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1939 International University Games (Vienna)

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An International University Games (German: Studenten-Weltspiele[1]) was an international multi-sport event held between 20 and 27 August 1939 in Vienna, German Reich (now Vienna, Austria),[1][2] which had originally been scheduled as the official 1939 staging of the Summer International University Games awarded to Vienna by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) in January 1938, prior to Austria's absorption into Nazi Germany by the Anschluss.[3][4] The National Socialist German Students' League (NSDStB) withdrew from the CIE in May 1939,[3] and the CIE at short notice moved its version of the 1939 International University Games to Monte Carlo.

The formal opening was by Bernhard Rust, the Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture, on 20 August in the Prater Stadium, the main venue of the games.[5][6] The International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation stated in 1940, "The results of the Monaco Games were much superior to those of the Vienna Games."[7]

Participating nations

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The NSDStB invited many nations to the Vienna games, but most entrants were nations affiliated with the Axis powers.[3][8] The following countries were reported to have participated in the games:[9]

Athletics

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres  József Sir (HUN) 10.7  Amelio Monacci (ITA) 10.8  Matsuo Taniguchi (JPN) 10.9
200 Metres  Tullio Gonnelli (ITA) 21.8  József Sir (HUN) 21.9  Ernesto Bianchi (ITA) 22.0
400 Metres  Ottavio Missoni (ITA) 48.0  Hans Helm (GER) 48.3  Karl Rinck (GER) 48.5
800 Metres  Wolfgang Dessecker (GER) 1:53.9  Gioacchino Dorascenzi (ITA) 1:54.4  János Aradi (HUN) 1:55.3
1500 Metres  Wolfgang Dessecker (GER) 3:57.2  Sándor Rátonyi (HUN) 3:58.4  Gusztáv Harsányi (HUN) 3:59.6
5000 Metres  Rolf Fellersmann (GER) 15:10.6  András Csaplár (HUN) 15:10.8  Åke Lindstedt (SWE) 15:28.6
110 Metres Hurdles  Lennart Lundberg (SWE) 15.1  Giorgio Oberweger (ITA) 15.3  Akira Kawamura (JPN) 15.4
400 Metres Hurdles  Max Meyr (GER) 54.0  Walter Darr (GER) 54.5  Jenõ Polgár (HUN) 56.0
4 x 100 Metres Relay GermanyGermany "A"
Fritz Müller
Harald Mellerowicz
Siegfried Schmitt
Günter Köster
41.8 ItalyItaly "A"
Tullio Gonnelli
Amelio Monacci
Gianvittorio Schulteschi
Ernesto Bianchi
42.1 HungaryHungary
József Sir
Ferenc Szigetvári
László Ember
József Góby
42.6
4 x 400 Metres Relay GermanyGermany "A"
Karl Rinck
Hans Helm
Cuno Wieland
Gerhard Rose
3:15.8 ItalyItaly "A"
Gioacchino Dorascenzi
Ottavio Missoni
Aldo Ferassutti
Angelo Lualdi
3:17.2 HungaryHungary
József Vadas
János Görkói
György Sándor
Jenõ Polgár
3:17.4
10 x 200 Metres Relay GermanyGermany 3:38.3 ItalyItaly
Ottavio Missoni
Tullio Gonnelli
Leo Craighero
Amelio Monacci
Gianvittorio Schulteschi
Ernesto Bianchi
Aldo Ferassutti
Bruno Mainardi
Giovanni Scolari
Adriano Ambrosioni
3:39.2 HungaryHungary
György Sándor
László Ember
Ferenc Szigetvári
József Sir
Jenõ Polgár
József Vadas
Vilmos Vermes
József Góby
László Gábor
János Görkói
3:43.2
High Jump  Assar Persson (SWE) 1.90  Gustav Weinkötz (GER) 1.85  Renato Dotti (ITA) 1.85
Pole Vault  Rudolf Glötzner (GER) 4.10  Gian Battista Boscutti (ITA) 3.90  Bo Ljungberg (SWE) 3.90
Long Jump  Guido Bologna (ITA) 7.09  István Gyuricza (HUN) 7.03  Lennart Eliaeson (SWE) 7.01
Triple Jump  Kim Won-Kwon (JPN)[fn 1] 15.37  Jaakko Vakkuri (FIN) 14.73  Vittorio Turco (ITA) 14.72
Shot  Gerhard Stöck (GER) 16.33  Aleksander Kreek (EST) 16.26  Kurt Gross-Fengels (GER) 14.79
Discus  Giorgio Oberweger (ITA) 48.21  Walter Buschey (GER) 47.45  Gerhard Hilbrecht (GER) 46.11
Hammer  Walter Beyer (GER) 53.54  Kurt Jancke (GER) 49.21  Michele Venanzetti (ITA) 48.85
Javelin  József Várszegi (HUN) 67.37  Karl-Heinrich Berg (GER) 67.29  Friedrich Issak (EST) 66.79
Pentathlon  Fritz Müller (GER) 3867  Fritz Lüttge (GER) 3273  Friedel Heintz (GER) 3225

