1953 World Festival of Youth and Students

Host City București
Country ROU
Held 5 – 14 August 1953
Competitors 291
Countries 15

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 2
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
10 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
400 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 2
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 1
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 1
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 1
Pentathlon Women — Medal 3 1
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
C-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 2
C-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 2
C-2 1000 m Men — Medal 8 3
C-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-2 1000 m Men — Medal 8 3
K-2 10000 m Men — Medal 8 3
K-1 500 m Women — Medal 3 3
K-2 500 m Women — Medal 6 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Road Race Individual Men — Medal 3 3
Time Trial Team Men — Medal 0 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 3 2
10 m Platform Men — Medal 3 2
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 3 1
10 m Platform Women — Medal 3 1
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Football Men 5 – 15 August 1953 Medal 48 4
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Handball Men — Medal 18 5
Handball Women — Medal 17 4
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 1
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 2
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 8 2
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 1
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 1
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 12 2
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 12 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 27 31 28 86
2 Hungary HUN 21 22 19 62
3 Czechoslovakia TCH 13 9 3 25
4 East Germany GDR 7 6 12 25
5 Romania ROU 2 4 4 10
6 Poland POL 1 0 5 6
7 Bulgaria BUL 1 0 2 3
8 China CHN 1 0 0 1
= France FRA 1 0 0 1
= Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
11 Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
12 Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Angel Gavrilov
Václav Janeček 		BUL
TCH 		Vladimir Sukharev URS
200 m, Men Václav Janeček TCH Ardalion Ignatyev URS Ewald Schröder GDR
400 m, Men Ardalion Ignatyev URS Milan Fillo TCH Edmunds Pīlāgs URS
800 m, Men Stanislav Jungwirth TCH Jenő Bakos HUN Edmund Potrzebowski POL
1,500 m, Men Stanislav Jungwirth TCH Ernő Béres HUN Sándor Iharos HUN
5,000 m, Men Emil Zátopek TCH Vladimir Kuts URS József Kovács HUN
10,000 m, Men Emil Zátopek TCH Vladimir Kuts URS Aleksandr Anufriyev URS
110 m Hurdles, Men Yevgeny Bulanchik URS Jan Mrázek TCH Sergey Popov URS
400 m Hurdles, Men Yury Lituyev URS Anatoly Yulin URS Antal Lippay HUN
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Fyodor Marulin URS László Jeszenszky HUN József Apró HUN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Hungary HUN Czechoslovakia TCH Soviet Union URS
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN East Germany GDR
10 km Walk, Men Josef Doležal TCH Sándor László HUN Ion Baboie ROU
50 km Walk, Men Antal Róka HUN Ion Baboie ROU Ivan Yarmysh URS
High Jump, Men Ion Söter ROU Jaroslav Kovář TCH Yury Ilyasov URS
Pole Vault, Men Pyotr Denisenko URS Tamás Homonnay HUN Vladimir Brazhnik URS
Long Jump, Men Ödön Földessy HUN Viktor Leskyevich URS Horst Ihlenfeld GDR
Triple Jump, Men Leonid Shcherbakov URS Martin Řehák TCH Georg Frister GDR
Shot Put, Men Jiří Skobla TCH Oto Grigalka URS Georgy Fyodorov URS
Discus Throw, Men Ferenc Klics HUN Mikhail Krivonosov URS Karel Merta TCH
Hammer Throw, Men Sverre Strandli NOR József Csermák HUN Mikhail Krivonosov URS
Javelin Throw, Men Vladimir Kuznetsov URS Viktor Tsybulenko URS Zbigniew Radziwonowicz POL
Decathlon, Men Vladimir Volkov URS Walter Meier GDR Petre-Gheorghe Zîmbresteanu ROU
100 m, Women Christa Seliger GDR Nadezhda Khnik'ina URS Alice Karger GDR
