1923 Women's Olympiad

International sporting event 1923 Women's World Games Monte Carlo Monaco 4–7 April 1923 1922 1924 thumb|150 px| Georgette Gagneux thumb|150 px| Mary Lines thumb|150 px| Hilda Hatt thumb|150 px| Thérèse Brulé thumb|150 px| Francesca Pianzola The 1923 Women's Olympiad (fr Jeux Athlétiques Féminins,http://www.athletics-archive.com/historyofathletics/womeninathleticsii/default.htm Women in Athletics - from 1900 - 1950 Féchain Athlétique Club, Sylvain Charlet French 8 March 2017 1 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235027/http://www.athletics-archive.com/historyofathletics/womeninathleticsii/default.htm dead fr Jeux Olympiques Féminins and fr Monte Carlo Games http://fechain-athletisme.fr/biblioperso.htm Athlétisme Literature of Track and Field Athletics (ATHLOS) English 8 March 2017) was the fourth international event in women's sports, the tournament was held 4 to 7 April 1923 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.http://cdm.athle.com/asp.net/espaces.html/html.aspx?id=19478 Jeux Mondiaux Féminins Commission Documentation et Histoire, cdm.athle.com, 7) Résultats par année, p 7-8 French 8 March 2017 http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2006044150310293710000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL713&j=05&m=04&a=1923&journal=2 Les Jeux Athlétiques Féminins de Monte Carlo L'Éclaireur de Nice, 5 April 1923, p 2, also 6 April p 2 and 7 April p 2 French 8 March 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170217223833/http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2006044150310293710000&WDVOLUMEID=VOL713&j=05&m=04&a=1923&journal=2 17 February 2017 http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2005042945401259154700&WDVOLUMEID=VOL226&j=05&m=04&a=1923&journal=1 Les III:e Jeux Féminins de Monte Carlo Le Petit Niçois, 5 April 1923, p 5, also 6 April p 2 and 7 April p 4 French 8 March 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063133/http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerPA.php?WDIDDOC=2005042945401259154700&WDVOLUMEID=VOL226&j=05&m=04&a=1923&journal=1 18 February 2017 http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=1435&Gender=W&Page=RecProg_ALL.asp&RecCode=WR&EventCode=WF8&TF=undefined Track and Field Statistics Brinkster.net English 8 March 2017 https://www.bisp-surf.de/Record/PU199209058317/Details#tabnav Die ersten olympischen Wettbewerbe im internationalen Frauensport Bernett, Hajo, Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte des Sports, Heft 2/1988, p 66-86 (ISSN 0931-7031) German 8 March 2017 http://www.comite-olympique.mc/index.php/en/history/the-womens-olympic-games The Women's Olympic Games Comité Olympique Monégasque English 8 March 2017http://www.dosb.de/en/olympia/detail/news/vom_ausschluss_zur_integration_frauen_und_olympische_spiele/printer.html Frauen und Olympische Spiele Deutsche Olympische Sportbund (DOSB) 2002, Gertrud Pfister German 8 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002659/http://www.dosb.de/en/olympia/detail/news/vom_ausschluss_zur_integration_frauen_und_olympische_spiele/printer.html 2017-02-02 dead https://books.google.com/books?id=dQ7Q8ChK3TcC&q=Sophie+Mary+Heath&pg=PA178 Feminist Sport Studies: Sharing Experiences Of Joy And Pain SUNY Press 2005 Markula Pirkko 78–179 9780791465301 English 8 March 2017http://docplayer.fr/4824087-Retrospective-de-l-athletisme-feminin-par-sylvain-charlet.html Rétrospective de l'athlétisme féminin Association des Entraineurs d’Ile de France d’athlétisme (AEIFA), Sylvain Charlet, p 8 French 8 March 2017 24 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180224112946/http://docplayer.fr/4824087-Retrospective-de-l-athletisme-feminin-par-sylvain-charlet.html dead https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/var/jdm/storage/original/application/183b5ed8dea6712d86c5c5efad23b697.pdf Échos & Nouvelles Journal de Monaco, 10 April 1923, p 1 French 8 March 2017 The tournament was formally called "Les Jeux Athlétiques Féminins à Monté Carlo". The games were a follow-up to the 1921 Women's Olympiad and 1922 Women's Olympiad. Events The multi-sport event was as previous years organised by Fédération des Sociétés Féminines Sportives de France (FSFSF) under chairwoman Alice Milliat and Camille Blanc, director of the "International Sporting Club de Monaco" as a response to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision not to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games. The games were attended by participants from 8 nations: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports. TeamNationParticipants 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? 