1922 Brussels international women's athletics competitions

The 1922 Brussels international women's athletic competitions were the first international women's athletics competitions in Belgium, held in Brussels. It was organized by the Brussels Femina Club.

1922 Brussels international women's athletics competitions
Dates	27 August 1922
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Participation	~16 athletes from 3 nations

Around sixteen athletes from Belgium, France and Great Britain competed in ten events.

Background

The eariest women's international athletics competitions were organized in the early 1920s. The 1921 Women's Olympiad took place in Monaco in March 1921, the 1922 Women's Olympiad also in Monaco in April 1922 and the 1922 Women's World Games in Paris on 20 August 1922. On the same the in the Netherlands the 1922 Pro Patria women's international athletics competition took place, the earliest women's international athletics competitions in the Netherlands with athletes from the Netherlands and Germany.

Entrants

On 26 August 1922 a list of the entrants was published. However the Belgian list does not match the actual results.

British athletes

Naam
Lines
Hilda Hatt
Nora Callebout
Florence Birchenough

French athletes

Naam
Thérèse Laloz
Geneviève Laloz
Suzanna Porte
Marcelle Neveu

Belgian athletes

Naam
Deraedt Flora
Elise Van Truyen
Henriette Vandaelen
Louise Gits
Georgette Vandyck
Antoinette Gallemaers
Verheyden
Sileur

Opening ceremony

At 15:25 (local time) the event started with a parade of the athletes. Chairman Dumont of the Brussels Femina Club hands over flower sheaves to the French en British athletes. Next to spectators there were also photographers and cameramen.

Results

Of all competitons only the results of the final are listed.

80 m (final)

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Nora Callebout (GBR)	10.5 sec
2	Ivy Lowman (GBR)	+50 cm

300 m

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Nora Callebout (GBR)	45.4 sec
2	Ivy Lowman (GBR)
3	Laloz (FRA)
	Suzanna Porte (FRA)

1000 m

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Marcelle Neveu (FRA)	3:22.8
2	Louise Gits (BEL)	+20 m.
3	Florentine Walschaerts (BEL)	+25 m.
4	Seminckx (BEL)	+30 m.

83 m hurdles

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Hilda Hatt (GBR)	14.4 sec WR
2	T. /G. Laloz (FRA)	+2 m.
3	R. Laloz (FRA)	+2.5 m.
4	Henriette Vandaelen (BEL)	+3 m.

High jump

Place	Athlete	Height
1	Ivy Lowman (GBR)	1.43 m.
	Hilda Hatt (GBR)	1.43 m.
3	Alice De Pauw (BEL)	1.35 m. NR
4	Elise Van Truyen (BEL)	1.35 m.
	Maes (BEL)

Long jump

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Hilda Hatt (GBR)	4.61 m.
2	Elise Van Truyen (BEL)	4.59 m.
3	Geneviève Laloz (FRA)	4.33 m.

Shot put

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Florence Birchenough (GBR)	9.08 m.
2	Georgette Vandyck (BEL)	8.04 m. NR
3	Alice De Pauw (BEL)	7.88 m.
4	Laloz (FRA)	6.90 m.

Discus throw

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Alice De Pauw (BEL)	26.33 m. NR
2	Henriette Vandaelen (BEL)	23.70 m.
3	Louise Petré (BEL)	22.24 m.

Javelin throw

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Georgette Vandyck (BEL)	20.45 m. NR
2	Florence Birchenough (GBR)	18.40 m.
3	Bouchy (FRA)	16.16 m.

4x 100 metres relay

Place	Team	Time
1	United Kingdom	55.5 sec.
2	France
3	Belgium

Handicapped competitons

Next to these international events, two (national) handicapped competitions were held during the meet.

80 m

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Thijs (Brugge)	10.9 sec
2	Van de Berghe (Brussels)	+50 cm
3	Bosmans
4	Dewit

600 m

Place	Athlete	Time	H
1	Degrando (BEL)	1:49	80
2	Van Erpe (BEL)		30

Notes

^a Of the Laloz family, five sisters competed in athletics. Most known are Geneviève Laloz and Thérèse Laloz, but also their sisters Marguerite, Christiane and Paulette competed in athletics. In the published results is not (cleary) indicated who competed.

^b In the published results it's not indicated if this was actually an international event.

Related pages

• 1922 Pro Patria women's international athletics competition