1955 World Festival of Youth and Students

Host City Warszawa
Country POL
Held 2 – 11 August 1955
Competitors 197
Countries 11

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
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
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 10 13 39
3 Poland POL 4 8 4 16
4 Czechoslovakia TCH 4 7 5 16
5 East Germany GDR 3 6 7 16
6 Romania ROU 3 0 4 7
7 Australia AUS 2 0 1 3
8 Mexico MEX 1 1 0 2
9 China CHN 0 1 1 2
10 France FRA 0 1 0 1
11 Scotland SCO 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Leonid Barteniev URS Boris Tokarev URS Béla Goldoványi HUN
200 m, Men Václav Janeček TCH Edward Szmidt POL Leonid Barteniev 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 Yevhen Bulanchyk 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 Volodymyr Sitkin URS Ion Söter ROU
Pole Vault, Men Vitaliy Chernobai 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 Mykola 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 Liudmyla 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
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
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