# Athletics at the 1955 Summer International University Sports Week

The athletics events at the 1955 Summer International University Sports Week were held in San Sebastián, Spain, between 11 and 14 August.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Jacques Vercruysse (BEL) | 11.0 | Lothar Prinz (FRG) | 11.1 | Stanley Orman (GBR) | 11.1 |
| 200 metres details | Grant Scruggs (USA) | 21.7 | Karl-Heinz Naujoks (FRG) | 21.8 | Lothar Prinz (FRG) | 21.9 |
| 400 metres details | Grant Scruggs (USA) | 48.0 | Jean-Jacques Hegg (SUI) | 48.2 | John Wrighton (GBR) | 48.9 |
| 800 metres details | Olaf Lawrenz (FRG) | 1:51.5 | Wolfgang Ring (FRG) | 1:54.9 | José María Giménez (ESP) | 1:55.3 |
| 1500 metres details | John Evans (GBR) | 3:51.9 | Martin Walmsley (GBR) | 3:52.1 | David Law (GBR) | 3:53.4 |
| 5000 metres details | Adrian Jackson (GBR) | 15:04.4 | Alan Gordon (GBR) | 15:09.8 | Stephan Lüpfert (FRG) | 15:11.6 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Ezio Nardelli (ITA) | 15.2 | Jan Parlevliet (NED) | 15.4 | Vic Matthews (GBR) | 15.4 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Jan Parlevliet (NED) | 53.8 | Gianfranco Fantuzzi (ITA) | 53.9 | Clive Dennis (GBR) | 54.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | F.R. Germany Heinz Oberbeck Lothar Prinz Peter Röthig Karl-Heinz Naujoks | 42.5 | Italy Mario Colarrosi Sergio D'Asnasch Angelo De Fraia Franco Panizza | 42.5 | Great Britain & N.I. Stanley Orman Graham Robertson Gwilym Roberts John Groves | 43.1 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain & N.I. John Wrighton Jim Paterson Roger Baker Jock Beesley | 3:20.0 | F.R. Germany Rolf Ude Urban Cleve Wolfgang Ring Heinrich Moser | 3:20.5 | Italy Enrico Archilli Giovanni Bonanno Mario Paoletti Gianfranco Fantuzzi | 3:20.5 |
| Medley relay details | F.R. Germany Olaf Lawrenz Lothar Prinz Karl-Heinz Naujoks Heinrich Moser | 3:14.3 | Great Britain & N.I. Donald Gorrie John Wrighton Graham Robertson Stanley Orman | 3:16.0 | Spain José María Giménez José Alonso Peralta Fernando Bremón Manuel García Cabrera | 3:20.3 |
| High jump details | Mario Roveraro (ITA) | 1.90 | Yukio Ishikawa (JPN) | 1.85 | Juan Ignacio Ariño (ESP) | 1.80 |
| Pole vault details | Edmondo Ballotta (ITA) | 3.80 | Wolfgang Goldenbohm (FRG) | 3.70 | Kenneth North (NZL) | 3.70 |
| Long jump details | Ary de Sá (BRA) | 7.50 | Heinz Oberbeck (FRG) | 7.37 | Chiyoko Teruya (JPN) | 7.17 |
| Triple jump details | Adhemar da Silva (BRA) | 15.99 | Akaru Abe (JPN) | 15.18 | Antonio Trogu (ITA) | 14.96 |
| Shot put details | Heinz Lutter (FRG) | 14.46 | Alfred Meyer (SUI) | 14.35 | Piero Monguzzi (ITA) | 13.74 |
| Discus throw details | Martin Bührle (FRG) | 47.65 | Luitpold Maier (FRG) | 46.61 | Luis Ortiz Urbina (ESP) | 44.54 |
| Hammer throw details | John Bard (USA) | 51.09 | Takami Ogasawara (JPN) | 49.97 | Robert Scott (GBR) | 48.64 |
| Javelin throw details | Hermann Rieder (FRG) | 69.90 | Peter Cullen (GBR) | 64.15 | Gian Luigi Farina (ITA) | 62.12 |
| Pentathlon details | Walter Tschudi (SUI) | 2797.00 | Edy Egli (SUI) | 2784.00 | Hans von Schnering (FRG) | 2761.00 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 12.0 | Friederike Harasek (AUT) | 12.5 | Hilke Thymm (FRG) | 12.6 |
| 200 metres details | Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 24.8 | Ann Cartwright (GBR) | 25.8 | L. Barr (GBR) | 26.4 |
| 80 metres hurdles details | Milena Greppi (ITA) | 11.5 | Hilke Thymm (FRG) | 11.5 | Ursula Schitteck (FRG) | 12.5 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Italy Angiolina Costantino Giuseppina Leone Luciana Cecchi Milena Greppi | 49.0 | F.R. Germany Hilde Ostermann Hilke Thymm Ilse Schauwienhold Ursula Schitteck | 49.5 | Great Britain & N.I. L. Barr W. Bowden Ann Cartwright Mary Bridgeford | 50.5 |
| High jump details | Lesley Line (GBR) | 1.55 | Ursula Schitteck (FRG) | 1.45 | Mary Bridgeford (GBR) | 1.40 |
| Long jump details | Friederike Harasek (AUT) | 5.54 | Ursula Schitteck (FRG) | 5.48 | Ilse Schauwienhold (FRG) | 5.40 |
| Shot put details | Lore Klute (FRG) | 13.13 | Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 11.63 | Ursula Dreimann (FRG) | 11.26 |
| Discus throw details | Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 43.48 | Lore Klute (FRG) | 41.51 | Maya Giri (GBR) | 41.39 |
| Javelin throw details | Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 45.44 | Ursula Dreimann (FRG) | 38.65 | Edith Schiller (FRG) | 36.87 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | West Germany (FRG) | 9 | 14 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |