1921 Women's Olympiad

First international women's sports event July 2020 1921 Women's Olympia 1er Meeting International d'Education Physique Féminine de Sports Athlétiques 1921.jpg Monaco 24–31 March 1921https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/b01ef027-324e-4648-b353-68372214cc7c.pdf Athletics in the First Half of the 20th Century 27 IAAF 2018 23 March 2021 1922 thumb|150 px| Mary Lines thumb|150 px| Lucie Bréard thumb|150 px| Germaine Delapierre thumb|150 px| Frédérique Kussel thumb|150 px| Violette Morris The 1921 Women's Olympiad fr Olympiades Féminines and fr Jeux Olympiques Féminins was the first international women's sports event, a 5-day multi-sport event organised by Alice Milliat and held on 24–31 MarchSources: http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2006044110163181020000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL691&j=31&m=03&a=1921&journal=2 Les Olympiades Féminines de Monte Carlo L'Éclaireur de Nice, 31 March 1921, page 3 fr 4 January 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170213163556/http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2006044110163181020000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL691&j=31&m=03&a=1921&journal=2 13 February 2017 http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2005042934333653392000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL210&j=31&m=03&a=1921&journal=1 Les Olympiades Féminines de Monte Carlo Le Petit Niçois, 31 March 1921, page 3 4 January 2017 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20170213000819/http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2005042934333653392000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL210&j=31&m=03&a=1921&journal=1 13 February 2017 dead http://cdm.athle.com/asp.net/espaces.html/html.aspx?id=19478 Jeux Mondiaux Féminins Commission Documentation et Histoire, cdm.athle.com, chapter 7 fr 4 January 2017 1921 in Monte CarloSources: http://www.comite-olympique.mc/index.php/en/history/the-womens-olympic-games The Women's Olympic Games Comité Olympique Monégasque http://granville.athle.com/asp.net/espaces.news/news.aspx?id=85755 Le parcours d'obstacles de l'athlétisme féminin Granville Athletic ClubJune 2026 InternetArchiveBot at the International Sporting Club of Monaco.Sources: Barbara L. Drinkwater IOC Medical Commission International Federation of Sports Medicine https://books.google.com/books?id=rPXr-0PUk5gC&pg=PA5 Gertrude Pfister Women in Sport Blackwell Science 15 April 2008 24 November 2016 Women and the Olympic Games The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine VIII 5–6 9780470756850 https://www.bisp-surf.de/Record/PU199209058317/Details#tabnav Bernett Hajo Die ersten olympischen Wettbewerbe in internationalen Frauensport (1988) Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte des Sports 1988 2 2 Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte des Sports, Heft 2/1988 (Jg 2) 66–86 0931-7031 de 4 January 2017 The tournament was formally called 1er Meeting International d'Education Physique Féminine de Sports Athlétiques.Sources: http://historiatletismo.blogspot.ie/2011/05/hace-90-anos-los-inicios-del-atletismo.html Hace 90 años: los inicios del atletismo femenino. Martin Paul 10 May 2011 Atletismo e Historia (Athletics in History) es 24 November 2016 http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=6224&inst_id=61 Beatrice Look Papers University of Greenwich 4 January 2017 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot It was the first of three Women's Olympiads or "Monte Carlo Games" held annually at the venue, and the forerunner of the quadrennial Women's World Games, organised in 1922–1934 by the International Women's Sports Federation founded by Milliat later in 1921.Sources: 23 November 2008 Plaque commemorating first Women's Olympics unveiled in Monte Carlo http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/plaque-commemorating-first-womens-olympics-un IAAF 24 November 2016 https://books.google.com/books?id=9gzLNx0cqzcC&pg=PA96 Histoire du football féminin au XXème siècle Editions L'Harmattan 1 June 2003 24 November 2016 3-3 Les Olympiades féminines Prudhomme-Poncet Laurence 96–100 fr 9782296327481 Ana Miragaya http://olympicstudies.uab.cat/brasil/pdf/8.pdf#page=105 Olympic entrepreneurs – Alice Milliat: the 1st woman Olympic entrepreneur Autonomous University of Barcelona Centre for Olympic Studies 24 November 2016 DaCosta Lamartine 105 pt February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Women athletes between the world wars (act. 1919–1939) January 2013 Watman Mel 10.1093/ref:odnb/103699 http://docplayer.fr/4824087-Retrospective-de-l-athletisme-feminin-par-sylvain-charlet.html L'athlétisme féminin Nordnet Féchain Athlétique Club 3 November 2008 24 November 2016 Charlet Sylvain fr 24 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180224112946/http://docplayer.fr/4824087-Retrospective-de-l-athletisme-feminin-par-sylvain-charlet.html dead https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-university/our-heritage/online-exhibitions/our-sporting-heritage/womens-sports-at-the-polytechnic Women and sports at The Polytechnic University of Westminster 24 November 2016 http://www.aeifa.com/aeifa/articles/articles-generaux/mainColumnParagraphs/016/document/Retrospective%20de%20l%20Athletisme%20Feminin.pdf#page=10 Rétrospective de l'athlétisme féminin Amicale des Entraineurs d'Ile de France d'Athlétisme 24 November 2016 Charlet Sylvain 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20131210190606/http://www.aeifa.com/aeifa/articles/articles-generaux/mainColumnParagraphs/016/document/Retrospective%20de%20l%20Athletisme%20Feminin.pdf 10 December 2013 dead Events The games were organized by Alice Milliat and Camille Blanc,http://www.comite-olympique.mc/index.php/en/history/the-womens-olympic-games The Women's Olympic Games Comité Olympique Monégasque director of the "International Sporting Club de Monaco" as a response to the IOC decision not to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games. The games were attended by 100 participants from 5 nations: France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Norway (mentioned by several sources, however no Norwegian athletes appear in the result lists). The English team was a collection of 21 athletes who attended the Woolwich and Regent Street Polytechnics in London. They set out on 21 March 1921. They were to compete in ten events and they won eight and came second in another.April 2021 Records and Archives » Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Women's Olympiad https://recordsandarchives.westminster.ac.uk/archive-blog/celebrating-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-1921-womens-olympiad/ Polytechnic Magazine The athletes competed in ten events: running (60 metres, 250 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 75 metres relay, 4 x 175 metres relay and hurdling 65 metres), high jump, long jump, standing long jump (exhibition only), javelin and shot put.http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=6224&inst_id=61 Beatrice Look Papers University of Greenwich 4 January 2017 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot The tournament also held exhibition events in basketball, gymnastics, pushball and rhythmic gymnastics. The tournament was held at the "Tir aux Pigeons" in the gardens of the Monte Carlo Casino. TeamNationParticipants 1 58 2 Italy 1861 ? 3 ? 4 ? 5 21 Results All gold medals went to athletes from France and the United Kingdom. Medalists:Sources: http://historiatletismo.blogspot.ie/2011/05/hace-90-anos-los-inicios-del-atletismo.html Hace 90 años: los inicios del atletismo femenino. Martin Paul 10 May 2011 Atletismo e Historia (Athletics in History) es 24 November 2016 Prudhomme-Poncet Laurence Histoire du football féminin au XXème siècle https://books.google.com/books?id=9gzLNx0cqzcC&pg=PA96 2003 Editions L'Harmattan fr 9782296327481 96–100 3-3 Les Olympiades féminines Mel Watman Women athletes between the world wars (act. 1919–1939) January 2013 10.1093/ref:odnb/103699 https://www.bisp-surf.de/Record/PU199209058317/Details#tabnav Bernett Hajo Die ersten olympischen Wettbewerbe in internationalen Frauensport (1988) Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte des Sports 1988 2 2 Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte des Sports, Heft 2/1988 (Jg 2) 66–86 0931-7031 de 4 January 2017 https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-university/our-heritage/online-exhibitions/our-sporting-heritage/womens-sports-at-the-polytechnic Women and sports at The Polytechnic University of Westminster 24 November 2016 http://docplayer.fr/4824087-Retrospective-de-l-athletisme-feminin-par-sylvain-charlet.html L'athlétisme féminin Charlet Sylvain 3 November 2008 Féchain Athlétique Club Nordnet fr 24 November 2016 24 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180224112946/http://docplayer.fr/4824087-Retrospective-de-l-athletisme-feminin-par-sylvain-charlet.html dead http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2005042934333653392000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL210&j=31&m=03&a=1921&journal=1 Les Olympiades Féminines de Monte Carlo Le Petit Niçois, 31 March 1921, page 3 fr 4 January 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170213000819/http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2005042934333653392000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL210&j=31&m=03&a=1921&journal=1 13 February 2017 http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2006044110163181020000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL691&j=31&m=03&a=1921&journal=2 Les Olympiades Féminines de Monte Carlo L'Éclaireur de Nice, 31 March 1921, page 3 fr 4 January 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170213163556/http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2006044110163181020000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL691&j=31&m=03&a=1921&journal=2 13 February 2017 http://cdm.athle.com/asp.net/espaces.html/html.aspx?id=19478 Jeux Mondiaux Féminins Commission Documentation et Histoire, cdm.athle.com, chapter 7 fr 4 January 2017 60 mMary Lines 8.2Daisy Wright ?Hilda Hatt ?250 mMary Lines 36.3Lucie Bréard ?Suzanne Liébrard ?800 mLucie Bréard 