1955 Summer International University Sport Week

Host City San Sebastián
Country ESP
Held 8 – 14 August 1955
Competitors 115
Countries 12

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 1
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
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 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Pentathlon Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
80 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 1
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 1
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
10 m Platform Men — Medal 0 0
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 3 2
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 0 3
100 m Backstroke 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 0 3
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 0 2
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 2
3 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Germany GER 10 16 8 34
2 Great Britain GBR 7 10 21 38
3 Italy ITA 7 2 4 13
4 Netherlands NED 5 2 0 7
5 Brazil BRA 5 1 1 7
6 Austria AUT 3 1 0 4
7 United States USA 3 0 0 3
8 Switzerland SUI 2 3 0 5
9 Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
10 Spain ESP 0 5 6 11
11 Japan JPN 0 3 1 4
12 New Zealand NZL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Jacques Vercruysse BEL Lothar Prinz GER Stanley Orman GBR
200 m, Men Grant Scruggs USA Karl-Heinz Naujoks GER Lothar Prinz GER
400 m, Men Grant Scruggs USA Jean-Jacques Hegg SUI John Wrighton GBR
800 m, Men Olaf Lawrenz GER Wolfgang Ring GER José María Giménez ESP
1,500 m, Men John Evans GBR Martin Walmsley GBR David Law GBR
5,000 m, Men Adrian Jackson GBR Alan Gordon GBR Stephan Lüpfert GER
110 m Hurdles, Men Ezio Nardelli ITA Jan Parlevliet NED Vic Matthews GBR
400 m Hurdles, Men Jan Parlevliet NED Gianfranco Fantuzzi ITA Clive Dennis GBR
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Germany GER Italy ITA Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Great Britain GBR Germany GER Italy ITA
Medley Relay, Men Germany GER Great Britain GBR Spain ESP
High Jump, Men Gian Mario Roveraro ITA Yukio Ishikawa JPN Juan Ariño ESP
Pole Vault, Men Edmondo Ballotta ITA Wolfgang Goldenbohm GER Kenneth North NZL
Long Jump, Men Ary de Sá BRA Heinz Oberbeck GER Chiyoko Teruya JPN
Triple Jump, Men Adhemar da Silva BRA Akaru Abe JPN Antonio Trogu ITA
Shot Put, Men Karl-Heinz Lutter GER Alfred Meyer SUI Piero Monguzzi ITA
Discus Throw, Men Martin Bührle GER Luitpold Maier GER Luis Ortiz ESP
Hammer Throw, Men John Bard USA Takami Ogasawara JPN Robert Scott GBR
Javelin Throw, Men Hermann Rieder GER Peter Cullen GBR Gian Luigi Farina ITA
Pentathlon, Men Walter Tschudi SUI Edy Egli SUI Hans Von Schnering GER
100 m, Women Giuseppina Leone ITA Friederike Harasek AUT Hilke Thymm GER
200 m, Women Giuseppina Leone ITA Ann Cartwright GBR L Barr GBR
80 m Hurdles, Women Milena Greppi ITA Hilke Thymm GER Ursula Schitteck GER
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Italy ITA Germany GER Great Britain GBR
High Jump, Women Lesley Line GBR Ursula Schitteck GER Mary Bridgeford GBR
Long Jump, Women Friederike Harasek AUT Ursula Schitteck GER Ilse Schauwienhold GER
Shot Put, Women Lore Klute GER Almut Brömmel GER Ursula Dreimann GER
Discus Throw, Women Almut Brömmel GER Lore Klute GER Maya Giri GBR
Javelin Throw, Women Almut Brömmel GER Ursula Dreimann GER Edith Schiller GER
3 m Springboard, Women Eva Pfarrhofer AUT V. Marrian GBR Sainte Croix GBR
100 m Freestyle, Men Ad Boxem NED Peter Head GBR Manuel Guerra ESP
400 m Freestyle, Men Sylvio dos Santos BRA Peter Head GBR Brencknell GBR
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Sylvio dos Santos BRA Jorge Granados ESP Brencknell GBR
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Brazil BRA Spain ESP Great Britain GBR
100 m Backstroke, Men Hermann Gericke SUI Ricardo Esberard BRA Miller GBR
200 m Breaststroke, Men Hole GER Otten NED Andrew B. Richards GBR
200 m Butterfly, Men Helmut Koppelstätter AUT Eduardo Ley ESP Williams GBR
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Great Britain GBR Spain ESP Brazil BRA
100 m Freestyle, Women Rineke Symons NED Bowen GBR Watson GBR
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women Great Britain GBR Spain ESP
100 m Backstroke, Women Rineke Symons NED Bauer GER Watson GBR
200 m Breaststroke, Women Kreuning NED Bowen GBR Libby GBR
3 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Great Britain GBR Germany GER Spain ESP