Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade

Athletics events were contested at the 1961 Summer Universiade
1961 Summer Universiade
The 1961 Summer Universiade, also known as the II Summer Universiade, was an international sporting event for university students that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.-Medal table:-Sports at the 1961 Summer Universiade:*Athletics*Basketball*Diving...

in Sofia

Sofia

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, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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Men's events

100 m	\|10.38	\|10.59	\|10.65
200 m	\|21.27	\|21.40	\|21.51
400 m	\|47.51	\|48.06	\|48.53
800 m	\|1:51.1	\|1:51.4	\|1:51.6
1500 m	\|3:45.75	\|3:45.85	\|3:46.16
5.000 m	\|14:09.8	\|14:23.8	\|14.23.8
110 m hurdles	\|14.33	\|14.62	\|14.81
400 m hurdles	\|50.14	\|51.80	\|52.33
4x100 m relay	Soviet Union	41.22	Japan	41.30	West Germany	41.35
4x400 m relay	West Germany	3:10.56	Czechoslovakia	3:12.93	United Kingdom	3:14.63
High jump	\|2.25	\|2.08	\|2.03
Pole vault	\|4.52	\|4.52	\|4.52
Long jump	\|7.90	\|7.67	\|7.58
Triple jump	\|15.93	\|15.85	\|15.65
Shot put	\|18.00	\|17.64	\|17.57
Discus throw	\|59.15	\|54.20	\|52.52
Hammer throw	\|64.62	\|63.38	\|63.33
Javelin throw	\|77.65	\|77.48	\|75.67
Decathlon	\|7918	\|6226	\|6209

Women's events

100 m	\|11.78	\|11.90	\|11.93
200 m	\|24.44	\|24.49	\|24.70
800 m	\|2:07.76	\|2:08.67	\|2:12.59
80 m hurdles	\|10.90	\|11.01	\|11.09
4x100 m relay	Soviet Union	46.2	Poland	47.6	Bulgaria	47.9
High jump	\|1.85	\|1.37	\|1.65
Long jump	\|6.49	\|6.12	\|6.11
Shot put	\|17.12	\|15.61	\|15.59
Discus throw	\|58.06	\|53.82	\|52.51
Javelin throw	\|51.39	\|50.64	\|47.65

Medal table

1	Soviet Union	13	10	2	25
2	Hungary	4	0	3	7
3	Romania	2	4	2	8
4	West Germany	2	2	7	11
5	Poland	2	2	2	6
6	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	4
7	Bulgaria	1	2	4	7
8	Republic of Ireland	1	0	1	2
8	Italy	1	0	1	2
10	Cuba	1	0	0	1
11	United Kingdom	0	3	4	7
12	Japan	0	2	1	3
13	Austria	0	1	1	2
14	Belgium	0	1	0	1
14	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
Total		29	29	29	87

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