Athletics at the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week explained

The athletics competition at the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week was held in Merano, Italy, in early September.

Medal summary

Men

100 metres		10.80		10.90		10.90
200 metres		22.60		22.80		22.90
400 metres		49.00		49.30		50.00
800 metres		1:55.0		1:56.0		1:56.2
1500 metres		3:55.6		4:02.1		4:03.0
5000 metres		15:55.6		16:05.9		16:17.1
110 metres hurdles		15.10		15.10		15.30
400 metres hurdles		55.40		57.00		57.20
4 × 100 metres relay	Italy Gino Roghi Enrico Perucconi Gino Riva Elbano Allori	42.60	F.R. Germany Konrad Wittekindt Arno Boger Ernst Grässle Rolf Münks	42.60	Luxembourg Fred Hammer René Kremer Robert Schaeffer Frank Roger	43.10
4 × 400 metres relay	F.R. Germany Oskar Wegener Horst Bergmann Günther Steines Georg Sallen	3:19.4	Italy Baldassare Porto Giorgio Zitelli Enrico Merani Franco Sandrelli	3:19.4	Luxembourg Josy Barthel Gérard Rasquin Bernhard Fonck Felix Reiter	3:21.1
High jump		1.85		1.85		1.75
Pole Vault		3.70		3.50		3.40
Long jump		6.99		6.84		6.82
Triple jump		14.03		13.82		13.44
Shot put		13.67		13.32		12.95
Discus throw		42.81		40.89		40.13
Hammer throw		45.00		43.49		40.71
Javelin throw		58.79		56.75		54.87
Pentathlon		3057.00		2919.00		2872.00

Women

100 metres		12.70		12.70		13.00
80 metres hurdles		12.50		12.80		13.00
4 × 100 metres relay	Italy Micaela Bora Maria Torresi Miriam Kuhne Ida Monticelli	51.90	F.R. Germany Ursula Ehrhardt Else Jores Hilde Quast Margarete Von Bucholtz	51.90	Luxembourg Lucie Hansen Klaudie Wampach Simone Ker Hanny Schmidt	52.10
High jump		1.51		1.51		1.48
Long jump		5.03		4.96		4.96
Shot put		10.20		10.15		10.11
Discus throw		38.52		31.25		29.29

References

• World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) - GBR Athletics
• Medallists (including relay members)