200 m, Women Christa Seliger GDR Nadezhda Khnik'ina URS Alice Karger GDR
400 m, Women Polina Solopova URS Nina Otkalenko URS Ulla Donath GDR
800 m, Women Nina Otkalenko URS Nina Chernoshchuk URS Aranka Kazi HUN
80 m Hurdles, Women Mariya Golubnichaya URS Olga Gyarmati HUN Zlata Lobintseva URS
4 x 100 m Relay, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN
4 x 200 m Relay, Women Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS
High Jump, Women Aleksandra Chudina URS Olga Modrachová TCH Nina Kossova URS
Long Jump, Women Aleksandra Chudina URS Galina Segen URS Olga Gyarmati HUN
Shot Put, Women Galina Zybina URS Tamara Tyshkevich URS Mariya Kuznetsova URS
Discus Throw, Women Nina Romashkova URS Yevgeniya Arzumanova URS Valentina Sbitnyeva URS
Javelin Throw, Women Aleksandra Chudina URS Lyudmila Vasilyeva URS Nadezhda Konyayeva URS
Pentathlon, Women Aleksandra Chudina URS Galina Segen URS Lyudmila Aralova URS
C-1 1000 m, Men Jiří Vokněr TCH János Parti HUN István Novák HUN
C-1 10000 m, Men Gábor Novák HUN Jiří Vokněr TCH Ferenc Szábo HUN
C-2 1000 m, Men Jaroslav Sieger / Zdeněk Ziegler TCH Valentin Orishchenko / Nikolay Perevozchikov URS István Bodor / József Tuza HUN
C-2 10000 m, Men Jaroslav Sieger / Zdeněk Ziegler TCH Valentin Orishchenko / Nikolay Perevozchikov URS István Bodor / József Tuza HUN
K-1 1000 m, Men Mircea Anastasescu ROU Lev Nikitin URS Jan Matocha TCH
K-1 10000 m, Men Miloš Pech TCH Ivan Sotnikov URS Ferenc Hatlaczky HUN
K-2 1000 m, Men Luboš Vambera / Bedřich Dvořák TCH István Mészáros / György Mészáros HUN Igor Kuznetsov / Anatoly Troshenkov URS
K-2 10000 m, Men Ferenc Varga / János Urányi HUN Nikolay Tetyorkin / Igor Feoktistov URS István Mészáros / György Mészáros HUN
K-1 500 m, Women Antonina Gribanova URS Hilda Pintér HUN Jiřina Halámková TCH
K-2 500 m, Women Zoya Trifonova / N Vasina URS Jiřina Halámková / Eva Rathouská TCH Paussen / Basschafer NED
Road Race Individual, Men Thaurien FRA Harold King GBR Krestov BUL
Time Trial Team, Men Poland POL Czechoslovakia TCH Bulgaria BUL
3 m Springboard, Men Roman Brener URS Hans-Joachim Scheffel GDR Gennady Udalov URS
10 m Platform, Men Roman Brener URS Mikhail Chachba URS Hans Kitzig GDR
3 m Springboard, Women Lyubov Zhigalova URS Valentina Chumicheva URS Ninel Krutova URS
10 m Platform, Women Tatyana Vereina URS Ninel Krutova URS Shiovizova URS
Football, Men Hungary HUN Romania ROU East Germany GDR
Handball, Men East Germany GDR Romania ROU Știința București ROU
Handball, Women East Germany GDR Romania ROU Știința București ROU
100 m Freestyle, Men Géza Kádas HUN Zoltán Dömötör HUN Endel Edasi URS
400 m Freestyle, Men György Csordás HUN Imre Nyéki HUN Sándor Záborszky HUN
1,500 m Freestyle, Men György Csordás HUN Endel Press URS Sándor Záborszky HUN
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS Soviet Union URS
100 m Backstroke, Men Wu Chuanyu CHN László Magyar HUN Viktor Solovyov URS
100 m Breaststroke, Men Vladimir Minashkin URS Farid Dosayev URS Horst Fritzsche GDR
200 m Breaststroke, Men Vladimir Minashkin URS Klaus Bodinger GDR Farid Dosayev URS
100 m Butterfly, Men György Tumpek HUN Zsolt Feyér HUN Pyotr Skripchenkov URS
200 m Butterfly, Men Zsolt Feyér HUN Vladimir Borisenko URS Pyotr Skripchenkov URS
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS Soviet Union URS
100 m Freestyle, Women Valéria Gyenge HUN Judit Temes HUN Magda Gyergyák HUN
400 m Freestyle, Women Valéria Gyenge HUN Ágota Sebő HUN Magda Gyergyák HUN
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women Hungary HUN Hungary HUN East Germany GDR
100 m Backstroke, Women Anneliese Schneider GDR Magdolna Hunyadfy HUN Elżbieta Gellner POL
100 m Breaststroke, Women Klára Killermann HUN Helga Voigt GDR Magda Serfőző HUN
200 m Breaststroke, Women Helga Voigt GDR Ripszima Székely HUN Klára Killermann HUN
100 m Butterfly, Women Éva Székely HUN Mária Littomeritzky HUN Alicja Klemińska POL
200 m Butterfly, Women Éva Székely HUN Liane Schaue GDR Alicja Klemińska POL
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Hungary HUN Hungary HUN East Germany GDR