1939 International University Games

The 1939 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. At these games a number of Athletic events were contested. An alternative version was held in Vienna, Austria and organised by the Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE).

Men’s events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 Metres	Clyde Jeffrey (USA)	10.50	René Valmy (FRA)	10.70	Kenneth Jenkins (ENG)	Unknown
200 Metres	Clyde Jeffrey (USA)	21.50	Kenneth Jenkins (ENG)	22.00	Joe Batiste (USA)	22.00
400 Metres	Waclaw Gassowski (POL)	49.30	J.A.M. Robertson (SCO)	49.60	Zygmunt Zabierkowski (POL)	50.10
800 Metres	Charlie Beetham (USA)	01:53.3	Jacques Lévèque (FRA)	01:53.8	Jean Pfanner (FRA)	01:54.3
1500 Metres	Blaine Rideout (USA)	04:01.1	Ralfs Balodis (LAT)	4:03.5^[1]	Walter Lutz (SUI)	04:09.0
5000 Metres	Morrison "Jack" Carstairs (SCO)	15:20.2	Ralph Schwarzkopf (USA)	15:20.2	Roger Leredde (FRA)	16:11.2
110 Metres Hurdles	Joe Batiste (USA)	14.60	Jean-François Brisson (FRA)	15.20	Stanislaw Sulikowski (POL)	Unknown
400 Metres Hurdles	Roy Cochran (USA)	52.80	Alec Palmer (ENG)	56.40	W. Mitchell (SCO)	56.50
High Jump	Les Steers (USA)	1.90	Joe Batiste (USA)	1.80	S.A. Edwards (Ceylon)^[2]	1.75
Pole Vault	George Varoff (USA)	4.11	Luís Taliberti (BRA)	3.80	Pekka Hopea (FIN)	3.50
Long Jump	William Watson (USA)	7.11	François Mersch (LUX)	7.05	Jean Beaudry (FRA)	6.86
Triple Jump	Jouko Norén (FIN)	14.11	Paul Faucher (FRA)	13.70	Jean Nichil (FRA)	13.68
Shot	William Watson (USA)	15.78	Witold Gierutto (POL)	14.68	Rolf Saxholm (NOR)	14.62
Discus	William Watson (USA)	45.85	Helge Sivertsen (NOR)	45.08	Witold Gierutto (POL)	43.92
Javelin	Hugo Vainio (FIN)	67.87	Les Steers (USA)	62.20	Rolf Faes (SUI)	59.52
Pentathlon	Rolf Faes (SUI)	3456^[3]	Arnolds Berzinš (LAT)	3216^[3]	Les Steers (USA)	2998^[3]
4 x 100 Metres Relay	United States	41.90	France	41.90	Latvia	42.10
4 x 400 Metres Relay	United States	03:14.5	France	03:14.5	Scotland	03:16.3
1600 Metres Medley Relay	United States	03:27.8	Poland	03:27.8	France	03:32.9

Women’s events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
80 Metres	Jeanine Toulouse (FRA)	10.40	Paulette Morisson (FRA)	Unknown	Dejean (FRA)^[4]	Unknown
200 Metres	Marjorie Gray (SCO)	26.80	Marguerite André (FRA)	28.10	Marie-Thérèse Stiegler (FRA)	28.20
80 Metres Hurdles	Jeanne Heitz (FRA)	13.10	Elizabeth Duke (ENG)	13.2e	Olive McMillan (SCO)	Unknown
High Jump	Elizabeth Duke (ENG)	1.49	Marjorie Gray (SCO)	1.46	Helene Mayer (ENG)^[5]	1.42
Long Jump	Rosamund Sellar (SCO)	5.09	Nancy Watt (SCO)	4.92	Miche (FRA)^[6]	4.91
Shot	Marie-Thérèse Stiegler (FRA)	09.19	Elizabeth Duke (ENG)	08.93	Unknown	Unknown
Discus	Inez Sweeting (ENG)	29.32^[7]	Marie-Thérèse Stiegler (FRA)	28.09^[7]	Dorothy Saunders (ENG)	23.90^[7]
Javelin	Dorothy Saunders (ENG)	22.34	Inez Sweeting (ENG)	20.45^[7]	Unknown	Unknown
4 x 100 Metres Relay	France	51.70	Scotland	51.70	England	52.40

Medal table

Total		23	25	23	71
1	United States (USA)	11	3	2	16
2	France (FRA)	3	7	7	17
3	Scotland (SCO)	3	4	3	10
4	England (ENG)	2	4	4	10
5	Finland (FIN)	2	0	1	3
6	Poland (POL)	1	2	3	6
7	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	2	3
8	Latvia (LAT)	0	2	0	2
9	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
10	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
11	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1

References

World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) - GBR Athletics

^ The time for this result is not completely certain according to the source information
^ S.A. Edwards represented Ceylon but was from England
^ ^a ^b ^c The time for this result is not completely certain according to the source information
^ The source for these results gives no first name for Dejean
^ Helene Mayer represented England but was from Germany
^ The source for these results gives no first name for Miche
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The distance for this result is not completely certain according to the source information

[Time-1] The time for this result is not completely certain according to the source information

[2] S.A. Edwards represented Ceylon but was from England

[Points-3] The time for this result is not completely certain according to the source information

[4] The source for these results gives no first name for Dejean

[5] Helene Mayer represented England but was from Germany

[6] The source for these results gives no first name for Miche

[Distance-7] The distance for this result is not completely certain according to the source information

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