The 1st World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. The events were contested in Prague, Czechoslovakia in August 1947. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the more Western European-oriented 1947 International University Games held in Paris the same year.World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
Prominent competitors included Ivan Gubijan, Wacław Kuźmicki and Olga Šicnerová, all of whom later participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Double sprint gold medallist Ion Moina's feats later led to the Stadionul Ion Moina being named in his honour. Přemysl Hajný won a shot put and discus throw double in the men's section and later won an Olympic silver medal in ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics.Přemysl Hainý. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-12-09. Only one medallist in the women's section was from outside of Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Medal summary Men 100 metres 10.7 10.9 10.9200 metres 21.9 22.5 22.6400 metres 50.4 50.9 51.0800 metres 1:57.5 1:59.5 2:00.11500 metres 4:11.4 4:17.0 4:18.25000 metres 15:29.4 15:41.6 15:41.6110 m hurdles 15.5 16.1 16.14 × 100 m relay 43.7Zygmunt BuhlBogdan LipskiHenryk BiałkowskiJerzy Grzanka 44.1 44.3High jump 1.90 m 1.75 m 1.70 mPole vault 3.60 mUnknown UnknownUnknown UnknownLong jump 6.70 m 6.57 m 6.33 mShot put 13.53 m 12.81 m 12.39 mDiscus throw 40.48 m 39.06 m 38.58 mHammer throw 54.48 m 50.48 mUnknown UnknownJavelin throw 61.75 m 57.45 m 55.12 m
Women 100 metres 12.5 12.7 12.8200 metres 27.1 27.5 31.080 m hurdles 12.6 12.9 13.04 × 100 m relay 52.4Only one finishing teamHigh jump 1.45 m 1.40 mNot awardedLong jump 5.27 m 5.18 m 4.91 mShot put 11.82 m 11.68 m 11.04 mDiscus throw 34.38 m 33.43 m 33.23 mJavelin throw 38.26 m 29.16 m 26.50 m
Medal table
References
Results World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.