# Athletics at the 1947 World Festival of Youth and Students

The 1st World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. The events were contested in Prague, Czechoslovakia in August 1947. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the more Western European-oriented 1947 International University Games held in Paris the same year.
Prominent competitors included Ivan Gubijan, Wacław Kuźmicki and Olga Šicnerová, all of whom later participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Double sprint gold medallist Ion Moina's feats later led to the Stadionul Ion Moina being named in his honour. Přemysl Hajný won a shot put and discus throw double in the men's section and later won an Olympic silver medal in ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics. Only one medallist in the women's section was from outside of Poland and Czechoslovakia.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ion Moina (ROM) | 10.7 | Giuseppe Guzzi (ITA) | 10.9 | Karel Lambert (TCH) | 10.9 |
| 200 metres | Ion Moina (ROM) | 21.9 | Bogdan Lipski (POL) | 22.5 | Zvonimir Sabolović (YUG) | 22.6 |
| 400 metres | Zvonimir Sabolović (YUG) | 50.4 | Zygmunt Buhl (POL) | 50.9 | Giuseppe Rocca (ITA) | 51.0 |
| 800 metres | Karel Vomáčka (TCH) | 1:57.5 | Rinaldo Molina (ITA) | 1:59.5 | Antonín Bechyne (TCH) | 2:00.1 |
| 1500 metres | Rinaldo Molina (ITA) | 4:11.4 | Jaroslav Slavíček (TCH) | 4:17.0 | Mieczysław Nowak (POL) | 4:18.2 |
| 5000 metres | Đorđe Stefanović (YUG) | 15:29.4 | Karel Zabloudil (TCH) | 15:41.6 | Napoleon Dzwonkowski (POL) | 15:41.6 |
| 110 m hurdles | Danilo Pacchini (ITA) | 15.5 | Belul Hatibi (ALB) | 16.1 | Giuseppe Siletto (ITA) | 16.1 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Italy (ITA) | 43.7 | Poland (POL) Zygmunt Buhl Bogdan Lipski Henryk Białkowski Jerzy Grzanka | 44.1 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 44.3 |
| High jump | Ioan Soter (ROM) | 1.90 m | Italo Gabbiazzi (ITA) | 1.75 m | Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) | 1.70 m |
| Pole vault | Zeno Dragomir (ROM) | 3.60 m | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Long jump | Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) | 6.70 m | Karel Hilský (TCH) | 6.57 m | Davorin Marčelja (YUG) | 6.33 m |
| Shot put | Přemysl Hajný (TCH) | 13.53 m | Eduard Čestr (TCH) | 12.81 m | Edward Adamczyk (POL) | 12.39 m |
| Discus throw | Přemysl Hajný (TCH) | 40.48 m | Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) | 39.06 m | Davorin Marčelja (YUG) | 38.58 m |
| Hammer throw | Jaroslav Knotek (TCH) | 54.48 m | Ivan Gubijan (YUG) | 50.48 m | Unknown | Unknown |
| Javelin throw | Mirko Vujačić (YUG) | 61.75 m | Ludvík Wunsch (TCH) | 57.45 m | Davorin Marčelja (YUG) | 55.12 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Olga Šicnerová (TCH) | 12.5 | Jadwiga Słomczewska (POL) | 12.7 | Danuše Klesnilová (TCH) | 12.8 |
| 200 metres | Olga Šicnerová (TCH) | 27.1 | Jadwiga Słomczewska (POL) | 27.5 | Wasilewska (POL) | 31.0 |
| 80 m hurdles | Aniela Mitan (POL) | 12.6 | Kveta Volšíková (TCH) | 12.9 | Anna Plšková (TCH) | 13.0 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Poland (POL) | 52.4 | Only one finishing team | Only one finishing team | Only one finishing team | Only one finishing team |
| High jump | Kveta Volšíková (TCH) | 1.45 m | Aniela Mitan (POL) Olga Modrachová (TCH) | 1.40 m | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Long jump | Sona Reichová (TCH) | 5.27 m | Danuše Klesnilová (TCH) | 5.18 m | Olga Modrachová (TCH) | 4.91 m |
| Shot put | Adéla Machácková (TCH) | 11.82 m | Anna Cieślewicz (POL) | 11.68 m | Danica Marinček (YUG) | 11.04 m |
| Discus throw | Hana Ženíšková (TCH) | 34.38 m | Adéla Machácková (TCH) | 33.43 m | Helena Stachowicz (POL) | 33.23 m |
| Javelin throw | Helena Stachowicz (POL) | 38.26 m | Marta Komínová (TCH) | 29.16 m | Hana Ženíšková (TCH) | 26.50 m |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Romania (ROM) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Albania (ALB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 24 | 23 | 20 | 67 |