Global Global championships · since 1923 
Warsaw, Poland 31 Jul – 15 Aug 1955
1955 World Festival of Youth and Students
Warsaw, Poland 31 Jul – 15 Aug 1955- events
- 35
- medals awarded
- 105
- nations on the podium
- 7
- world records
- 0
Podiums
200m
400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
3000m steeplechase
110m hurdles
400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
20 km race walk
50 km race walk
Decathlon
4x100m
4x400m
Medal table
7 nations · 105 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union URS | 19 | 16 | 15 | 50 | |
| 2 |  Hungary HUN | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| 3 |  Czech Republic CZE | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| 4 | Poland POL | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |
| 5 |  Germany DR (1949-89) GDR | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 6 |  Romania ROU | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 |  Australia AUS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Records set
19 CR- CR= Leonid Bartenev 100m · Men 10.4
- CR Ardalion Ignatyev 400m · Men 47.2
- CR Laszlo Tabori 1500m · Men 3:41.6
- CR Jerzy Chromik 5000m · Men 13:55.2
- CR Vasiliy Vlasenko 3000m steeplechase · Men 8:49.4
- CR Vitaliy Chernobay Pole vault · Men 4.35
- CR Leonid Shcherbakov Triple jump · Men 16.35
- CR Otto Grigalka Shot put · Men 17.05
- CR Boris Matveyev Discus throw · Men 54.41
- CR Mikhail Krivonosov Hammer throw · Men 64.33
- CR Janusz Sidlo Javelin throw · Men 77.93
- CR Hungary 4x100m · Men 40.7
- CR Shirley Strickland 100m · Women 11.3
- CR Ursula Donath 400m · Women 54.4
- CR Nina Otkalenko 800m · Women 2:09.4
- CR Iolanda Balaş High jump · Women 1.66
- CR Galina Popova Long jump · Women 6.27
- CR Galina Zybina Shot put · Women 15.43
- CR Aleksandra Chudina Javelin throw · Women 51.60