# 1927 Summer Student World Championships

The 1927 Summer Student World Championships, was the third editions of the Summer Student World Championships, were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Rome, Italy. Held from 28 August to 4 September, 269 athletes from 15 nations competed in the sports programme including athletics, fencing, association football, swimming and tennis. Women's events were introduced for the first time, but in swimming only.

## Athletics medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | André Théard (HAI) | 10.6 | Elemér Veress (HUN) | 11.0 | János Paitz (HUN) | 11.0 |
| 200 metres | János Paitz (HUN) | 22.4 | Georges Krotoff (FRA) | 22.8 | Kazimierz Kasperkiewicz (POL) | 22.8 |
| 400 metres | Paul Martin (SUI) | 50.6 | Joseph Jackson (FRA) | 52.2 | László Magdics (HUN) | 52.6 |
| 800 metres | Paul Martin (SUI) | 1:57.6 | René Wiriath (FRA) | 1:58.8 | Lajos Remetz (HUN) | 2:01.0 |
| 1500 metres | René Wiriath (FRA) | 4:05.0 | Paul Martin (SUI) | 4:06.6 | Euclide Svampa (ITA) | 4:14.6 |
| 3000 metres | Józef Jaworski (POL) | 9:20.4 | John Bell (USA) | 9:28.0 | Josef Hron (TCH) | 9:33.4 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Gabriel Sempé (FRA) | 15.2 | Wojciech Trojanowski (POL) | 16.0 | Stefan Kostrzewski (POL) | 16.2 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Hungary Ferenc Orbán János Paizs Elemér Veress Károly Ottováy | 44.4 | France Géo André Jacques Flouret Georges Krotoff Gabriel Sempé | 44.6 | Italy Alberto D'Agostino Renato Alessandri Manlio Gelsomini Aldo Colussi | 45.0 |
| 4×400 metres relay | France Joseph Jackson René Wiriath Georges Pontvianne Marcel Keller | 3:28.4 | Hungary Károly Ottováy Ödön Ferenczy Lajos Remetz Endre Sandor | 3:30.4 | Poland Zygmunt Weiss Józef Korolkiewicz Józef de Virion Stefan Kostrzewski | 3:31.2 |
| 1000 metres medley relay | Hungary János Paizs Elemér Veress Károly Ottováy Ödön Ferenczy | 2:01.2 | France Géo André Georges Krotoff René Wiriath Émile Mattei | 2:02.8 | Czechoslovakia Karel Kněnický Jan Holub Emanuel Černý Ladislav Dostál | 2:03.0 |
| High jump | Ferenc Orbán (HUN) | 1.86 | József Tass (HUN) | 1.83 | Fernand Aupinel (FRA) | 1.83 |
| Pole vault | Raimund Held (AUT) | 3.60 | István Király (HUN) | 3.50 | Artur Reisner (EST) | 3.40 |
| Long jump | Virgilio Tommasi (ITA) | 7.03 | József Tass (HUN) | 6.78 | Elemér Veress (HUN) | 6.73 |
| Shot put | Antal Bacsalmasi (HUN) | 14.22 | Hugo Vītols (LAT) | 13.70 | Nikolai Feldmann (EST) | 13.18 |
| Discus throw | Jan Beneš (TCH) | 39.73 | Pál Tóth (HUN) | 38.63 | Wilhelm Schwartzinger (AUT) | 38.48 |
| Javelin throw | Johannes Schutz (EST) | 51.85 | Jacques Flouret (FRA) | 51.35 | Agop Taxgian (ITA) | 50.27 |
| Pentathlon | Ludovico Paternò (ITA) | 3145.68 | Jacques Flouret (FRA) | 3135.77 | Gustavo Baracchi (ITA) | 2987.36 |

## Athletics medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 15 | 16 | 15 | 46 |

## Participating nations

* Austria
* Belgium
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* France
* Greece
* Haiti
* Hungary
* Italy
* Latvia
* Poland
* Soviet Union
* South Africa
* Switzerland
* United States