1922 Women's World Games

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1922 Women's World Games
Host cityParis
Country France
DatesAugust 20, 1922
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Marie Mejzlíková II
Mary Lines
Lucie Bréard
Camille Sabie
Hilda Hatt
Francesca Pianzola
Lucile Godbold

The 1922 Women's World Games (French Jeux Olympiques Féminins, also "Women’s Olympic Games") were the first regular international Women's World Games and the first Track and field competitions for women. The tournament was held on a single day on August 20, 1922. [1][2][3] at the Pershing Stadium in Paris.[4][5][6]

Events[]

The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat[1][2][4][5][6] as a response to the IOC refusal to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.

The games were attended by 77 participants from 5 nations:[2][4] Czechoslovakia, France[3] (32 athletes), Great Britain, Switzerland and USA (13 athletes). Members of the American team were: , Florieda Batson, , Lucile Godbold, , , , Maud Rosenbaum, Camille Sabie, , , and Nancy Voorhees.[4]

The athletes competed in 11 events:[2][4][7] running (60 metres, 100 yards, 300 metres, 1000 metres, 4 x 110 yards relay and hurdling 100 yards), high jump, long jump, standing long jump, javelin and shot put.

The tournament was opened with an olympic style ceremony. The games attended an audience of 20,000 spectators[1][5] and 18 world records[4] were set.

Medal summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m Marie Mejzlikova II
 Czechoslovakia		 7.6 Mary Lines
 United Kingdom		 7.7
 United Kingdom		 7.8
100 yds
 United Kingdom		 12.0 Marie Mejzlikova II
 Czechoslovakia		 ? Mary Lines
 United Kingdom		 ?
300 m Mary Lines
 United Kingdom		 44.8
 Great Britain		 ?
 France		 ?
1000 m Lucie Bréard
 France		 3:12.0
 France		 3:12.2
 Great Britain		 ?
100 yds hurdles Camille Sabie
 USA		 14.4 Hilda Hatt
 United Kingdom		 14.8
 France		 15.0
4×110 yds relay  United Kingdom
Mary Lines


Gwendoline Porter		 51.8  France
Lucie Prost


 51.2  Czechoslovakia 52.8
High jump Hilda Hatt
 United Kingdom
Nancy Voorhees
 USA		 1.46 m Not awarded
 Great Britain		 1.42 m
Long jump Mary Lines
 United Kingdom		 5.06 m
 USA		 5.025 m Camille Sabie
 USA		 4.96 m
Standing long jump Camille Sabie
 USA		 2.485 m
 United Kingdom		 2.405 m
 France		 2.34 m
Two-handed shot put[nb] Lucile Godbold
 USA		 20.22 m Violette Gourard-Morris
 France		 19.85 m Maud Rosenbaum
 USA		 17.37 m
Two-handed javelin throw[nb] Francesca Pianzola
  Switzerland		 43.24 m Yvonne Gancel
 France		 41.62 m Lucile Godbold
 USA		 39.70 m
  • nb Each athlete in the shot put and javelin throw events threw using their right hand, then their left. Their final mark was the total of the best mark with their right-handed throw and the best mark with their left-handed throw.

Points table[]

Place Nation Points
1  United Kingdom 50
2  USA 31
3  France 29
4  Czechoslovakia 12
5   Switzerland 6

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Kidd, Bruce (1994). "The Women's Olympic Games: Important Breakthrough Obscured By Time". CAAWS Action Bulletin. Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet, "Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle" L'Harmattan 2003, page 99, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  3. ^ a b Jeux Mondiaux Féminins[permanent dead link] Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com (Retrieved 15 August 2016)
  4. ^ a b c d e f They set the mark Archived 2013-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Columbia College, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  5. ^ a b c Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  6. ^ a b Ana Miragaya, Lamartine DaCosta: Olympic entrepreneurs, page 105-106[permanent dead link] Olympic Studies Centre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  7. ^ FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013

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