1923 International Universities Championships

Summary

The 1923 International Universities Championships was organised by the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF) and held in Paris, France. Held from 3–6 May, ten nations were present in the men's only programme,[1] which included athletics (18 events) and fencing (4 events).

I International Universities Championships
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Nations12
Events2 sports
OpeningMay 3, 1923
ClosingMay 6, 1923
Opened byAlexandre Millerand
Main venueStade de Colombes

Athletics medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Charles Paddock (USA) 10.4   Bohus Fleischer (TCH) 11.4e   Fournier (FRA)[2] Not known
200 metres   Charles Paddock (USA) 21.0   Bohus Fleischer (TCH) 22.4e   Carlo Mereu (ITA) Not known
400 metres   Adriaan Paulen (NED) 51.2   Wilbeaux (BEL)[2] Not known   Gossé (FRA)[2] Not known
800 metres   Paul Martin (SUI) 1:57.0   Adriaan Paulen (NED) 1:57.2e   Pierre Villeneuve (FRA) 2:00.5e
1500 metres   Suby (FRA)[2] 4:20.8   René Chatelain (FRA) Not known   Francis Bordes (FRA) Not known
5000 metres   R.A.S. Castell (ENG) 16:28.0   Pippo Orio (ITA) 16:28.8e   Binder (FRA)[2] Not known
110 m hurdles   Otto van Rappart (NED) 16.0   Gabriel Sempé (FRA) 16.1e   Adolfo Contoli (ITA) Not known
400 m hurdles   René Resal (FRA) 59.4   Vigoni (BEL)[2] Not known   Maurice Frichoux (FRA) Not known
4 × 100 m relay   Netherlands
Harry van Rappard
Oscar van Rappard
Wim Venlet
Chris Bovens
44.8   Italy 44.8   Belgium
Émile Vercken
Fred Zinner
Roels
Wilbeaux
45.0e
4 × 400 m relay   France
Gossé
Pierre Villeneuve
Le Floch
René Resal
3:32.0   Belgium 3:32.0   Italy Not known
1000 m medley relay   Netherlands
Adriaan Paulen
Harry van Rappard
Wim Venlet
Chris Bovens
2:05.2   Italy 2:05.2   Belgium Not known
High jump   Louis Zwahlen (FRA) 1.79   Gabriel Sempé (FRA)
  Ettore Uicich (ITA)
1.75 Not awarded
Pole vault   Henry Petersen (DEN) 3.70   Adolfo Contoli (ITA)
  Jan Milde (TCH)
3.40 Not awarded
Long jump   Gabriel Sempé (FRA) 7.06   Georges Krotoff (FRA) 6.59   Alois Sobotka (TCH) 6.54
Shot put   Jan Milde (TCH)[3] 12.84   Dušan Ivkovic (TCH)[4] 12.22   Édouard Duhour (FRA) 11.73
Discus throw   Jan Milde (TCH)[3] 35.92   Antonín Svoboda (TCH) 35.88   Gabriel Sempé (FRA) 33.46
Javelin throw   Carlo Clemente (ITA) 53.80   Marco Manuel Gismondi (ITA) 47.84   Václav Chmelík (TCH) 47.26
Pentathlon   Adolfo Contoli (ITA) 09.00   Antonín Svoboda (TCH) 12.00   Fred Zinner (BEL) 14.00

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France (FRA)54817
2  Italy (ITA)25411
3  Czechoslovakia (TCH)2529
4  Netherlands (NED)2103
5  United States (USA)2002
6  Denmark (DEN)1001
  England (ENG)1001
  Switzerland (SUI)1001
9  Belgium (BEL)0336
Totals (9 entries)16181751

Participating nations edit

References edit

  • World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) - GBR Athletics
  1. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  2. ^ a b c d e f First name not known from source record
  3. ^ a b Milde was from Bulgaria but represented Czechoslovakia
  4. ^ Ivkovic was from Yugoslavia but represented Czechoslovakia