1939 International University Games (Vienna) Last updated September 06, 2025 Multi-sport event in Vienna, Austria
Poster An International University Games (German : Studenten-Weltspiele [ 1] ) was an international multi-sport event held between 20 and 27 August 1939 in Vienna , German Reich (now Vienna, Austria ), [ 1] [ 2] which had originally been scheduled as the official 1939 staging of the Summer International University Games awarded to Vienna by the Confédération Internationale des Étudiants (CIE) in January 1938, prior to Austria's absorption into Nazi Germany by the Anschluss . [ 3] [ 4] The National Socialist German Students' League (NSDStB) withdrew from the CIE in May 1939, [ 3] and the CIE at short notice moved its version of the 1939 International University Games to Monte Carlo .
The formal opening was by Bernhard Rust , the Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture , on 20 August at Prater Stadium , the main venue of the games. [ 5] [ 6] The International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation stated in 1940 that "the results of the Monaco Games were much superior to those of the Vienna Games." [ 7]
Participating nations The NSDStB invited many nations to the Vienna games, but most entrants were nations affiliated with the Axis powers . [ 3] [ 8] The following countries were reported to have participated in the games: [ 9]
Other sports Military sports were held at the games, reflecting the militarism of Nazi and fascist states. [ 10] Other sports included tennis , boxing , field hockey (Germany beat two Italian teams [ 11] ), basketball , swimming , handball , association football , rugby , rowing , fencing , gliding , and water polo (won by Hungary [ 12] ). [ 1]
↑ Kim Won-Kwon represented Japan but was from Korea. The Japanese gave his name as Genken Kim 1 2 3 4 The source for these results gives no first name for this athlete 1 2 There is uncertainty about this time per the source data ↑ Wanda Nowak represented Germany but was from Austria References Citations 1 2 3 "Studenten-Weltspiele, Wien 20.-27. August 1939" . German Nazi posters from the Second World War era . UC Berkeley , Bancroft Library . Retrieved 22 May 2016 . ↑ Rebhann, Fritz Maria (1995). Die braunen Jahre: Wien 1938-1945 . Wiener Journal Zeitschriftenverl. p. 78. ISBN 9783853080139 1 2 3 "World Student Games: Surprise Change of Venue" . The Glasgow Herald . 1 June 1939. p. 17. Retrieved 19 May 2016 . ↑ Students in Search of Their University: An International "conversation" Between Students on "Education in the Modern University", Luxemburg, May 22-25, 1938 . International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation. 1939. p. 162. ↑ "Feierliche Eröffnung der Studentenweltspiele 1939" (in German). Amsterdam: Beeldbank WO2 [Image Bank WW2]. Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 22 May 2016 . ↑ "Das Wiener Stadion (Ernst-Happel-Stadion)" . Wien.gv.at (in German). Vienna City Council. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 22 May 2016 . ↑ "?". Intellectual Co-operation Bulletin . International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation: 134. 1940. ↑ Kotek, Joel; Blumenau, trans Ralph (30 December 2015). Students and the Cold War 242, note 3. ISBN 9781349248384 . Retrieved 19 May 2016 . ↑ Ernst Söllinger, Ein Münchener in Darmstadt 89. [ dead link ] ↑ Teja, Angela; Arnaud, Pierre; Riordan, James (2003) [1998]. "Italian sport and international relations under fascism". Sport and International Politics . E & FN SPON. p. 147. ISBN 0-203-47658-1 ↑ Happ, Martin. "Deutscher Hockeysport 1937-1939: Vergessene Aspekte der deutschen Sportgeschichte?" (MS Word ) . LISA (in German). Düsseldorf: Gerda Henkel Stiftung. Retrieved 22 May 2016 . ↑ "A University Athlete like No Other" . International University Sports Federation . 28 August 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016 . Further reading Teichler, Hans Joachim (1984). "Nationale Und Internationale Meisterschaften Im Studentensport Vor Dem 2. Weltkrieg. Zum Weg Des Deutschen Studentensports Von Der Sportlichen Zur Sportpolitischen Hegemonie in Europa". Hochschulsport: Magazin des ADH (in German). 11 (2). Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband: 4– 14.
CIE era
Student World Championships/International University Games
UIE era
World Festival of Youth and Students
FISU era
Summer International University Sports Week Summer Universiade
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