1922 Women's World Games

1922 Women's World Games Paris France August 20, 1922 1926 thumb|100 px| Marie Mejzlíková II thumb|100 px| Mary Lines thumb|100 px| Lucie Bréard thumb|100 px| Camille Sabie thumb|100 px| Hilda Hatt thumb|100 px| Francesca Pianzola thumb|100 px| 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.Kidd Bruce 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 1994 http://www.caaws-womenatthegames.ca/olympics/2004/history/womens_games.cfm 10 December 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222439/http://www.caaws-womenatthegames.ca/olympics/2004/history/womens_games.cfm 2 December 2013 Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet, "Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle" L'Harmattan 2003, page 99, Retrieved 10 December 2013Jeux Mondiaux FémininsJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com (Retrieved 15 August 2016) at the Pershing Stadium in Paris.They set the mark https://web.archive.org/web/20130825150054/http://lits.columbiasc.edu/edenslibrary/jane/team.htm 2013-08-25 Columbia College, Retrieved 10 December 2013Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213730/http://home.nordnet.fr/scharlet/feminin.htm 2016-03-03 NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013Ana Miragaya, Lamartine DaCosta: Olympic entrepreneurs, page 105-106February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Olympic Studies Centre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Retrieved 10 December 2013 Events The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat as a response to the refusal of the International Olympic Committee to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.Women's teams from 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 games were attended by 77 participants from 5 nations: Czechoslovakia, France (32 athletes), Great Britain, Switzerland and the USA (13 athletes). Members of the American team were: Kathryn Agar, Florieda Batson, Maybelle Gilliland, Lucile Godbold, Esther Green, Anne Harwick, Frances Mead, Maud Rosenbaum, Camille Sabie, Janet Snow, Elizabeth Stine, Louise Voorhees and Nancy Voorhees. The athletes competed in 11 events:FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013 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 attracted an audience of 20,000 spectators and 18 world records were set. Medal summary 60 mMarie Mejzlikova II 7.6Mary Lines7.7Nora Callebout7.8100 ydsNora Callebout 12.0Marie Mejzlikova II?Mary Lines?300 mMary Lines44.8Alice Cast?André Darreau?1000 mLucie Bréard3:12.0Georgette Lenoir3:12.2Phylis Hall?100 yds hurdlesCamille SabieUSA 191214.4Hilda Hatt14.8Geneviève Laloz15.04×110 yds relay Mary LinesNora CalleboutDaisy LeachGwendoline Porter51.8 Lucie ProstGermaine RobinYvonne De WynneLouise Noeppel51.2 52.8High jumpHilda HattNancy VoorheesUSA 19121.46 mNot awardedIvy Lowman1.42 mLong jump Mary Lines5.06 m Elizabeth StineUSA 19125.025 m Camille SabieUSA 19124.96 mStanding long jumpCamille SabieUSA 19122.485 mMary Hughes2.405 mHenriette Comte-Anavoisard2.34 mTwo-handed shot putnb nb nbLucile GodboldUSA 191220.22 mViolette Gourard-Morris19.85 mMaud RosenbaumUSA 191217.37 mTwo-handed javelin thrownb nb nbFrancesca Pianzola43.24 mYvonne Gancel41.62 mLucile GodboldUSA 191239.70 m 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. Points table PlaceNationPoints 1 50 2USA 1912 31 3 29 4 12 5 6 Legacy A Women's Olympiad was held in Monaco in 1923. The next edition of the Games were held in 1926. 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 Notes lower-alpha References External links Film from the 1922 Women's World Games Mixed pictures from the Women's World Games Picture of the American team Category:Women's World Games Category:Athletics in Paris Category:International athletics competitions hosted by France Women's World Games Women's World Games Women's World Games World Games Women's World Games Category:International sports competitions in Paris Category:Women's sport in Paris