World Festival of Youth and Students

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1947—1962
Editions 9
Competitors 946
Countries 27

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1947 World Festival of Youth and Students Praha TCH 8 – 9 August 1947 24 48 6
1949 World Festival of Youth and Students Budapest HUN 17 – 20 August 1949 47 133 9
1951 World Festival of Youth and Students Ost-Berlin GDR 7 – 15 August 1951 133 356 11
1953 World Festival of Youth and Students București ROU 5 – 14 August 1953 59 166 9
1954 World Festival of Youth and Students Budapest HUN 1 – 8 August 1954 56 169 9
1955 World Festival of Youth and Students Warszawa POL 2 – 11 August 1955 57 197 11
1957 World Festival of Youth and Students Moskva URS 30 July – 8 August 1957 36 111 11
1959 World Festival of Youth and Students Wien AUT 1 – 2 August 1959 25 64 12
1962 World Festival of Youth and Students Helsinki FIN 30 – 31 July 1962 26 58 9

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 197 160 143 500
2 Hungary HUN 121 95 84 300
3 Czechoslovakia TCH 37 59 43 139
4 East Germany GDR 36 45 61 142
5 Poland POL 34 45 48 127
6 Romania ROU 19 21 32 72
7 Yugoslavia YUG 5 4 8 17
8 Bulgaria BUL 3 7 11 21
9 France FRA 3 6 5 14
10 Italy ITA 3 3 3 9
11 Australia AUS 2 1 2 5
12 China CHN 1 3 2 6
13 Austria AUT 1 2 4 7
14 Mexico MEX 1 1 0 2
15 Brazil BRA 1 0 0 1
= Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
17 Scotland SCO 0 2 3 5
18 Finland FIN 0 1 5 6
19 Mixed team MIX 0 1 3 4
20 Sweden SWE 0 1 2 3
21 Iceland ISL 0 1 1 2
= Indonesia INA 0 1 1 2
23 Albania ALB 0 1 0 1
24 Argentina ARG 0 0 1 1
= Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
= Tunisia TUN 0 0 1 1