Athletics at the 1957 World University Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 and 6 September 1957.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Manfred Germar  West Germany	Ira Murchison  United States	Leonid Bartenyev  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ira Murchison	United States	10.8	Q[3]
2	1	Klaus Förster	West Germany	11.1	Q
3	1	Jeffrey	Great Britain	11.2	Q[4]
4	1	Kadlec	Brazil	11.4
5	1	Takayama	Japan	11.4
1	2	Manfred Germar	West Germany	11.4	Q[5]
2	2	Pier Giorgio Cazzola	Italy	11.4	Q
3	2	Tavares	Brazil	11.7	Q
4	2	Wojciech Czajkowski	Poland	11.8
1	3	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	11.1	Q[5]
2	3	Takeo Tamura	Japan	11.2	Q
3	3	Mircea Pop	Romania	11.3	Q
4	3	Armando Roca	Spain	11.3
5	3	Gerald Mason	Ireland	11.5
1	4	Jacques Vercruysse	Belgium	11.4	Q
2	4	Jaime López Amor	Spain	11.4	Q
3	4	Mieczysław Borek	Poland	11.5	Q
4	4	Jean-Félix Rousset	France	11.6
1	5	Vladilyen Marin	Soviet Union	11.3	Q
2	5	Dieter Kröger	West Germany	11.4	Q
3	5	Ketmetto	Lebanon	11.7	Q
4	5	Jim Railton	Great Britain	11.9
1	6	Joël Caprice	France	11.1	Q
2	6	Zdzisław Szczepański	Poland	11.2	Q
3	6	Boccardo	Italy	11.4	Q
4	6	Francis	Bermuda	11.4
1	7	Sándor Jakabfy	Hungary	11.2	Q[4]
2	7	Nick Whitehead	Great Britain	11.3	Q[4]
3	7	Ilarie Măgdaş	Romania	11.3	Q
4	7	Myata	Japan	11.6
5	7	Melanio Asensio	Spain	11.6	[5]
1	8	Albert Plaskeyev	Soviet Union	11.2	Q
2	8	Klaus Gump	Austria	11.3	Q
3	8	Ciardello	Italy	11.5	Q
4	8	Silva	Brazil	11.6
5	8	Vladimír Šimeček	Czechoslovakia	11.6

Quarterfinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ira Murchison	United States	10.8	Q[3]
2	1	Vladilyen Marin	Soviet Union	11.0	Q
3	1	Ciardello	Italy	11.0	Q
4	1	Nick Whitehead	Great Britain	11.1
5	1	Mircea Pop	Romania	11.1
6	1	Tavares	Brazil	11.4
1	2	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	10.8	Q
2	2	Zdzisław Szczepański	Poland	11.0	Q
3	2	Klaus Gump	Austria	11.0	Q
4	2	Dieter Kröger	West Germany	11.1
5	2	Jacques Vercruysse	Belgium	11.2
	2	Ketmetto	Lebanon	?
1	3	Joël Caprice	France	11.0	Q
2	3	Albert Plaskeyev	Soviet Union	11.1	Q
3	3	Klaus Förster	West Germany	11.2	Q
4	3	Ilarie Măgdaş	Romania	11.4
5	3	Pier Giorgio Cazzola	Italy	11.4
6	3	Mieczysław Borek	Poland	11.6
1	4	Manfred Germar	West Germany	10.9	Q[5]
2	4	Sándor Jakabfy	Hungary	11.0	Q[4]
3	4	Boccardo	Italy	11.1	Q
4	4	Jeffrey	Great Britain	11.2
5	4	Jaime López Amor	Spain	11.5
6	4	Takeo Tamura	Japan	11.5

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ira Murchison	United States	10.8	Q[6]
2	1	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	10.8	Q[6]
3	1	Sándor Jakabfy	Hungary	10.9	Q
4	1	Klaus Förster	West Germany	11.0
5	1	Vladilyen Marin	Soviet Union	11.0
6	1	Boccardo	Italy	11.0
1	2	Manfred Germar	West Germany	10.7	Q
2	2	Joël Caprice	France	10.7	Q
3	2	Zdzisław Szczepański	Poland	11.0	Q
4	2	Albert Plaskeyev	Soviet Union	11.0
5	2	Ciardello	Italy	11.1
	2	Klaus Gump	Austria	?

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Manfred Germar	West Germany	10.5
	1	Ira Murchison	United States	10.6
	3	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	10.7
4	6	Sándor Jakabfy	Hungary	10.8
5	5	Zdzisław Szczepański	Poland	10.9
6	4	Joël Caprice	France	10.9

References

1. García, Gerardo. "Los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). October 1957: 15–19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. L'Athletisme (September 1957, p4)
3. Lampe, Keith (6 September 1957). "Win in beartraps; Russians in built-up shoes capture high jump in Paris". The Cumberland Times. p. 22. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
4. "Heartening day for Britain". The Manchester Guardian. 6 September 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
5. García, Gerardo (6 September 1957). "Ayer, primera jornada de atletismo, en los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
6. "Britain gains her first medal". The Manchester Guardian. 7 September 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 22 November 2021.