Athletics events were contested at the 1961 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Medal summary Men 10.3810.5910.6521.2721.4021.5147.5148.0648.531:51.11:51.41:51.63:45.753:45.853:46.1614:23.414:23.814.23.814.3314.6214.8150.1451.8052.33Leonid BartenyevValentin ChistyakovAnatoly MikhaylovEdvin Ozolin41.22Kiyoshi AsaiHirotada HayaseYojiro MuroTakayuki Okazaki41.30Hans-Jürgen FelsenRudolf SundermannHinrick HelmkeJoachim Guter41.35Peter HoppeWolfgang SchöllOtto GraßhoffAlbert Grawitz3:10.56Josef TrousilJosef OdložilMilan JílekTomáš Salinger3:12.93Menzies CampbellJohn CooperMike FleetMike Robinson3:14.632.252.082.034.524.524.527.907.677.5815.9315.8515.6518.0017.6417.5759.1554.2052.5264.6263.3863.3377.6577.4875.67791862266209
Women 11.7811.9011.9324.4424.4924.702:07.762:08.672:12.5910.9011.0111.09Irina PressTatyana ShchelkanovaRimma KoshelyovaLarisa Kuleshova46.2Mirosława SałacińskaIrena SzczupakElżbieta KrzesińskaBarbara Janiszewska47.6Stefka IlievaDiana YorgovaSvetlana IsaevaRossitsa Madzharska47.91.851.671.656.496.126.1117.1215.6115.5958.0653.8252.5151.3950.6447.65
Medal table
References World Student Games (Universiade - Men) - GBR Athletics World Student Games (Universiade - Women) - GBR Athletics