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Athletics at the 1955 Summer International University Sports Week
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Medley relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw event at the 1955 International University Sports Week was held in San Sebastián on 14 August 1955.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hermann Rieder  West Germany	Peter Cullen  Great Britain	Gian Luigi Farina  Italy

Results

Qualification

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Peter Cullen	Great Britain	64.15	Q, GR
2	Hermann Rieder	West Germany	62.57	Q
3	Gian Luigi Farina	Italy	57.64	Q
4	Shinsuke Tanada	Japan	57.07	Q
5	Atef Ismaïl	Egypt	55.54	Q
6	Gert Thues	Belgium	54.22	Q
7	Giovanni Lievore	Italy	54.01
8	Claudio Riccardi	Italy	53.59
9	Fritz Böhler	Saar	52.44
10	Hans-Georg von Schnering	West Germany	50.20
11	Silvério Tomás	Portugal	43.42

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Hermann Rieder	West Germany	69.90	GR
	Peter Cullen	Great Britain	64.15
	Gian Luigi Farina	Italy	62.12
4	Atef Ismaïl	Egypt	57.39
5	Shinsuke Tanada	Japan	57.07
6	Gert Thues	Belgium	55.55

References

1. García, Gerardo. "Resultados de la IV Semana Internacional Deportiva Universitaria" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). October 1955: 15–19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. García, Gerardo (15 August 1955). "El brasileño Da Silva estableció un nuevo récord de triple salto con 15 metros y 99 centímetros" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

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