2.30,1Mary Lines 2.32,8Suzanne Porte 2.44,04 x 75 m relay GB Team A Hilda HattAlice CastDaisy WrightMary Lines? Team Femina Sport? GB Team B ?4 x 175 m relay 200 meters in the finals Team Great BritainMary LinesBradleyHilda HattAlice Cast 1.46,2 Team Femina SportLucie BréardGermaine DelapierreThérèse BruléSuzanne Liébrard? Team FFFSAAlice ConnetRaymonde CanolleAntonine MignonPaulette de Croze?HurdlesGermaine Delapierre12,6Suzanne Liébrard12,8Thérèse Brulé13,8High jumpFrédérique Küsel 1.40Hilda Hatt shared GoldMadeleine Bracquemond 1.35Long jump Mary Lines 4.70 Hilda Hatt 4.60 Lucie Bréard 4.52Javelin, two-handednb nb nbViolette Morris41,53Francesca Pianzola 40,17Carmen Pomiès33,83Shot put, two-handednb nb nbViolette Morris 16.29Francesca Pianzola 14,01Marguerite Barberat 13,98 The basketball tournament was won by Team Great Britain after a win in the final against Team France with 8–7. A special commemorative medal was issued for the participants.http://anmmc6.wixsite.com/anm-mc/sports Medailles Sports Association Numismatique de Monaco 24 November 2016 nb nb 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. Legacy The tournament was a great success and an important step for Women's sports.Women's teams from two universities in the United Kingdom initiated women's inter-varsity competition in 1921 and the Inter-Varsity Athletics Board (IVAB) in England held its first inter-varsity track and field competition for women in 1922.Duval Lynne 2001-05-01 The Development of Women's Track and Field in England. The Role of the Athletic Club, 1920s-1950s https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17460260109443374 The Sports Historian 21 1 1–34 10.1080/17460260109443374 1351-5462 21046845 subscription Cole Dr Matt Leading The Field: The Story of Sport at the University of Birmingham https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/strategic-framework/leading-the-field.pdf University of BirminghamDaly Tommy 2025-05-09 The Early Years of Sport at the University of Birmingham (1900-1918) https://www.sportandfitness.bham.ac.uk/blog/the-early-years-of-sport-at-the-university-of-birmingham-1900-1918university-of-birmingham-the-early-years-of-sport/ 2026-09-20 University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness en-US The 1922 Women's Olympiad and 1923 Women's Olympiad were held at the same Monaco venue;http://granville.athle.com/asp.net/espaces.news/news.aspx?id=85755 Le parcours d'obstacles de l'athlétisme féminin Granville Athletic ClubJune 2026 InternetArchiveBot the 1922 event is sometimes confused with the 1922 Women's World Games held in Paris.Pfister Gertrude IOC Medical Commission International Federation of Sports Medicine Barbara L. Drinkwater Women in Sport https://books.google.com/books?id=rPXr-0PUk5gC&pg=PA5 The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine VIII 15 April 2008 Blackwell Science 9780470756850 5–6 Women and the Olympic Gameshttp://docplayer.fr/4824087-Retrospective-de-l-athletisme-feminin-par-sylvain-charlet.html L'athlétisme féminin Charlet Sylvain 3 November 2008 Féchain Athlétique Club Nordnet fr 24 November 2016 24 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180224112946/http://docplayer.fr/4824087-Retrospective-de-l-athletisme-feminin-par-sylvain-charlet.html dead The IAAF unveiled a commemorative plaque at the site of the games in 2008.23 November 2008 Plaque commemorating first Women's Olympics unveiled in Monte Carlo http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/plaque-commemorating-first-womens-olympics-un IAAF 24 November 2016 The first women's national championships in track and field were held after the inaugural 1922 Women's World Games and the 1921, 1922 and 1923 Women's Olympiads. In the United Kingdom, the Women's Amateur Athletic Association was founded in 1922 and held the first WAAA Championships the following year.2023-09-22 2023: 100 years of Women’s Athletics – The Athletics Museum https://theathleticsmuseum.org.uk/100-years/ 2026-10-11 en-GB In the United States, the 1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships included a women's competition for the first time.Tricard Louise Mead https://books.google.com/books?id=vvrwcB3DeEwC&pg=PA88 American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980 McFarland 1996 978-0-7864-0219-9 1 88–89 8 March 2018USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions http://www.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF.aspx 8 March 2018 USA Track & Field Note lower-alpha References 30em External links Image program (cover) (Vivremaville.mc) Image medals (Worldathletics.org) Mixed pictures 1921 Women's Olympiad (and 1922 Women's Olympiad) (Bibliothèque National de France-BNF) Pictures 1921 Women's Olympiad (Historiatletismo) Film from the 1921 Women's Olympiad (BritishPathe Category:Women's World Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by Monaco Category:1921 in multi-sport events Category:1921 in sports Category:1921 in Monaco Category:Multi-sport events in Monaco Category:1921 in women's sport Category:Women's sport in Monaco Category:1921 in European sport Category:March 1919 sports events in Europe