1953 Summer International University Sports Week
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The 1953 Summer International University Sports Week were organised by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and held in Dortmund
, West Germany
. At these games a number of Athletic events were contested.
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
. At these games a number of Athletic events were contested.
Men’s events
| 100 Metres | |10.7w? | |10.7w? | |10.7w? | |||
| 200 Metres | |21.90 | |22.00 | |22.00 | |||
| 400 Metres | |47.60 | |49.60 | |49.70 | |||
| 800 Metres | |01:51.9 | |01:52.2 | |01:52.5 | |||
| 1500 Metres | |03:50.4 | |03:50.6 | |03:51.6 | |||
| 5000 Metres | |14:48.6 | |14:49.0 | |14:55.2 | |||
| 110 Metres Hurdles | |14.70 | |14.70 | |14.90 | |||
| 400 Metres Hurdles | |52.70 | |53.10 | |53.90 | |||
| High Jump | |1.90 | |1.90 | |1.85 | |||
| Pole Vault | |4.31 | |4.20 | |4.00 | |||
| Long Jump | |7.66 | |7.43 | |7.32 | |||
| Triple Jump | |15.92 | |14.95 | |14.65 | |||
| Shot | |14.59 | |14.34 | |??? | |||
| Discus | |47.84 | |46.25 | |44.87 | |||
| Hammer | |50.33 | |46.46 | |45.22 | |||
| Javelin | |61.88 | |60.13 | |59.71 | |||
| Pentathlon | |2923.00 | |2774.00 | |2621.00 | |||
| 4 x 100 Metres Relay |  Argentina |
42.20 |  Italy |
42.20 | Great Britain & N.I. | 42.20 |
| 4 x 400 Metres Relay | F.R. Germany | 03:16.0 | Great Britain & N.I. | 03:16.0 |  Belgium |
03:19.3 |
| 1600 Metres Medley Relay | F.R. Germany | 03:12.8 | Great Britain & N.I. | 03:12.8 |  Japan |
03:16.2 |
Women’s events
| 100 Metres | |12.30 | |12.30 | |12.40 | |||
| 200 Metres | |25.90 | |25.90 | |26.10 | |||
| 80 Metres Hurdles | |11.70 | |11.80 | |11.90 | |||
| High Jump | |1.60 | |1.56 | |1.56 | |||
| Long Jump | |5.55 | |5.36 | |5.30 | |||
| Shot | |12.32 | |10.96 | |10.72 | |||
| Discus | |39.65 | |34.97 | |34.14 | |||
| Javelin | |42.62 | |42.46 | |35.09 | |||
| 4 x 100 Metres Relay | Italy |
48.90 | F.R. Germany | 48.90 | Great Britain & N.I. | 49.20 |
Medal table
| 1 |  West Germany |
9 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 |  United Kingdom |
5 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Japan |
3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Belgium |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  Brazil |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Argentina |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Austria |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Greece |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 |  Luxembourg |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 |  Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 26 | 26 | 77 | |
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