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Global Global championships · since 1923

1957 World Festival of Youth and Students

Moscow, Soviet Union 28 Jul – 5 Aug 1957

events: 35
medals awarded: 105
nations on the podium: 11
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

1

Marian Foik 10.5

2

Leonid Bartenev 10.6

3

Mikhail Bachvarov 10.7

Sprints

200m

1

Sandor Jakabfy 21.3

2

Leonid Bartenev 21.3

3

Yuriy Konovalov 21.4

Sprints

400m

1

Jaroslav Jirasek 47.6

2

Ion Wiesenmayer NR 47.7

3

Josef Trousil 47.9

Middle & long

800m

1

Tadeusz Kazmierski CR 1:48.2

2

Helfried Reinnagel 1:48.5

3

Zoltan Vamoş NR 1:49.4

Middle & long

1500m

1

Jonas Pipyne CR 3:41.1

2

Yevgeny Sokolov 3:41.7

3

Stanislav Jungwirth 3:41.7

Middle & long

5000m

1

Miklos Szabo (1928) CR 13:51.8

2

Friedrich Janke 13:52.0

3

Allan Lawrence 13:54.2

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Pyotr Bolotnikov 29:14.6

2

Allan Lawrence 29:16.4

3

Ivan Cherniyavski 29:36.0

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Semyon Rzhishchin 8:50.2

2

Ludvik Vesely 8:51.8

3

Gyula Varga 8:53.8

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Stanko Lorger 14.5

2

Boris Stolyarov 14.6

3

Yuriy Petrov (1931) 14.6

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Yuriy Lituyev CR 51.2

2

Igor Ilyin 51.3

3

Pavel Syedov 53.9

Jumps

High jump

1

Yuriy Stepanov CR 2.13

2

Igor Kashkarov 2.13

3

Vladimir Sitkin 2.01

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Vitaliy Chernobay CR 4.50

2

Manfred Preussger 4.40 =

2

Vladimir Bulatov 4.40 =

Jumps

Long jump

1

Henryk Grabowski 7.46

2

Yevgeny Chen 7.43

3

Branko Miler 7.25

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Adhemar Da Silva 15.92

2

Vilhjalmur Einarsson 15.90

3

Leonid Shcherbakov 15.76

Throws

Shot put

1

Jiri Skobla CR 17.20

2

Jaroslav Plihal 16.98

3

Vartan Ovsepyan 16.94

Throws

Discus throw

1

Karel Merta 53.55

2

Boris Matveyev 52.43

3

Edmund Piatkowski 52.19

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Mikhail Krivonosov 62.91

2

Zvonko Bezjak 62.35

3

Anatoliy Samotsvetov 62.13

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Janusz Sidlo 80.12

2

Jan Kopyto 76.70

3

Vladimir Kuznetsov 76.44

Race walks

10,000m race walk

1

Antanas Mikenas 1:33:02

2

Leonid Spirin 1:33:02

3

Grigoriy Panichkin 1:33:20

Race walks

50 km race walk

1

Mikhail Lavrov 4:23:29

2

Anatoliy Vedyakov 4:25:00

3

Grigoriy Klimov 4:26:05

Combined

Decathlon

1

Yuriy Kutenko CR 7294 pts

2

Walter Meier 7193 pts

3

Helmut Hengst 6574 pts

Relays

4x100m

1

Soviet Union CR 40.2

2

Poland 40.8

3

Iceland 42.9

Relays

4x400m

1

Soviet Union 3:11.1

2

Czech Republic 3:12.6

3

Germany DR (1949-89) 3:13.7

Medal table

11 nations · 105 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Soviet Union URS	21	18	20	59
2	Poland POL	4	2	1	7
3	Czech Republic CZE	3	3	4	10
4	Germany DR (1949-89) GDR	2	8	2	12
5	Hungary HUN	2	0	2	4
6	Romania ROU	1	2	1	4
7	Yugoslavia SR JUG	1	1	1	3
8	Brazil BRA	1	0	0	1
9	Australia AUS	0	1	1	2
10	Iceland ISL	0	1	1	2
11	Bulgaria BUL	0	0	1	1

Records set

16 CR

CR Tadeusz Kazmierski 800m · Men 1:48.2
CR Jonas Pipyne 1500m · Men 3:41.1
CR Miklos Szabo (1928) 5000m · Men 13:51.8
CR Yuriy Lituyev 400m hurdles · Men 51.2
CR Yuriy Stepanov High jump · Men 2.13
CR Vitaliy Chernobay Pole vault · Men 4.50
CR Jiri Skobla Shot put · Men 17.20
CR Yuriy Kutenko Decathlon · Men 7294
CR Soviet Union 4x100m · Men 40.2
CR= Albina Khomutova 400m · Women 54.4
CR Ursula Donath 800m · Women 2:07.8
CR Nelli Yelisayeva 80m hurdles · Women 10.8
CR= Iolanda Balaş High jump · Women 1.66
CR Galina Zybina Shot put · Women 16.26
CR Nina Ponomaryova Discus throw · Women 53.13
CR Soviet Union 4x100m · Women 46.0