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres  Ritagret Wendel (GER) 12.4  Siegfriede Dempe (GER) 12.6  Langerbeck (GER)[fn 2] 13.0
200 Metres  Ritagret Wendel (GER) 25.4  Ergbuth (GER)[fn 2] 26.6  Lilo Stubbe (GER) 26.6
80 Metres Hurdles  Siegfriede Dempe (GER) 11.7  Annemarie Westphal (GER) 12.0  Erika Biess (GER) 12.1
4 x 100 Metres Relay GermanyGermany "A"
Siegfriede Dempe
Ritagret Wendel
Langerbeck
Erika Biess
49.0 GermanyGermany "B" 50.5 Unknown Unknown
High Jump  Luise Lockemann (GER) 1.50[fn 3]  Wanda Nowak (GER)[fn 4] 1.50[fn 3]  Editha Evers (GER) 1.50
Long Jump  Luise Lockemann (GER) 5.21  Brenner (GER)[fn 2] 5.19  Ergbuth (GER)[fn 2] 4.90
Shot  Annemarie Westphal (GER) 12.44  Gisela Schulte (GER) 12.43 Unknown Unknown
Discus  Ruth Schönfeld (GER) 37.43  Hermine Wittmann (GER) 36.51  Gisela Schulte (GER) 35.07
Javelin  Anneliese Kahle (GER) 41.15  Ursula Klotz (GER) 38.52  Gerda Goldmann (GER) 37.60

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)18151043
2 Italy (ITA)46414
3 Hungary (HUN)24511
4 Sweden (SWE)2035
5 Japan (JPN)1023
6 Estonia (EST)0112
7 Finland (FIN)0101
Totals (7 entries)27272579

Other sports

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Military sports were held at the games, reflecting the militarism of Nazi and fascist states.[10] Other sports included tennis, boxing, field hockey (Germany beat two Italian teams[11]), basketball, swimming, handball, association football, rugby, rowing, fencing, gliding, and water polo (won by Hungary[12]).[1]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Kim Won-Kwon represented Japan but was from Korea. The Japanese gave his name as Genken Kim
  2. ^ a b c d The source for these results gives no first name for this athlete
  3. ^ a b There is uncertainty about this time per the source data
  4. ^ Wanda Nowak represented Germany but was from Austria

References

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Sources

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  • "World Student Games (Pre-Universiade)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly.
  • Oelrich, Harald (2003). "6.3.3 — Infiltrationsstrategie und Umsturzversuch: Die internationalen Studentenmeisterschaften 1939 in Wien". Sportgeltung - Weltgeltung: Sport im Spannungsfeld der deutsch-italienischen Außenpolitik von 1918 bis 1945 (in German). LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 389–393. ISBN 9783825856090. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c "Studenten-Weltspiele, Wien 20.-27. August 1939". German Nazi posters from the Second World War era. UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ^ Rebhann, Fritz Maria (1995). Die braunen Jahre: Wien 1938-1945. Wiener Journal Zeitschriftenverl. p. 78. ISBN 9783853080139.
  3. ^ a b c "World Student Games: Surprise Change of Venue". The Glasgow Herald. 1 June 1939. p. 17. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ^ Students in Search of Their University: An International "conversation" Between Students on "Education in the Modern University", Luxemburg, May 22-25, 1938. International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation. 1939. p. 162.
  5. ^ "Feierliche Eröffnung der Studentenweltspiele 1939" (in German). Amsterdam: Beeldbank WO2 [Image Bank WW2]. Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Das Wiener Stadion (Ernst-Happel-Stadion)". Wien.gv.at (in German). Vienna City Council. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  7. ^ "?". Intellectual Co-operation Bulletin. International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation: 134. 1940.
  8. ^ Kotek, Joel; Blumenau, trans Ralph (30 December 2015). Students and the Cold War. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 242, note 3. ISBN 9781349248384. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  9. ^ Ernst Söllinger, Ein Münchener in Darmstadt (in German). Raimund Kluber. p. 89. [dead link]
  10. ^ Teja, Angela; Arnaud, Pierre; Riordan, James (2003) [1998]. "Italian sport and international relations under fascism". Sport and International Politics. E & FN SPON. p. 147. ISBN 0-203-47658-1.
  11. ^ Happ, Martin. "Deutscher Hockeysport 1937-1939: Vergessene Aspekte der deutschen Sportgeschichte?" (MS Word). LISA (in German). Düsseldorf: Gerda Henkel Stiftung. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  12. ^ "A University Athlete like No Other". International University Sports Federation. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

Further reading

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  • Teichler, Hans Joachim (1984). "Nationale Und Internationale Meisterschaften Im Studentensport Vor Dem 2. Weltkrieg. Zum Weg Des Deutschen Studentensports Von Der Sportlichen Zur Sportpolitischen Hegemonie in Europa". Hochschulsport: Magazin des ADH (in German). 11 (2). Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband: 4–14.