Summer Student World Championships

The Summer Student World Championships (also known as Pre-Universiade) its original name was International Universities Championships organised for the first time in 1923 by the Confédération Internationale des Étudiants (CIE), from 1930 renamed as International University Games, than from 1949 became Summer International University Sports Week, was biennal editions, for the first time under lega of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU). At the end it assumes the current denomination Universiade in 1959.[1]

Editions

YearNamePlaceNotes
1923 International Universities Championship France Paris (FRA)
1924Summer Student World ChampionshipsPoland Warsaw (POL)
1927Italy Rome (ITA)
1928France Paris (FRA)
1930International University GamesGermany Darmstadt (GER)
1933Italy Turin (ITA)
1935Hungary Budapest (HUN)
1937France Paris (FRA)
1939Monaco Monte Carlo (MON)
1939Austria Vienna (AUT)Alternative competition organised by UIE
1947International University GamesFrance Paris (FRA)
1949Summer International University Sports WeekItaly Merano (ITA)organised by FISU
1951Luxembourg Luxembourg (LUX)
1953West Germany Dortmund (FRG)
1955Spain San Sebastián (ESP)
1957World University GamesFrance Paris (FRA)

References

  1. "WORLD STUDENT GAMES (PRE-UNIVERSIADE)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.


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