Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade

Athletics events were contested at the 1959 Summer Universiade in Turin, Italy.

Medal summary Men 10.510.810.820.921.621.747.547.947.91:50.51:50.51:50.93:50.93:52.03:52.114:09.814:14.814:18.014.214.414.452.152.853.2Guido De MurtasSalvatore GiannoneGiorgio MazzaLivio Berruti41.0Rudolf SundermannMartin ReichertBurkhart QuantzFritz Helfrich41.0Ali BrakchiJoël CapriceJean-Claude PenezGuy Lagorce41.4Albert GrawitzBurkhart QuantzWalter ObersteOtto Klappert3:09.5Elio CatolaNereo FossatiMario FraschiniGermano Gimelli3:11.4Robert HayMike RobinsonJohn HoltNorman Futter3:12.22.011.961.964.354.304.207.467.437.4215.7415.5515.4417.3217.1016.7053.0752.7952.2263.6563.6162.3275.9575.8072.81400635303048

Women 11.712.012.123.824.224.72:11.12:11.32:12.311.111.411.5Nelli YeliseyevaLarisa KuleshovaTamara MakarovaLyudmila Nechayeva46.9Anna DoroFausta GalluzziGiuseppina LeoneNadia Mecocci47.5Ilsabe HeiderAntje GleichfeldKristianne FossInge Fuhrmann48.11.801.731.615.945.765.7113.9713.9013.1146.7645.5643.3849.9547.0246.86

Medal table

References World Student Games (Universiade - Men) - GBR Athletics World Student Games (Universiade - Women) - GBR Athletics