World Festival of Youth and Students

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1947—1962
Editions 9
Competitors 1507
Countries 38

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 133 380 11
1953 World Festival of Youth and Students București ROU 5 – 14 August 1953 74 291 15
1954 World Festival of Youth and Students Budapest HUN 1 – 8 August 1954 133 531 18
1955 World Festival of Youth and Students Warszawa POL 2 – 11 August 1955 62 283 19
1957 World Festival of Youth and Students Moskva URS 30 July – 8 August 1957 37 163 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 231 183 154 568
2 Hungary HUN 158 135 108 401
3 Czechoslovakia TCH 45 63 52 160
4 East Germany GDR 43 45 63 151
5 Poland POL 37 54 63 154
6 Romania ROU 24 33 52 109
7 Bulgaria BUL 5 11 18 34
8 Yugoslavia YUG 5 4 8 17
9 France FRA 4 6 5 15
10 Italy ITA 3 3 3 9
11 Austria AUT 2 3 6 11
12 Australia AUS 2 1 2 5
13 China CHN 1 3 5 9
14 Great Britain GBR 1 1 0 2
= Mexico MEX 1 1 0 2
16 Brazil BRA 1 0 0 1
= Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
18 Mixed team MIX 0 2 4 6
19 Scotland SCO 0 2 3 5
20 Finland FIN 0 1 5 6
21 Denmark DEN 0 1 2 3
= Sweden SWE 0 1 2 3
23 Iceland ISL 0 1 1 2
= Indonesia INA 0 1 1 2
25 Albania ALB 0 1 0 1
= Lebanon LBN 0 1 0 1
27 Egypt EGY 0 0 3 3
28 Argentina ARG 0 0 1 1
= Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Ireland IRL 0 0 1 1
= Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
= Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
= Tunisia TUN 0 0 1 1