Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade
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Athletics events were contested at the 1959 Summer Universiade
in Turin
, Italy
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1959 Summer Universiade
The 1959 Summer Universiade, also known as the I Summer Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy.-Medal table:-Sports at the 1959 Summer Universiade:*Athletics*Basketball*Fencing*Swimming*Tennis*Volleyball*Water polo...
in Turin
Turin
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, Italy
Italy
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Men’s events
| 100 m | |10.5 | |10.8 | |10.8 | |||
| 200 m | |20.9 | |21.6 | |21.7 | |||
| 400 m | |47.5 | |47.9 | |47.9 | |||
| 800 m | |1:50.5 | |1:50.5 | |1:50.9 | |||
| 1500 m | |3:50.9 | |3:52.0 | |3:52.1 | |||
| 5.000 m | |14:09.8 | |14:14.8 | |14:18.0 | |||
| 110 m hurdles | |14.2 | |14.4 | |14.4 | |||
| 400 m hurdles | |52.1 | |52.8 | |53.2 | |||
| 4x100 m relay |  Italy |
41.0 |  West Germany |
41.0 |  France |
41.4 |
| 4x400 m relay | West Germany |
3:09.5 | Italy |
3:11.4 |  United Kingdom |
3:12.2 |
| High jump | |2.01 | |1.96 | 1.96 | |||
| Pole vault | |4.35 | |4.30 | |4.20 | |||
| Long jump | |7.46 | |7.43 | |7.42 | |||
| Triple jump | |15.74 | |15.55 | |15.44 | |||
| Shot put | |17.32 | |17.10 | |16.70 | |||
| Discus throw | |53.07 | |52.79 | |52.22 | |||
| Hammer throw | |63.65 | |63.61 | |62.32 | |||
| Javelin throw | |75.95 | |75.80 | |72.81 | |||
| Pentathlon | |4006 | |3530 | |3048 |
Women’s events
| 100 m | |11.7 | |12.0 | |12.1 | |||
| 200 m | |23.8 | |24.2 | |24.7 | |||
| 800 m | |2:11.1 | |2:11.3 | |2:12.3 | |||
| 80 m hurdles | |11.1 | |11.4 | |11.5 | |||
| 4x100 m relay |  Soviet Union |
46.9 | Italy |
47.5 | West Germany |
48.1 |
| High jump | |1.80 | |1.73 | |1.61 | |||
| Long jump | |5.94 | |5.76 | |5.71 | |||
| Shot put | |13.97 | |13.90 | |13.11 | |||
| Discus throw | |46.76 | |45.56 | |43.38 | |||
| Javelin throw | |49.95 | |47.02 | |48.86 |
Medal table
| 1 | Italy |
7 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union |
5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | West Germany |
3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 |  Hungary |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 |  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 |  Romania |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  Poland |
1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 |  Japan |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | United Kingdom |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | France |
1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Greece |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Bulgaria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 |  German Democratic Republic |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  Belgium |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 29 | 29 | 30 | 88 | |
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