1926 Women's World Games

April 2026 1926 Women's World Games Gothenburg Sweden 27–29 August 1926 1922 1930 thumb|240px|Kinue Hitomi, winner of the long jump event The 1926 Women's World Games (Swedish II. Internationella kvinnliga idrottsspelen, French 2èmes jeux féminins mondiaux ) were the second regular international Women's World Games, the tournament was held between 27Jeux Mondiaux FémininsJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com (accessdate = 15 August 2016) – 29 AugustKidd 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 Buchanan Ian Asia's First Female Olympian Journal of Olympic History September 22–23 International Society of Olympic Historians 2000 http://www.isoh.org/articles/10.pdf 10 December 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131218135653/https://www.isoh.org/articles/10.pdf 18 December 2013 at the Slottsskogsvallen Stadium in Gothenburg. Quintillan Ghislaine Alice Milliat and the Women's Games Olympic Review XXVI-31 27–28 International Olympic Committee February–March 2000 http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/2000/OREXXVI31/OREXXVI31zb.pdf 10 December 2013Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213730/http://home.nordnet.fr/scharlet/feminin.htm 3 March 2016 NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013 Events The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat as a response to the IOC refusal to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games. The games were attended by 100 participants from 9 nations: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Great Britain, Japan, Latvia, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. Kinue Hitomi was the sole participant from Japan, she won the long jump with a new world record, she also won the standing long jump, came second place in discus, third in 100 yards, fifth in 60 metres and sixth in 250 metres putting Japan in fifth place single-handedly. The athletes competed in 12 events:Svenska dagbladets yearbook 1926 Runeberg.org, Retrieved 10 December 2013FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013 running (60 metres, 100 yards, 250 metres, 1000 metres, 4 x 110 yards relay och hurdling 100 yards), high jump, long jump, standing long jump, discus throw, javelin and shot put. The tournament was opened with an olympic style ceremony, the opening speech was held by Mary von Sydow (wife of Oscar von Sydow). The games attended an audience of 20,000 spectators and several world records were set. Results 60 mMarguerite Radideau 7.8Florence Haynes 7.8Rose Thompson7.8100 ydMarguerite Radideau 11.8Rose Thompson11.8Kinue HitomiJapan 187012.0250 mEileen Edwards 33.4Vera Palmer34.6Marguerite Radideau35.41000 mEdith Trickey 3:08.8Inga Gentzel3:09.4Louise Bellon3:10.4100 yds hurdlesLudmila SychrováPoland 1919 14.4Edith White14.8Hilda Hatt15.04×110 yds relay Dorothy ScoulerFlorence HaynesEileen EdwardsRose Thompson 49.8 Louise BellonGeneviève LalozYolande PlanckeMarguerite Radideau51.2 52.81000 m track walkDaisy Crossley 5:10.0Albertine Regel5:12.4Only two startersHigh jumpHélène Bons 1.50 mHilda Hatt 1.45 mInga Broman 1.45 m Long jump Kinue HitomiJapan 1870 5.50 m Muriel Gunn 5.44 m Zdena Smolová 5.28 mStanding long jumpKinue HitomiJapan 1870 2.49 mZdena Smolová2.47 mBarbara Holliday2.37 mDiscus throwHalina KonopackaPoland 1919 37.71 mKinue HitomiJapan 187033.62 mElsa Svensson31.78 mJavelin throw Two handedAnne-Lisa Adelsköld 49.15 mLouise Fawcett45.41 mMärta Hallgren45.06 mShot put Two handed nb nb nbMaria Vidlaková 19.54 mElsa Svensson19.42 mHalina KonopackaPoland 191919.25 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. Also Sophie Mary Eliott-Lynn competed at javelin throw coming fourth with a throw of 44.63 metres and Mary Weston finished sixth in the shot put. Points table PlaceNationPoints 1 50 2 27 3 20 4 19 5Japan 1870 15 6Poland 1919 7 7 1 References 30em External links Film (SVT) from the 1926 Women's World Games Film (British Pathé) 1926 Women's World Games Mixed pictures from the 1926 Women's World Games Category:Women's World Games Category:1920s in Gothenburg Women's World Games Women's World Games Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Sweden Women's World Games World Games Category:International sports competitions in Gothenburg Category:Athletics in Gothenburg Category:Women's sport in Sweden