# 1933 International University Games

The 1933 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Turin, Italy. Held from 1–10 September, 27 nations competed in nine sports. Women competed only in the athletics, swimming, fencing, and tennis events (the latter two being debut events for women). This edition marked the first appearance of African athletes at the competition, as South Africa and Egypt sent delegations for the first time.

## Sports

* Athletics (details)
* Basketball (details)
* Fencing (details)
* Football (details)
* Rowing (details)
* Rugby union (details)
* Swimming (details)
* Tennis (details)
* Water polo (details)

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Erhard Pflug (GER) | 10.7 | Paul Virtanen (FIN) | 10.8 | Ulderico Di Blas (ITA) | 10.9 |
| 200 metres | Andrej Engel (TCH) | 22.1 | Erhard Pflug (GER) | 22.2 | Angelo Ferrario (ITA) | 22.3 |
| 400 metres | Ivan Fuqua (USA) | 47.8 | Harry Voigt (GER) | 48.3 | Adolf Metzner (GER) | 48.5 |
| 800 metres | Wolfgang Dessecker (GER) | 1:54.6 | Max Danz (GER) | 1:55.0 | Umberto Cerati (ITA) | 1:55.6? |
| 1500 metres | Luigi Beccali (ITA) | 3:49.2 | Jack Lovelock (NZL) | 3:49.8 | Wolfgang Dessecker (GER) | 4:03.0 |
| 3000 metres | Umberto Cerati (ITA) | 8:43.0 | Joe McCluskey (USA) | 8:44.2 | Josef Hron (TCH) | 9:02.8? |
| 110 metres hurdles | John Morriss (USA) | 14.4 | Erwin Wegner (GER) | 14.9 | Corrado Valle (ITA) | 15.6 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Géza Nagy (HUN) | 54.7 | Ralph Brown (ENG) | 54.8 | Emilio Mori (ITA) | 56.0 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Germany (GER) Eugen Eldracher Erhard Pflug Wolfgang Vent Stein | 42.0 | Italy (ITA) Ulderico Di Blas Angelo Ferrario Tullio Gonnelli Fulvio Gesa | 42.6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Andrej Engel Karel Kněnický Ladislav Fišer Miloš Mečíř | 42.7 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Germany (GER) Adolf Metzner Fritz Nottbrock Harry Voigt Dietrich Rühle | 3:17.6 | France (FRA) Raymond Boisset Paul Faure Pierre Skawinski Louis Gaillard | 3:19.0 | Italy (ITA) Mario Rabaglino Manfredo Giacomelli Giuseppe Curtoni Leo Craighero | 3:22.4 |
| 1600 metres medley relay | Italy (ITA) Manfredo Giacomelli Angelo Ferrario Tullio Gonnelli Luigi Beccali | 3:28.2 | Germany (GER) Max Danz Fritz Nottbrock Eugen Eldracher Erhard Pflug | 3:31.2 | Hungary (HUN) Dezső Boross Gábor Duha Ottó Hámori Mihály Iglói | 3:32.6 |
| High jump | Mihály Bodosi (HUN) | 1.94 | Aksel Kuuse (EST) | 1.91 | Nils Bergström (SWE) | 1.85 |
| Pole vault | Bo Ljungberg (SWE) | 3.90 | Diego Pajmaevich (ARG) | 3.80 | Riccardo Galetto (ITA) | 3.80 |
| Long jump | Nikolai Küttis (EST) | 7.26 | Martti Tolamo (FIN) | 7.03 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER) | 6.94 |
| Shot put | Risto Kuntsi (FIN) | 15.52 | Arnold Viiding (EST) | 15.09 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER) | 14.95 |
| Discus throw | Henri LaBorde (USA) | 48.90 | Arnold Viiding (EST) | 45.40 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER) | 44.54 |
| Javelin throw | József Várszegi (HUN) | 64.85 | Gustav Sule (EST) | 64.03? | Gottfried Weimann (GER) | 64.02 |
| Pentathlon | Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER) | 4163.54 | Wolrad Eberle (GER) | 3979.51 | Martti Tolamo (FIN) | 3941.24 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ondina Valla (ITA) | 12.9 | Audrey Brown (ENG) | 13.0 | Claudia Testoni (ITA) | 13.0 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Ondina Valla (ITA) | 12.2 | Claudia Testoni (ITA) | 12.6 | Rózsi Perjés-Pertich (HUN) | 13.0 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Lidia Bongiovanni Maria Coselli Claudia Testoni Ondina Valla | 51.5 | England (ENG) Audrey Brown V. Booth Enid Gillett Constance Voase | 51.9 | Latvia (LAT) Erna Eltermane Alise Gailīte Alīda Gailīte Violeta Eversa | 54.6 |
| High jump | Ondina Valla (ITA) | 1.45 | Kathleen Halsall (ENG) | 1.40 | Violeta Eversa (LAT) | 1.40 |
| Long jump | Claudia Testoni (ITA) | 5.03 | Rózsi Perjés-Pertich (HUN) | 4.97 | Ondina Valla (ITA) | 4.85 |
| Discus throw | Lidia Bongiovanni (ITA) | 25.62 | V. Booth (ENG) | 24.27? | Sybil Ireland (ENG) | 22.12 |
| Javelin throw | Margaret Cox (ENG) | 29.16 | Constance Lee (ENG) | 28.81 | Maria Cosselli (ITA) | 27.81 |

## Athletics medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 9 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Germany (DEU) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (CSK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | England (ENG) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bolivia
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* China
* Colombia
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Great Britain
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Portugal
* Romania
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States