1922 France–Czechoslovakia women's athletics match

The 1922 France–Czechoslovakia women's athletics match was an international women's athletics match where a national team of French athletes competed against a national team of Czechosolvak athletes. It took place on 21 May 1922 at Stade Pershing in Paris, France.

1922 France–Czechoslovakia women's athletics match
Dates	21 May 1922
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Stade Pershing
Stade Pershing pictured in 1919
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	7
Participation	2 nations

It was the second international match organized by the F.S.F.S.F. after the 1921 France–Great Britain women's athletics match, and was the first international women's athletcs match between France and Czechoslovakia.

The match was attended by among others the Czechoslovak Minister in Paris Štefan Osuský together with his wife.

Tickets for the event were between 2 Granc and 10 Franc (2 F, 3 F, 5 F and 10 F). The match started in the afternoon at 14:15pm.

Next to the athletics match a special demonstration of 2kg shot put was performed and a Czech Handball match was played, consisting of 2 half of 25 minutes played by two Czechoslovak teams.

The competition was won by Czechoslovakia with 41 points ahead of France with 34 points.

The Czechoslovak team received the artistic cup offered by the Minister of War. Individual prizes were rewarded to each competitor and the FSFSF offered each member of the Czechoslovak delegation a medal engraved with their name.

Background

The event took place in the early era of international women's athletics with the first women’s international tournaments being held from 1921. The event was held in the same year as the 1922 Women's World Games that took place in the same vanue in Paris.

Format

In each individual event two athletes of each nation competed and one team of four athletes in the relay event. The first athlete in the individual events scored 5 points, the number two 3 points, number three 2 points and the number four 1 point. The country that won the relay event scored 6 points and the other country 3 points. For the overall classification all the points scored by each country are added together.

Competition

80 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Marie Mejzlíková II (TCH)	11.0 sec	5
2	Cécile Maugars (FRA)		3
3	Germaine Robin (FRA)		2
4	Marie Jirásková (TCH)		1

83 metres hurdles

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Henriette Comte (FRA)	14.4 sec	5
2	Helene Rillac (FRA)		3
3	Marie Mejzlíková I or Marie Mejzlíková II (TCH)	15.4 sec	2
4	Marie Mejzlíková II or Marie Mejzlíková I  (TCH)		1

Shot put

The score was the total of a throw with both arms.

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	Marie Mejzlíková I (TCH)	15.84 (or 16.84) m	5
2	Miloslava Havlíčková (TCH)	15.02 m	3
3	Dufaure (FRA)	14.53 (or 14.73) m	2
4	Simone Chapoteau (FRA)	13.97 m	1

High jump

Place	Athlete	Height	Points	Note
1	Georgette Guellier (FRA)	1.35 m	5
2	Mado Bracquemond (FRA)	1.33 m	3
3	Miloslava Havlíčková (TCH)	1.32 m	2
4	Ludmila Havlickova (TCH)	1.29 m	1

200 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Marie Mejzlíková I (TCH)	28.6 sec	5
2	Germaine Darreau or Baron (FRA)		3
3	Marie Bakovská (TCH)		2
4	Alice Gisclard (FRA)		1

Long jump

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	Marie Mejzlíková II (TCH)	4.61 m	5
2	Marie Jirásková (TCH)	4.55 m	3
3	Evelyne Welker (FRA)	4.39 m	2
4	Therese Boyer (FRA)	2.285 m	1

4 x 100 metres relay

4x 100 metres relay

Place	Team	Time	Points
1	Czechoslovakia Marie Mejzlíková I Marie Mejzlíková II Marie Jirásková Marie Bakovská	53.2 sec	6
2	France Cécile Maugars Germaine Robin Yvonne De Wynne Thérèse Renaut	54.6 sec	3

Overall classification

Rank	Athlete	Points	80m	80m H	SP	HJ	200m	LJ	Rel
1	Czechoslovakia	41	6	3	8	3	7	8	6
2	France	34	5	8	3	8	4	3	3