# Athletics at the 1962 World Festival of Youth and Students

The 8th World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. Organised under the Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE), the events were contested in Helsinki, Finland in August 1962. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the Universiade. It was the final time that a major international athletics competition was incorporated into the festival, as athletics at the Universiade grew to be the most prominent student athletics venue for both Western and Eastern-aligned countries.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Edvin Ozolin (URS) | 10.5 | Vilém Mandlík (TCH) | 10.6 | Mikhail Bachvarov (BUL) | 10.7 |
| 200 metres | Vilém Mandlík (TCH) | 21.3 | Edvin Ozolin (URS) | 21.6 | Eduard Lomtadze (URS) | 22.1 |
| 400 metres | Viktor Lyubimov (URS) | 49.6 | Zdenek Mateyka (TCH) | 49.7 | Keijo Ceder (FIN) | 50.4 |
| 800 metres | Josef Odložil (TCH) | 1:51.4 | Vasiliy Savinkov (URS) | 1:51.5 | István Rózsavölgyi (HUN) | 1:52.8 |
| 1500 metres | Witold Baran (POL) | 3:43.6 | Tomáš Salinger (TCH) | 3:51.6 | Zoltan Vamoș (ROM) | 3:52.2 |
| 5000 metres | Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS) | 13:50.6 | Aleksey Konov (URS) | 14:03.7 | Zoltan Vamoș (ROM) | 14:10.6 |
| 110 m hurdles | Viktor Balikhin (URS) | 14.7 | Jan Toman (TCH) | 15.2 | Pekka Harjunpää (FIN) | 15.4 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) | 41.7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 42.4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 43.8 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3:17.7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:17.8 | Mongolia (MGL) | 3:34.0 |
| High jump | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | 2.22 m | Evgeni Yordanov (BUL) | 2.00 m | Eugen Ducu (ROM) | 2.00 m |
| Pole vault | Rudolf Tomášek (TCH) | 4.45 m | Włodzimierz Osiński (POL) | 4.20 m | Jan Odvárka (TCH) | 4.20 m |
| Long jump | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) | 7.93 m | Todor Dashkov (BUL) | 7.29 m | Andrzej Stalmach (POL) | 7.25 m |
| Triple jump | Artur Szczepański (POL) | 15.34 m | Andrzej Stalmach (POL) | 14.15 m | Slim Hayouni (TUN) | 13.76 m |
| Shot put | Vilmos Varjú (HUN) | 18.81 m | Edmund Piątkowski (POL) | 16.38 m | Vladimir Trusenyov (URS) | 16.00 m |
| Discus throw | Edmund Piątkowski (POL) | 57.37 m | Vladimir Trusenyov (URS) | 57.28 m | József Szécsényi (HUN) | 56.62 m |
| Javelin throw | Jānis Lūsis (URS) | 78.80 m | Janusz Sidło (POL) | 72.59 m | Pauli Kalliorinne (FIN) | 68.31 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ana Besuan (ROM) | 12.4 | Mariya Knyayetsina (URS) | 12.4 | Elżbieta Twardowska (POL) | 12.5 |
| 400 metres | Tsvetana Isaeva (BUL) | 57.9 | Jarmila Popelková (TCH) | 58.1 | Florica Grecescu (ROM) | 58.3 |
| 800 metres | Florica Grecescu (ROM) | 2:10.3 | Jarmila Popelková (TCH) | 2:11.3 | Tsvetana Isaeva (BUL) | 2:17.4 |
| 80 m hurdles | Irina Press (URS) | 10.9 | Teresa Ciepły (POL) | 11.0 | Liliya Makoshina (URS) | 11.1 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) | 47.4 | Poland (POL) | 47.7 | Finland (FIN) | 52.0 |
| High jump | Iolanda Balaș (ROM) | 1.84 m | Galina Yesukova (URS) | 1.65 m | Liisa Oksava (FIN) | 1.45 m |
| Long jump | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | 6.59 m | Diana Yorgova (BUL) | 5.99 m | Olga Borangic (ROM) | 5.89 m |
| Shot put | Tamara Press (URS) | 16.96 m | Irina Press (URS) | 16.12 m | Ivanka Khristova (BUL) | 15.18 m |
| Discus throw | Tamara Press (URS) | 54.59 m | Jolán Kontsek (HUN) | 53.97 m | Verzhinia Mikhailova (BUL) | 51.84 m |
| Javelin throw | Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS) | 56.42 m | Maria Diaconescu (ROM) | 51.02 m | Margarita Baltakova (BUL) | 46.73 m |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 14 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Romania (ROM) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |