokolova URS Anna Bleha HUN
80 m Hurdles, Women Lyudmila Kerim-Zade URS Olga Gyarmati HUN Aleksandra Chudina URS
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN France FRA
4 x 200 m Relay, Women Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN France FRA
High Jump, Women Aleksandra Chudina URS Varvara Papysheva URS Lidiya Borodina URS
Long Jump, Women Olga Gyarmati HUN Lyudmila Vasilyeva URS Aleksandra Chudina URS
Shot Put, Women Klavdiya Tochonova URS Aleksandra Chudina URS Lyudmila Vasilyeva URS
Discus Throw, Women Nino Dumbadze URS Yelizaveta Bagryantseva URS Klavdiya Tochonova URS
Javelin Throw, Women Nataliya Smirnitskaya URS Aleksandra Chudina URS Mária Rohonczi HUN
3 m Springboard, Men Roman Brener URS László Dömény HUN Balkan URS
10 m Platform, Men Balkan URS Peter Heatly SCO Somiak URS
3 m Springboard, Women Irén Zságot HUN Lyubov Zhigalova URS Yevgeniya Bogdanovskaya URS
10 m Platform, Women Irén Zságot HUN Yevgeniya Bogdanovskaya URS Iova URS
100 m Freestyle, Men Géza Kádas HUN Zoltán Szilárd HUN Groza
Miroslav Bubník 		ROU
TCH
400 m Freestyle, Men György Csordás HUN Imre Nyéki HUN György Mitró HUN
1,500 m Freestyle, Men György Csordás HUN György Mitró HUN Gusztáv Kettesi HUN
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men Hungary HUN Mixed team MIX
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Hungary HUN Scotland SCO France FRA
100 m Butterfly, Men Sándor Németh HUN M. Bočan TCH Walter Pavlicek AUT
200 m Butterfly, Men Sándor Németh HUN Walter Pavlicek AUT Zoltán Bánky HUN
3 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Hungary HUN Czechoslovakia TCH Austria AUT
100 m Freestyle, Women Judit Temes HUN Éva Székely HUN Judit Stefán HUN
100 m Backstroke, Women Judit Temes HUN Ilona Novák HUN Munro SCO
200 m Breaststroke, Women Éva Novák HUN Mária Littomeritzky HUN Munro SCO
3 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Hungary HUN