4 ? 5 Italy 1861 ? 6 ? 7 ? 8 ? The athletes competed in 11 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, javelin, shot put and Athletics pentathlon. The tournament also held exhibition events in basketball, gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The tournament was held at the "Tir aux Pigeons" in the gardens Les jardins du Casino of the Monte Carlo Casino in the ward of Monte Carlo. Among the spectators were Prince Louis II, Princess Charlotte and Prince Pierre. Prior to the tournament a gymnastics event ("La Quatrième Fête Fédérale de Gymnastique et d'Éducation Physique Féminines" https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/var/jdm/storage/original/application/c71acd641ed961e76865dac49fe6110f.pdf Échos & Nouvelles Journal de Monaco, 3 April 1923, p 3 French 8 March 2017 in the ward of Fontvieille with about 1200 participants from 71 gymnastic clubs (this event is sometimes confused with the athletic event). Results Almost all medals went to athletes from France and the United Kingdom, medalists http://www.asaibrunobonomelli.it/images/files/IL%20VENTRALE.pdf Il "ventrale" bellezza di un gesto che fu arte prima di essere sport IAAF 2014, Giovanni Baldini, Ottavio Castellini, Marco Martini. P 59 Italian 8 March 2017 for each event: 60 metre Nora Callebout 7,9 secIvy Lowman ? Georgette Gagneux ?250 metre Nora Callebout 41,0 sec Marie Mejzlíková I Monnet800 metre Marcelle Neveu 2.35,6 min Mary Lines Hilda Hatt 4 x 75 m relay Team England Team France Team Czechoslovakia4 x 175 m relay Team England Team France Team BelgiumHurdles 65 metre Ivy Lowman 11,3 sec Hermance Maes Thérèse Brulé High jump Ivy Lowman 1,47 m Elise van Truyen 1,44 m Sophie Eliott-Lynn 1,40 mLong jump Sylvia Stone 4,85 m Marie Mejzlíková I 4,71 m Elise van Truyen 4,61 mJavelin, two-handednb nb nb Louise Groslimond 44,94 m Francesca Pianzola 44,88 m Sophie Eliott-Lynn 43,56 mShot put, two-handednb nb nb 3,628 kg Marie Mejzlíková I 17,05 m Florence Hurren 16,60 m Františka Vlachová 16,11 mPentathlon Simone Chapoteau Ivy Lowman shared Sophie Eliott-Lynn Elise van Truyen 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. Sophie Eliott-Lynn later also competed at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg where she finished fourth in the javelin event. Marie Janderová competed in the javelin event, her result of 25,50 metres was a world record, however she finished fifth in the totals with 42,11 metres. World record holder in 800 metres Georgette Lenoir and world record holder in shot put Violette Morris also competed at the games but without gaining any medals. The basketball tournament was won by Team France after a win in the final against Team England with 19-1. A special commemorative medal was issued for the participants. Legacy The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports. However it was the last of three Women's Olympiads. The event continued as Women's World Games with the first event already being held in Paris in 1922.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. The Women's Inter-Varsity Athletics Board (WIVAB) was formed in 1923.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 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.https://books.google.com/books?id=vvrwcB3DeEwC&pg=PA88 Tricard Louise Mead American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980 1 McFarland 1996 88–89 978-0-7864-0219-9 8 March 2018http://www.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF.aspx USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions USA Track & Field 8 March 2018 Notes lower-alpha References External links picture high jump Ivy Lowman (L'Équipe.fr) picture running event (L'Équipe.fr)January 2025 medicmedic picture hurdles event (Getty Images) newspaper Le Petit Journal Illustré cover (22 April 1923) newspaper Le Petit Journal Illustré in french (22 April 1923) (Bibliothèque nationale de France – BnF) pictures (Národní muzeum Česka /National museum Czech Republic) film gymnastics event (British Pathé) film gymnastics event (YouTube) Participation medal Category:Women's World Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by Monaco Category:1923 in multi-sport events Category:1923 in sports Category:1923 in Monaco Category:Multi-sport events in Monaco Category:1923 in women's sport Women's Olympiad Category:Women's sport in Monaco