The 8th World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. Organised under the Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE), the events were contested in Helsinki, Finland in August 1962. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the Universiade. It was the final time that a major international athletics competition was incorporated into the festival, as athletics at the Universiade grew to be the most prominent student athletics venue for both Western and Eastern-aligned countries.World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-15.
Medal summary Men 100 metres 10.5 10.6 10.7200 metres 21.3 21.6 22.1400 metres 49.6 49.7 50.4800 metres 1:51.4 1:51.5 1:52.81500 metres 3:43.6 3:51.6 3:52.25000 metres 13:50.6 14:03.7 14:10.6110 m hurdles 14.7 15.2 15.44 × 100 m relay 41.7 42.4 43.84 × 400 m relay 3:17.7 3:17.8 3:34.0High jump 2.22 m 2.00 m 2.00 mPole vault 4.45 m 4.20 m 4.20 mLong jump 7.93 m 7.29 m 7.25 mTriple jump 15.34 m 14.15 m 13.76 mShot put 18.81 m 16.38 m 16.00 mDiscus throw 57.37 m 57.28 m 56.62 mJavelin throw 78.80 m 72.59 m 68.31 m
Women 100 metres 12.4 12.4 12.5400 metres 57.9 58.1 58.3800 metres 2:10.3 2:11.3 2:17.480 m hurdles 10.9 11.0 11.14 × 100 m relay 47.4 47.7 52.0High jump 1.84 m 1.65 m 1.45 mLong jump 6.59 m 5.99 m 5.89 mShot put 16.96 m 16.12 m 15.18 mDiscus throw 54.59 m 53.97 m 51.84 mJavelin throw 56.42 m 51.02 m 46.73 m
Medal table
References
Sources Results World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-15.