Athletics events were contested at the 1963 Summer Universiade in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Medal summary Men 10.3410.5210.5621.4421.5521.6046.7546.9247.021:48.11:48.61:49.53:49.53:49.63:49.714:21.414:32.014:43.214.1714.2514.4050.4851.5251.95Csaba CsutorásLászló MihályfiIstván GyulaiGyula Rábai40.98Alejandro PasqualManuel MontalvoLázaro BetancourtEnrique Figuerola41.37Gérard ZinggJean-Pierre FabreAlain RoyAlain Moreaux41.82Adrian MetcalfeJohn BoulterMenzies CampbellDick Steane3:12.02Peter HoppeWolfgang SchollJohannes SchmittHans-Joachim Reske3:13.02Sergio BelloMarco BusattoMario FraschiniRoberto Frinolli3:13.652.152.091.994.604.304.207.957.707.4515.9915.9415.8018.4417.7617.7251.6351.2351.0365.7665.7260.9079.7777.7877.6264876102

Women 11.9112.0212.1124.6024.6424.742:05.92:08.22:10.310.9511.0111.10Alla ChernyshovaRenāte LāceVera PopkovaTatyana Shchelkanova46.5Bärbel PalmiAntje GleichfeldElke MasnfeldJutta Heine47.5Irene MartínezFulgencia RomayNorma PérezMiguelina Cobián47.51.721.671.656.485.715.6317.2915.4714.7555.9050.9249.7349.6147.0043.91

Medal table

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