# Athletics at the 1957 World University Games

Athletics events were contested at the 1957 World University Games in Paris, France, between 5 and 8 September.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Manfred Germar (FRG) | 10.5 | Ira Murchison (USA) | 10.6 | Leonid Bartenyev (URS) | 10.7 |
| 200 metres details | Manfred Germar (FRG) | 21.3 | Leonid Bartenyev (URS) | 21.7 | Habib Thiam (FRA) | 21.8 |
| 400 metres details | Jim Paterson (GBR) | 48.4 | Walter Oberste (FRG) | 48.8 | Csaba Csutorás (HUN) | 48.8 |
| 800 metres details | Olaf Lawrenz (FRG) | 1:50.3 | Josef Cegledi (AUT) | 1:50.6 | Edward Buswell (GBR) | 1:51.6 |
| 1500 metres details | Josef Cegledi (AUT) | 3:50.5 | Jonas Pipyne (URS) | 3:51.0 | Harald Mengler (FRG) | 3:51.3 |
| 5000 metres details | Kevin Gilligan (GBR) | 14:31.0 | Veliša Mugoša (YUG) | 14:32.8 | Gerhart Hecker (HUN) | 14:37.0 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Stanko Lorger (YUG) | 14.5 | Georgi Kaburov (BUL) | 14.9 | Milad Petrušić (YUG) | 14.9 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Igor Ilyin (URS) | 53.3 | Anubes da Silva (BRA) | 53.6 | Keiji Ogushi (JPN) | 54.1 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | France Hubert Dufernez Christian Larrieu Habib Thiam Joël Caprice | 41.4 | West Germany Dieter Kröger Klaus Förster Karl-Heinz Naujoks Manfred Germar | 41.4 | Soviet Union Vladilyen Marin Albert Plaskeyev Yuriy Petrov Leonid Bartenyev | 41.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | West Germany Günther Glaeske Otto Klappert Ralph Seidel Walter Oberste | 3:16.9 | Great Britain & N.I. Chris Goudge Les Locke Edward Buswell Jim Paterson | 3:18.6 | Italy Germano Gimelli Elio Catola Mario Paoletti Enrico Archilli | 3:21.8 |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Franciszek Szyszka (POL) | 47:10.6 | Jerzy Łoskoczyński (POL) | 49:30.2 | only 2 finishers | N/A |
| High jump details | Yuriy Stepanov (URS) | 2.12 | Igor Kashkarov (URS) | 2.01 | Ernie Shelton (USA) | 1.98 |
| Pole vault details | Zenon Ważny (POL) | 4.40 | Jerry Welbourn (USA) | 4.30 | Leon Lukman (YUG) | 4.25 |
| Long jump details | Dieter Witte (FRG) | 7.41 | Vladimir Popov (URS) | 7.23 | Branko Miler (YUG) | 7.19 |
| Triple jump details | Oleg Ryakhovskiy (URS) | 16.01 | Éric Battista (FRA) | 15.78 | Kari Rahkamo (FIN) | 15.38 |
| Shot put details | Vartan Ovsepyan (URS) | 16.57 | Josef Klik (FRG) | 15.91 | Jean-Pierre Lassau (FRA) | 15.89 |
| Discus throw details | Viktor Kompaniyets (URS) | 53.38 | József Szécsényi (HUN) | 51.57 | Eugeniusz Wachowski (POL) | 49.59 |
| Hammer throw details | Anatoliy Samotsvetov (URS) | 58.60 | Zvonko Bezjak (YUG) | 57.95 | Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) | 55.81 |
| Javelin throw details | Viktor Tsybulenko (URS) | 80.63 | Jan Kopyto (POL) | 77.79 | Tadeusz Paprocki (POL) | 73.58 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Vera Krepkina (URS) | 11.8 | Galina Popova (URS) | 11.8 | Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 11.9 |
| 200 metres details | Mariya Itkina (URS) | 24.6 | Nina Dyeonskaya (URS) | 25.0 | Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 25.0 |
| 800 metres details | Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (URS) | 2:12.3 | Ariane Doser (FRG) | 2:13.4 | Milica Rajkov (YUG) | 2:13.6 |
| 80 metres hurdles details | Milka Babović (YUG) | 11.5 | Hilke Thymm (FRG) | 11.7 | Ilsabe Heider (FRG) | 11.7 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Soviet Union Vera Krepkina Nina Dyeonskaya Mariya Itkina Galina Popova | 46.4 | West Germany Christiane Voß Inge Fuhrmann Irene Brütting Hilke Thymm | 47.4 | Italy Elisabetta Mattana Giuseppina Leone Franca Peggion Anna Doro | 49.0 |
| High jump details | Iolanda Balas (ROM) | 1.66 | Valentina Ballod (URS) | 1.60 | Jarosława Jóźwiakowska (POL) | 1.55 |
| Long jump details | Vera Kalashnikova (URS) | 6.03 | Maria Ciastowska (POL) | 5.93 | Inge Fuhrmann (FRG) | 5.83 |
| Shot put details | Galina Zybina (URS) | 15.75 | Earlene Brown (USA) | 14.43 | Milena Usenik (YUG) | 14.02 |
| Discus throw details | Irina Beglyakova (URS) | 48.83 | Györgyi Hegedus (HUN) | 45.11 | Ida Bucsányi (HUN) | 43.64 |
| Javelin throw details | Maria Diţi (ROM) | 52.38 | Inese Jaunzeme (URS) | 52.19 | Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 51.76 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 29 | 28 | 28 | 85 |