# Athletics at the 1953 Summer International University Sports Week

The athletics competition at the 1953 Summer International University Sports Week was held at the Stadion Rote Erde in Dortmund, West Germany, between 13 and 16 August.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Romeo Galán (ARG) | 10.7w? | Milovan Jovančić (YUG) | 10.7w? | Jacques Vercruysse (BEL) | 10.7w? |
| 200 metres | Jacques Vercruysse (BEL) | 21.9 | Milovan Jovančić (YUG) | 22.0 | Austin Pinnington (GBR) | 22.0 |
| 400 metres | Karl-Friedrich Haas (FRG) | 47.6 | Keith Whittaker (GBR) | 49.6 | Peter Phillips (GBR) | 49.7 |
| 800 metres | Urban Cleve (FRG) | 1:51.9 | Brian Grogan (GBR) | 1:52.2 | Gérard Rasquin (LUX) | 1:52.5 |
| 1500 metres | David Law (GBR) | 3:50.4 | Ralph Dunkley (GBR) | 3:50.6 | Veliša Mugoša (YUG) | 3:51.6 |
| 5000 metres | Osamu Inoue (JPN) | 14:48.6 | Tony Weeks-Pearson (GBR) | 14:49.0 | Velimir Veka Ilić (YUG) | 14:55.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Berthold Steines (FRG) | 14.7 | Estanislao Kocourek (ARG) | 14.7 | Paul Vine (GBR) | 14.9 |
| 400 metres hurdles | David Gracie (GBR) | 52.7 | Eitaro Okano (JPN) | 53.1 | Georg Sallen (FRG) | 53.9 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Estanislao Kocourek Fernando Lapuente Romeo Galán Jorge Ghirimoldi | 42.2 | Italy Mario Colarossi Wolfgango Montanari Lucio Sangermano Carlo Vittori | 42.2 | Great Britain & N.I. Paul Vine Chris Higham John Groves Austin Pinnington | 42.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | F.R. Germany Urban Cleve Karl-Friedrich Haas Georg Wilhelm Sallen Rolf Ude | 3:16.0 | Great Britain & N.I. Keith Whittaker Peter Phillips Harold Steggles David Gracie | 3:16.0 | Belgium | 3:19.3 |
| 1600 metres medley relay | F.R. Germany Urban Cleve Karl-Friedrich Haas Günther Theilmann Heinz Wegener | 3:12.8 | Great Britain & N.I. Brian Grogan Peter Phillips John Groves Austin Pinnington | 3:12.8 | Japan Masaji Tajima Michio Ueki Toru Kiyofuji Tomoji Ozawa | 3:16.2 |
| High jump | Jacques Delelienne (BEL) | 1.90 | Yukio Ishikawa (JPN) | 1.90 | Takehiko Nakajima (JPN) | 1.85 |
| Pole vault | Milan Milakov (YUG) | 4.31 | Geoff Elliott (GBR) | 4.20 | Hélio da Silva (BRA) | 4.00 |
| Long jump | Masaji Tajima (JPN) | 7.66 | Heinz Oberbeck (FRG) | 7.43 | Gian Piero Druetto (ITA) | 7.32 |
| Triple jump | Adhemar da Silva (BRA) | 15.92 | Akira Nishimura (JPN) | 14.95 | Heinz Oberbeck (FRG) | 14.65 |
| Shot put | Heinz Lutter (FRG) | 14.59 | Mark Pharaoh (GBR) | 14.34 | Heinz Oberbeck (FRG) | ??? |
| Discus throw | Mark Pharaoh (GBR) | 47.84 | Darko Krnjajić (YUG) | 46.25 | Miguel Quadra-Salcedo (ESP) | 44.87 |
| Hammer throw | Yoshio Kojima (JPN) | 50.33 | Mark Pharaoh (GBR) | 46.46 | Willy Druyts (BEL) | 45.22 |
| Javelin throw | Gerhard Keller (FRG) | 61.88 | Hermann Rieder (FRG) | 60.13 | Hidemine Nakagawa (JPN) | 59.71 |
| Pentathlon | Gerhard Keller (FRG) | 2923.00 | Francisco Moura (BRA) | 2774.00 | Leonhard Zanier (AUT) | 2621.00 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Milena Greppi (ITA) | 12.3 | Margaret Francis (GBR) | 12.3 | Friederike Harasek (AUT) | 12.4 |
| 200 metres | Margaret Francis (GBR) | 25.9 | Friederike Harasek (AUT) | 25.9 | Constance Cartwright (GBR) | 26.1 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Milka Babović (YUG) | 11.7 | Hilke Thymm (FRG) | 11.8 | Milena Greppi (ITA) | 11.9 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Italy Vittoria Cesarini Milena Greppi Pier Paola De Bernardini Angiolina Constantino | 48.9 | F.R. Germany Ursula Ehrhardt Else Jores Hilke Thymm Ursula Schitteck | 48.9 | Great Britain & N.I. Margaret Francis Janet Findlater Margaret Mellor Constance Cartwright | 49.2 |
| High jump | Lesley Line (GBR) | 1.60 | Jean Macleod (GBR) | 1.56 | Ursula Ehrhardt (FRG) | 1.56 |
| Long jump | Else Jores (FRG) | 5.55 | Friederike Harasek (AUT) | 5.36 | Ursula Schitteck (FRG) | 5.30 |
| Shot put | Lore Klute (FRG) | 12.32 | Lotte Klos (FRG) | 10.96 | Doris Bethe (FRG) | 10.72 |
| Discus throw | Lore Klute (FRG) | 39.65 | Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 34.97 | Babette Schweizer (SUI) | 34.14 |
| Javelin throw | Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 42.62 | Cmiljka Kalušević (YUG) | 42.46 | Siegrid Lewandowski (FRG) | 35.09 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | West Germany (FRG) | 12 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |