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{{Short description|Multi-sport event in Vienna, Austria}}
[[File:Franz Kralicek - Studenten-Weltspiele 1939.jpg|thumb|Poster]]
An '''International University Games''' ({{langx|de|Studenten-Weltspiele}}<ref name="poster"/>) was an international [[multi-sport event]] held between 20 and 27 August 1939 in [[Vienna]], [[German Reich]] (now Vienna, [[Austria]]),<ref name="poster"/><ref name="Rebhann1995">{{cite book|last=Rebhann|first=Fritz Maria|title=Die braunen Jahre: Wien 1938-1945|year=1995|publisher=Wiener Journal Zeitschriftenverl.|isbn=9783853080139|page=78}}</ref> which had originally been scheduled as the official 1939 staging of the Summer [[International University Games]] awarded to Vienna by the [[Confederation Internationale des Etudiants]] (CIE) in January 1938, prior to Austria's absorption into [[Nazi Germany]] by the [[Anschluss]].<ref name="GlasgowHerald">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sjg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=R6YLAAAAIBAJ&pg=4545%2C143265|title=World Student Games: Surprise Change of Venue|date=1 June 1939|work=The Glasgow Herald|page=17|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Students in Search of Their University: An International "conversation" Between Students on "Education in the Modern University", Luxemburg, May 22-25, 1938|year=1939|publisher=International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation|page=162}}</ref> The [[National Socialist German Students' League]] (NSDStB) withdrew from the CIE in May 1939,<ref name="GlasgowHerald" /> and the CIE at short notice moved its version of the [[1939 International University Games]] to [[Monte Carlo]].

The formal opening was by [[Bernhard Rust]], the [[Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Culture|Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture]], on 20 August in the [[Prater Stadium]], the main venue of the games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beeldbankwo2.nl/detail.jsp?action=detail&recordidx=1|title=Feierliche Eröffnung der Studentenweltspiele 1939|publisher=Beeldbank WO2 [Image Bank WW2]|language=de|access-date=22 May 2016|location=Amsterdam|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130912131044/http://www.beeldbankwo2.nl/detail.jsp?action=detail&recordidx=1|archive-date=2013-09-12|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/annodazumal/sportstaetten/stadion.html|title=Das Wiener Stadion (Ernst-Happel-Stadion)|work=Wien.gv.at|publisher=Vienna City Council|language=de|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807112739/https://www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/annodazumal/sportstaetten/stadion.html|archive-date=2016-08-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation]] stated in 1940, "The results of the Monaco Games were much superior to those of the Vienna Games."<ref>{{cite journal|year=1940|journal=Intellectual Co-operation Bulletin|publisher=International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation|page=134|title=?}}</ref>

== Participating nations ==
The NSDStB invited many nations to the Vienna games, but most entrants were nations affiliated with the [[Axis powers]].<ref name="GlasgowHerald" /><ref name="KotekBlumenau2015">{{cite book|last1=Kotek|first1=Joel|last2=Blumenau|first2=trans Ralph|title=Students and the Cold War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=weqwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA242|access-date=19 May 2016|date=30 December 2015|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=9781349248384|pages=242, note 3}}</ref>  The following countries were reported to have participated in the games:<ref>{{cite book|title=Ernst Söllinger, Ein Münchener in Darmstadt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gCTTl27097cC&pg=PA89|publisher=Raimund Kluber|language=de|page=89}} {{Dead link|date=July 2018}}</ref> 
* {{flag|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} 
* {{EST}}
* {{FIN}}
* {{flag|Nazi Germany|German Reich}}
* {{flag|Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)|name=Kingdom of Hungary}}
* {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}
* {{flag|Empire of Japan}}
* {{PER}} 
* {{flag|Slovak Republic|1939|name=Slovak Republic}}  
* {{flag|Spanish State}} 
* {{flag|Union of South Africa}}
* {{SWE}}
* {{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

==Athletics==
===Men's events===
{|{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| 100 Metres
|{{flagathlete|[[József Sir]]|HUN|1920}}||10.7
|{{flagathlete|[[Amelio Monacci]]|ITA|1861}}||10.8
|{{flagathlete|[[Matsuo Taniguchi]]|JPN}}||10.9
|-
| 200 Metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Tullio Gonnelli]]|ITA|1861}}||21.8
|{{flagathlete|[[József Sir]]|HUN|1920}}||21.9
|{{flagathlete|[[Ernesto Bianchi]]|ITA|1861}}||22.0
|-
| 400 Metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Ottavio Missoni]]|ITA|1861}}||48.0
|{{flagathlete|Hans Helm|GER|Nazi}}||48.3
|{{flagathlete|[[Karl Rinck]]|GER|Nazi}}||48.5
|-
| 800 Metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Wolfgang Dessecker]]|GER|Nazi}}||1:53.9
|{{flagathlete|[[Gioacchino Dorascenzi]]|ITA|1861}}||1:54.4
|{{flagathlete|[[János Aradi]]|HUN|1920}}||1:55.3
|-
| 1500 Metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Wolfgang Dessecker]]|GER|Nazi}}||3:57.2
|{{flagathlete|[[Sándor Rátonyi]]|HUN|1920}}||3:58.4
|{{flagathlete|[[Gusztáv Harsányi]]|HUN|1920}}||3:59.6
|-
| 5000 Metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Rolf Fellersmann]]|GER|Nazi}}||15:10.6
|{{flagathlete|[[András Csaplár]]|HUN|1920}}||15:10.8
|{{flagathlete|[[Åke Lindstedt]]|SWE}}||15:28.6
|-
| 110 Metres Hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Lennart Lundberg]]|SWE}}||15.1
|{{flagathlete|[[Giorgio Oberweger]]|ITA|1861}}||15.3
|{{flagathlete|[[Akira Kawamura]]|JPN}}||15.4
|-
| 400 Metres Hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Max Meyr]]|GER|Nazi}}||54.0
|{{flagathlete|[[Walter Darr]]|GER|Nazi}}||54.5
|{{flagathlete|[[Jenõ Polgár]]|HUN|1920}}||56.0
|-
| 4 x 100 Metres Relay
|{{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}}Germany "A"<br>[[Fritz Müller (athlete)|Fritz Müller]]<br>[[Harald Mellerowicz]]<br>[[Siegfried Schmitt]]<br>[[Günter Köster]]||41.8
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}}Italy "A"<br>[[Tullio Gonnelli]]<br>[[Amelio Monacci]]<br>[[Gianvittorio Schulteschi]]<br>[[Ernesto Bianchi]]||42.1
|{{flagicon|Hungary|1920}}Hungary<br>[[József Sir]]<br>[[Ferenc Szigetvári]]<br>[[László Ember]]<br>[[József Góby]]||42.6
|-
| 4 x 400 Metres Relay
|{{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}}Germany "A"<br>[[Karl Rinck]]<br>Hans Helm<br>[[Cuno Wieland]]<br>[[Gerhard Rose (athlete)|Gerhard Rose]]||3:15.8
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}}Italy "A"<br>[[Gioacchino Dorascenzi]]<br>[[Ottavio Missoni]]<br>[[Aldo Ferassutti]]<br>[[Angelo Lualdi]]||3:17.2
|{{flagicon|Hungary|1920}}Hungary<br>[[József Vadas]]<br>[[János Görkói]]<br>[[György Sándor (athlete)|György Sándor]]<br>[[Jenõ Polgár]]||3:17.4
|-
| 10 x 200 Metres Relay
|{{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}}Germany||3:38.3
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}}Italy<br>[[Ottavio Missoni]]<br>[[Tullio Gonnelli]]<br>[[Leo Craighero]]<br>[[Amelio Monacci]]<br>[[Gianvittorio Schulteschi]]<br>[[Ernesto Bianchi]]<br>[[Aldo Ferassutti]]<br>[[Bruno Mainardi]]<br>[[Giovanni Scolari]]<br>[[Adriano Ambrosioni]]||3:39.2
|{{flagicon|Hungary|1920}}Hungary<br>[[György Sándor (athlete)|György Sándor]]<br>[[László Ember]]<br>[[Ferenc Szigetvári]]<br>[[József Sir]]<br>[[Jenõ Polgár]]<br>[[József Vadas]]<br>[[Vilmos Vermes]]<br>[[József Góby]]<br>[[László Gábor]]<br>[[János Görkói]]||3:43.2
|-
| High Jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Assar Persson]]|SWE}}||1.90
|{{flagathlete|[[Gustav Weinkötz]]|GER|Nazi}}||1.85
|{{flagathlete|[[Renato Dotti]]|ITA|1861}}||1.85
|-
| Pole Vault
|{{flagathlete|[[Rudolf Glötzner]]|GER|Nazi}}||4.10
|{{flagathlete|[[Gian Battista Boscutti]]|ITA|1861}}||3.90
|{{flagathlete|[[Bo Ljungberg]]|SWE}}||3.90
|-
| Long Jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Guido Bologna]]|ITA|1861}}||7.09
|{{flagathlete|[[István Gyuricza]]|HUN|1920}}||7.03
|{{flagathlete|[[Lennart Eliaeson]]|SWE}}||7.01
|-
| Triple Jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Kim Won-Kwon]]|JPN}}<ref group="fn">Kim Won-Kwon represented Japan but was from Korea. The Japanese gave his name as Genken Kim</ref>||15.37  
|{{flagathlete|[[Jaakko Vakkuri]]|FIN}}||14.73
|{{flagathlete|[[Vittorio Turco]]|ITA|1861}}||14.72
|-
| Shot
|{{flagathlete|[[Gerhard Stöck]]|GER|Nazi}}||16.33
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksander Kreek]]|EST}}||16.26
|{{flagathlete|[[Kurt Gross-Fengels]]|GER|Nazi}}||14.79
|-
| Discus
|{{flagathlete|[[Giorgio Oberweger]]|ITA|1861}}||48.21
|{{flagathlete|[[Walter Buschey]]|GER|Nazi}}||47.45
|{{flagathlete|[[Gerhard Hilbrecht]]|GER|Nazi}}||46.11
|-
| Hammer
|{{flagathlete|[[Walter Beyer (athlete)|Walter Beyer]]|GER|Nazi}}||53.54
|{{flagathlete|[[Kurt Jancke]]|GER|Nazi}}||49.21
|{{flagathlete|[[Michele Venanzetti]]|ITA|1861}}||48.85
|-
| Javelin
|{{flagathlete|[[József Várszegi]]|HUN|1920}}||67.37
|{{flagathlete|[[Karl-Heinrich Berg]]|GER|Nazi}}||67.29
|{{flagathlete|[[Friedrich Issak]]|EST}}||66.79
|-
| Pentathlon
|{{flagathlete|[[Fritz Müller (pentathlete)|Fritz Müller]]|GER|Nazi}}||3867
|{{flagathlete|[[Fritz Lüttge]]|GER|Nazi}}||3273
|{{flagathlete|[[Friedel Heintz]]|GER|Nazi}}||3225
|}

===Women's events===
{|{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| 100 Metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Ritagret Wendel]]|GER|Nazi}}||12.4
|{{flagathlete|[[Siegfriede Dempe]]|GER|Nazi}}||12.6
|{{flagathlete|Langerbeck|GER|Nazi}}<ref  group="fn" name="NoName">The source for these results gives no first name for this athlete</ref>||13.0
|-
| 200 Metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Ritagret Wendel]]|GER|Nazi}}||25.4
|{{flagathlete|Ergbuth|GER|Nazi}}<ref group="fn" name="NoName"/>||26.6
|{{flagathlete|[[Lilo Stubbe]]|GER|Nazi}}||26.6
|-
| 80 Metres Hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Siegfriede Dempe]]|GER|Nazi}}||11.7
|{{flagathlete|[[Annemarie Westphal]]|GER|Nazi}}||12.0
|{{flagathlete|[[Erika Biess]]|GER|Nazi}}||12.1
|-
| 4 x 100 Metres Relay
|{{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}}Germany "A"<br>[[Siegfriede Dempe]]<br>[[Ritagret Wendel]]<br>Langerbeck<br>[[Erika Biess]]||49.0
|{{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}}Germany "B"||50.5
|Unknown||Unknown
|-
| High Jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Luise Lockemann]]|GER|Nazi}}||1.50<ref  group="fn" name="Time">There is uncertainty about this time per the source data</ref>
|{{flagathlete|[[Wanda Nowak]]|GER|Nazi}}<ref group="fn">Wanda Nowak represented Germany but was from Austria</ref>||1.50<ref group="fn" name="Time"/>
|{{flagathlete|[[Editha Evers]]|GER|Nazi}}||1.50
|-
| Long Jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Luise Lockemann]]|GER|Nazi}}||5.21
|{{flagathlete|Brenner|GER|Nazi}}<ref group="fn" name="NoName"/>||5.19
|{{flagathlete|Ergbuth|GER|Nazi}}<ref group="fn" name="NoName"/>||4.90
|-
| Shot
|{{flagathlete|[[Annemarie Westphal]]|GER|Nazi}}||12.44
|{{flagathlete|[[Gisela Schulte]]|GER|Nazi}}||12.43
|Unknown||Unknown
|-
| Discus
|{{flagathlete|[[Ruth Schönfeld]]|GER|Nazi}}||37.43
|{{flagathlete|[[Hermine Wittmann]]|GER|Nazi}}||36.51
|{{flagathlete|[[Gisela Schulte]]|GER|Nazi}}||35.07
|-
| Javelin
|{{flagathlete|[[Anneliese Kahle]]|GER|Nazi}}||41.15
|{{flagathlete|[[Ursula Klotz]]|GER|Nazi}}||38.52
|{{flagathlete|[[Gerda Goldmann]]|GER|Nazi}}||37.60
|}

===Medal table===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagteam
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GER = 18 | silver_GER = 15 | bronze_GER = 10 | name_GER = {{flagteam|GER|Nazi}}
 | gold_ITA = 4 | silver_ITA = 6 | bronze_ITA = 4 | name_ITA = {{flagteam|ITA|1861}}
 | gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 4 | bronze_HUN = 5 | name_HUN = {{flagteam|HUN|1920}}
 | gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 3
 | gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 2
 | gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 1
 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 0
}}

==Other sports==
[[Military sports]] were held at the games, reflecting the [[militarism]] of Nazi and fascist states.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Teja|first1=Angela |last2=Arnaud|first2=Pierre |last3=Riordan|first3=James |title=Sport and International Politics  |year=2003|publisher=E & FN SPON|isbn=0-203-47658-1 |orig-year=1998|page=147|chapter=Italian sport and international relations under fascism}}</ref> Other sports included [[tennis]], [[boxing]], [[field hockey]] (Germany beat two Italian teams<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/binaries/navigation/5913/file_45_1937_1939fuerpdf.doc?t=1446553566&usg=AFQjCNEJU8e9UaiwecGM_UYHO0vy50FGIQ&sig2=Vf74J3cjMz7nB-ByjbSU8A |format=[[MS Word]] |title=Deutscher Hockeysport 1937-1939: Vergessene Aspekte der deutschen Sportgeschichte? |last=Happ|first=Martin|work=LISA|publisher=Gerda Henkel Stiftung|language=de|access-date=22 May 2016|location=Düsseldorf}}</ref>), [[basketball]], [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[handball]], [[association football]], [[rugby football|rugby]], [[rowing (sport)|rowing]], [[fencing]], [[gliding]], and [[water polo]] (won by Hungary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fisu.net/en/A-University-Athlete-like-No-Other-3133.html?mbID=6579|title=A University Athlete like No Other|date=28 August 2015|publisher=[[International University Sports Federation]]|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>).<ref name="poster">{{cite web |url=http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk0007t746g/?layout=metadata |title=Studenten-Weltspiele, Wien 20.-27. August 1939 |work=German Nazi posters from the Second World War era |publisher=[[UC Berkeley]], [[Bancroft Library]] |access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|group="fn"}}

==References==

===Sources===
*{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wsg.htm |title=World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) |publisher=[[Athletics Weekly]] |work=GBR Athletics }}
* {{cite book|last=Oelrich|first=Harald|title=Sportgeltung - Weltgeltung: Sport im Spannungsfeld der deutsch-italienischen Außenpolitik von 1918 bis 1945 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2H3K1oNWEQC&pg=PA389|access-date=30 May 2016|date=2003|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|language=de|isbn=9783825856090|pages=389–393 |chapter= 6.3.3 — Infiltrationsstrategie und Umsturzversuch: Die internationalen Studentenmeisterschaften 1939 in Wien}}

===Citations===
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal|last=Teichler|first=Hans Joachim|year=1984|title=Nationale Und Internationale Meisterschaften Im Studentensport Vor Dem 2. Weltkrieg. Zum Weg Des Deutschen Studentensports Von Der Sportlichen Zur Sportpolitischen Hegemonie in Europa.|journal=Hochschulsport: Magazin des ADH|publisher=Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband|volume=11|issue=2|pages=4–14|language=de}}

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