1930 Women's World Games

1930 Women's World Games Prague Czechoslovakia 6–8 September 1930 1926 1934 thumb|240px| Halina Konopacka, winner of the discus event The 1930 Women's World Games (Czech and Slovak III Ženské Světové Hry v Praze, French 3è Jeux Féminins Mondiaux ) were the third regular international Women's World Games, the tournament was held between September 6 - September 8Praha 1930 - III Ženské světové hry https://web.archive.org/web/20131220201535/http://www.olymp-sport.cz/files/3_05%C4%8D%C3%A1st%2065-72.pdf 2013-12-20 Czech Association for Olympic and Sport Philately, Retrieved 10 December 2013Rétrospective de l'athlétisme féminin, page 9 https://web.archive.org/web/20131210190606/http://www.aeifa.com/aeifa/articles/articles-generaux/mainColumnParagraphs/016/document/Retrospective%20de%20l%20Athletisme%20Feminin.pdf 2013-12-10 Sylvain Charlet, Amicale des Entraineurs d'Ile de France d'Athlétisme AEIFA, Retrieved 10 December 2013Kidd 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 at the Letná Stadium in Prague. Leigh Mary H. Thérèse M. Bonin The Pioneering Role Of Madame Alice Milliat and the FSFI in Establishing International Trade and Field Competition for Women Journal of Sport History 4 1 72–83 North American Society for Sport History 1977 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1977/JSH0401/jsh0401f.pdf 10 December 2013 23 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110523095508/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1977/JSH0401/jsh0401f.pdf dead Chronique 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 2013 Events The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat as a response to the IOC decision to include only a few women's events in the 1928 Olympic Games. The games were attended by 200 participants from 17 nations, there among: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain (16 athletes), Italy, Japan (6 athletes), Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. Canada attended with a basketball team.UBC Women's Basketball team https://web.archive.org/web/20131220224326/http://www.ubcsportshalloffame.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?team_id=12 2013-12-20 University of British Columbia, Retrieved 10 December 2013 The athletes competed in 12 events:FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013 running (60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay and hurdling 80 metres), high jump, long jump, discus throw, javelin, shot put and triathlon (100 metres, high jump and javelin). The tournament also held exhibition events in football, basketball, handball, fencing, shooting and canoeing. The tournament was opened with an olympic style ceremony. The games attended an audience of 15,000 spectators and several world records were set. On September 8 the sole basketball match was played between Canada (Team West) and France (Team Europe), Canada won by 18-14. Medal summary 60 mStanisława WalasiewiczPoland 1928 7.7Lisa GeliusGermany Weimar7.8Kinue HitomiJapan 18707.8100 mStanisława WalasiewiczPoland 1928 12.5Tollien Schuurman12.6Lisa GeliusGermany Weimar12.6200 mStanisława WalasiewiczPoland 1928 25.7Tollien Schuurman25.8Nellie Halstead26.0800 mGladys Lunn 2:21.9Marie DollingerGermany Weimar2:22.0Brita Lovén2:24.880 m hurdlesMaj Jakobsson 12.4Gerda PirchGermany Weimar12.7Ursula BirkholzGermany Weimar12.74×100 m relayGermany WeimarRosa KellnerAgathe KarrerLuise HolzerLisa Gelius 49.9Eileen HiscockEthel ScottIvy WalkerDaisy Ridgley50.5Poland 1928Alina HulanickaMaryla FreiwaldStanisława WalasiewiczFelicja Schabińska50.8High jumpInge BraumüllerGermany Weimar 1.57 mCarolina Gisolf 1.57 mHelma NotteGermany Weimar 1.53 mLong jump Kinue HitomiJapan 1870 5.90 m Muriel Gunn5.76 m Selma GriemeGermany Weimar5.71 mShot putGrete HeubleinGermany Weimar 12.49 mGustel HermannGermany Weimar12.12 mLiesl Perkaus11.48 mDiscus throwHalina KonopackaPoland 1928 36.80 mTilly FleischerGermany Weimar35.82 mVittorina VivenzaItaly 186135.23 mJavelinLiesel SchumannGermany Weimar 42.32 mAugustine HargusGermany Weimar40.99 mKinue HitomiJapan 187037.01 mTriathlonEllen BraumüllerGermany Weimar 198 ptsKinue HitomiJapan 1870 194 ptsRuth Svedberg 175 pts A special commemorative medal was issued for the participants.Participation badge Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki w Warszawie / Museum of Sports and Tourism, retrieved 24 October 2015 Points table PlaceNationPoints 1Germany Weimar 57 2Poland 1928 26 3 19 4Japan 1870 13 5 10 References External links Participation medal Picture British team https://web.archive.org/web/20170107005445/http://www.gettyimages.se/detail/nyhetsfoto/the-team-which-will-represent-great-britian-in-the-third-nyhetsfoto/138586096 2017-01-07 Picture Canadian basketball team Picture Czechoslovak team Category:Women's World Games Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia Category:Sports competitions in Prague Category:1930 in the sport of athletics Category:1930 in Czechoslovak sport Category:Multi-sport events in Czechoslovakia Women's World Games Category:1930s in Prague Category:1930 in women's sport Category:September 1930 sports events in Europe Category:Women's sport in Czechoslovakia