1955 World Festival of Youth and Students

Host City Warszawa
Country POL
Held 2 – 11 August 1955
Competitors 283
Countries 19

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
Marathon Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 1
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
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 2
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 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Pentathlon Women — Medal 3 1
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Road Race Individual Men — Medal 20 10
Time Trial Team Men — Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 3 3
10 m Platform Men — Medal 3 2
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 3 2
10 m Platform Women — Medal 3 1
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Football Men 1 – 13 August 1955 Medal 40 6
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Handball Men — Medal 0 7
Handball Women — Medal 20 6
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 8 3
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 1
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 1
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 8 3
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 4 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 28 5

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 24 23 21 68
2 Hungary HUN 16 11 13 40
3 East Germany GDR 5 6 7 18
4 Romania ROU 5 2 4 11
5 Poland POL 4 9 7 20
6 Czechoslovakia TCH 4 7 5 16
7 Australia AUS 2 0 1 3
8 Mexico MEX 1 1 0 2
9 Great Britain GBR 1 0 0 1
10 China CHN 0 1 1 2
11 France FRA 0 1 0 1
12 Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Scotland SCO 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Leonid Bartenev URS Boris Tokarev URS Béla Goldoványi HUN
200 m, Men Václav Janeček TCH Edward Szmidt POL Leonid Bartenev URS
400 m, Men Ardalion Ignatyev URS Zbigniew Makomaski POL Zoltán Adamik HUN
800 m, Men Lajos Szentgáli HUN Roman Kreft POL Ludvík Liška TCH
1,500 m, Men László Tábori HUN István Rózsavölgyi HUN Siegfried Herrmann GDR
5,000 m, Men Jerzy Chromik POL Sándor Iharos HUN József Kovács HUN
10,000 m, Men Emil Zátopek TCH Grigory Basalyev URS Stanisław Ożóg POL
Marathon, Men Ivan Filin URS Boris Grishayev URS Drahomír Pechánek TCH
110 m Hurdles, Men Boris Stolyarov URS Vyacheslav Bogatov URS Yevgeny Bulanchik URS
400 m Hurdles, Men Ilie Savel ROU Anatoly Yulin URS Yury Lituyev URS
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Vasily Vlasenko URS Vlastimil Brlica TCH Mikhail Saltykov URS
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS Poland POL
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Soviet Union URS Poland POL East Germany GDR
20 km Walk, Men Josef Doležal TCH Mikhail Lavrov URS Dumitru Paraschivescu ROU
50 km Walk, Men Mikhail Lavrov URS Josef Doležal TCH Yevgeny Maskinskov URS
High Jump, Men Jaroslav Kovář TCH Vladimir Sitkin URS Ion Söter ROU
Pole Vault, Men Vitaly Chernobay URS Zenon Ważny POL Vladimir Bulatov URS
Long Jump, Men Ödön Földessy HUN Kazimierz Kropidłowski POL Vladimir Popov URS
Triple Jump, Men Leonid Shcherbakov URS Yevgeny Chen URS Martin Řehák TCH
Shot Put, Men Oto Grigalka URS Jiří Skobla TCH Feliks Pirts URS
Discus Throw, Men Boris Matveyev URS Karel Merta TCH József Szécsényi HUN
Hammer Throw, Men Mikhail Krivonosov URS József Csermák HUN Nikolay Redkin URS
Javelin Throw, Men Janusz Sidło POL Aleksandr Gorshkov URS Vladimir Kuznetsov URS
Decathlon, Men Vasily Kuznetsov URS Walter Meier GDR Boris Stolyarov URS
100 m, Women Shirley Strickland de la Hunty AUS Veronika Neszmélyi HUN Zinaida Safronova URS
200 m, Women Zinaida Safronova URS Mariya Itkina URS Shirley Strickland de la Hunty AUS
400 m, Women Ulla Donath GDR Nina Otkalenko URS Alexandra Sicoe ROU
800 m, Women Nina Otkalenko URS Lyudmila Lysenko URS Ulla Donath GDR
80 m Hurdles, Women Shirley Strickland de la Hunty AUS Galina Grinvald URS Gisela Köhler GDR
4 x 100 m Relay, Women East Germany GDR Hungary HUN Poland POL
High Jump, Women Iolanda Balaș ROU Olga Modrachová TCH Mariya Pisareva URS
Long Jump, Women Galina Vinogradova URS Maria Kusion POL Valentina Lituyeva URS
Shot Put, Women Galina Zybina URS Zinaida Doynikova URS Johanna Lüttge GDR
Discus Throw, Women Nina Ponomaryova URS Irina Beglyakova URS Štěpánka Mertová TCH
Javelin Throw, Women Aleksandra Chudina URS Maria Ciach POL Jadwiga Majka POL
Pentathlon, Women Galina Grinvald URS Galina Dolzhenkova URS Nina Martinenko URS
Road Race Individual, Men Gustav-Adolf Schur GDR Henryk Hadasik POL Robeet BEL
Time Trial Team, Men Great Britain GBR Romania ROU Poland POL
3 m Springboard, Men Roman Brener URS Joaquín Capilla MEX Ferenc Siák HUN
10 m Platform, Men Joaquín Capilla MEX Mikhail Chachba URS Roman Brener URS
3 m Springboard, Women Valentina Chumicheva URS Irén Zságot HUN Tatyana Karakashyants URS
10 m Platform, Women Tatyana Karakashyants URS Raisa Gorokhovskaya URS Valentina Chumicheva URS
Football, Men București ROU Budapest HUN Warszawa POL
Handball, Men East Germany GDR Romania ROU Poland POL
Handball, Women Romania ROU
100 m Freestyle, Men Lev Balandin URS Aldo Eminente FRA Imre Nyéki HUN
400 m Freestyle, Men Gotfryd Gremlowski POL György Csordás HUN Sándor Záborszky HUN
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Gotfryd Gremlowski POL György Csordás HUN Vladimer Lavrinenk'o URS
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR
100 m Backstroke, Men László Magyar HUN Ladislav Bačík TCH Georgy Kuvaldin URS
100 m Breaststroke, Men Horst Fritzsche GDR Mu Suan-Su CHN Sándor Utassy HUN
200 m Breaststroke, Men Sándor Utassy HUN Horst Fritzsche GDR Mu Suan-Su CHN
200 m Butterfly, Men Alexandru Popescu ROU Vladimir Struzhanov URS Zsolt Feyér HUN
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Hungary HUN East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS
100 m Freestyle, Women Valéria Gyenge HUN Katalin Szőke HUN Magda Gyergyák HUN
400 m Freestyle, Women Valéria Gyenge HUN Ripszima Székely HUN Ágota Sebő HUN
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR
100 m Backstroke, Women Éva Pajor HUN Anneliese Schneider GDR Szász HUN
200 m Breaststroke, Women Éva Székely HUN Holečkova TCH Elenor Gordon SCO
100 m Butterfly, Women Ripszima Székely HUN Jutta Langenau GDR Mária Littomeritzky HUN
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Hungary HUN East Germany GDR Czechoslovakia TCH
Water Polo, Men Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS Romania ROU