# 1928 Summer Student World Championships

The 1928 Summer Student World Championships, was the fourth editions of the Summer Student World Championships, were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE) and held in Paris, France. Held from 9–17 August, a total of 300 athletes from 16 nations competed in the programme of five sports, including: athletics, fencing, association football, swimming and tennis. Women competed in swimming events only.

## Athletics medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | André Théard (HAI) | 10.6 | Hans Salz (GER) | 10.8e | Eugen Eldracher (GER) | 10.9e |
| 200 metres | John Rinkel (ENG) | 22.2 | Eugen Eldracher (GER) | 22.8e | Georges Krotoff (FRA) | Unknown |
| 400 metres | Werner Storz (GER) | 49.2 | Joseph Jackson (FRA) | 50.6e | László Magdics (HUN) | Unknown |
| 800 metres | Paul Martin (SUI) | 01:57.6 | Fredy Müller (GER) | 1:58.4e | Francis Galtier (FRA) | 1:58.6e |
| 1500 metres | Helmut Krause (GER) | 04:01.6 | Reidar Jørgensen (NOR) | 4:01.7e | Gaston Leduc (FRA) | 4:02.4e |
| 3000 metres | Gaston Leduc (FRA) | 08:58.4 | David Richards (ENG) | 9:02.6e | Elek Szerb (HUN) | 9:08.6e |
| 110 metres hurdles | Bernard Lucas (ENG) | 15.6 | Gabriel Sempé (FRA) | 15.7e | Robert Marchand (FRA) | 15.8e |
| 400 metres hurdles | Robert Maxwell (USA) | 55.4 | Stefan Kostrzewski (POL) | 56.0e | Édouard Max-Robert (FRA) | Unknown |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Germany (GER) Hans Salz Eugen Eldracher Kurt Mölle Robert Suhr | 42.8 | Japan (JPN) | 43.2 | France (FRA) Georges Krotoff Gabriel Sempé Jacques Arnaud Charles Heutschell | 44.8 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | France (FRA) Joseph Jackson Georges Krotoff Francis Galtier Marcel Keller | 3:22.8 | Germany (GER) | 3:24.8 | Hungary (HUN) Imre Dénes Ödön Ferenczy Lajos Remetz László Magdics | 3:25.0 |
| 1000 metres medley relay | Germany (GER) Harry Storz Hans Salz Eugen Eldracher Peter-Paul Wiese | 2:01.2 | France (FRA) Joseph Jackson Georges Krotoff Édouard Max-Robert Francis Galtier | 2:01.6 | Hungary (HUN) László Magdics Ferenc Abonyi János Paizs Elemér Veress | 2:02.0 |
| High jump | Kazuo Kimura (JPN) | 1.88 | Wilhelm Ladewig (GER) | 1.85 | Giuseppe Palmieri (ITA) | 1.80 |
| Pole vault | Hiroshi Kasahara (JPN) | 3.80 | Shuhei Nishida (JPN) | 3.70 | Jan Koreis (TCH) | 3.60 |
| Long jump | Willi Meier (GER) | 7.34 | Chuhei Nambu (JPN) | 7.18 | Lajos Balogh (HUN) | 7.13 |
| Shot put | Édouard Duhour (FRA) | 14.60 | Antal Bacsalmasi (HUN) | 13.90 | Václav Chmelík (TCH) | 13.41 |
| Discus throw | István Komlos (HUN) | 40.28 | Kurt Weiss (GER) | 39.35 | István Regos (HUN) | 39.10 |
| Javelin throw | Kosaku Sumiyoshi (JPN) | 62.81 | Hans Schnackerts (GER) | 58.48? | Giuseppe Palmieri (ITA) | 57.72 |
| Pentathlon | Wilhelm Beck (AUT) | 3460.60 | Wilhelm Ladewig (GER) | 3457.69 | Jacques Flouret (FRA) | 3300.98 |

## Athletics medal table

| 1 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | England (ENG) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 16 | 17 | 17 | 50 |

## Participating nations

* Austria
* Belgium
* Czechoslovakia
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Haiti
* Hungary
* Italy
* Japan
* Norway
* Poland
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States
* Kingdom of Yugoslavia