1922 Women's World Games
The 1922 Women's World Games (French Jeux Olympiques Féminins and Jeux féminins mondiaux) also dubbed the 1922 Women's Olympic Games were the first regular international Women's World Games. The tournament was held 20 August 1922 at the Stade Pershing in Paris.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| Host city | Paris | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  France | ||
| Nations participating | 5 | ||
| Athletes participating | 77 | ||
| Sports | Athletics | ||
| Opening ceremony | 20 August 1922 | ||
| Dates | 20 August 1922 | ||
| Main venue | Stade Pershing | ||
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The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat[1][2][4][5][6] as a response to the refusal of the International Olympic Committee to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.
The Games consisted of eleven events: six track events (60 metres, 100 yards, 300 metres, 1000 metres, 4 x 110 yards relay and hurdling 100 yards and five track events (high jump, long jump, standing long jump, javelin and shot put).[2][4][7] Each country was allowed two participants in each event.[8]
Next to these events the final of the French Basketball Championships was scheduled and several demonstration events.[9]
A total of 18 world records were set.[4]
Venue
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The venue of the Games was the Percing Stadium in in the Bois de Vincennes. The stadium was build by engineers of the United States Army. The stadium was inaugarsted on 22 June 1919. It hosted that year the Inter-Allied Games and was presented after the Games as a gift by the United States to France. It was also the venue of the first women's athletics matches in France, the 1921 France–Great Britain women's athletics match and in May 1922 the 1922 France–Czechoslovakia women's athletics match.[10] The venue was in general mainly used as a football stadium and was also used during the 1924 Summer Olympics.
The stadium was able to hold 29,000 spectators.
Nations
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A list of 77 women from five nations were listed to participate. However, note not all entered athletes also participated.[8][11] The athletes were selected by the nations. Some countries used specific matches to select athletes, like the United States organized the 1922 United States Women's World Games trials.
Czechoslovakia (10)
France (32)
Great Britain (13)
Switzerland (7)
United States (15)
The Games
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changeThe morning session on 20 August consisted of the heats in the 60 metres, 100 yards, 100 yards hurdles, high jump, long jump, standing long jump and 300 meters.[8]
Before the afternoon session, the Games were opened with an olympic style ceremony, including a parade of nations. American Lucile Godbold was selected to carry the American flag, with the American team wearing white uniforms.[8] [12]
In the 20 August 1922 newspaper a schedule was published of the Games.[9]
- Morning session (from 9.00am)
- High jump (qualificaion)
- Standing long jump (qualificaion)
- 300 metres (qualificaion)
- Javelin throw (qualificaion)
- Long jump (qualificaion)
- 4 x 110 yards relay (qualification)
- Opening ceremony
- Afternoon session (from 14.30pm)
- 100 yards hurdles (qualification)
- High jump
- 60 metres (qualification)
- Shot put
- 100 yards (qualification)
- Long jump
- 300 metres
- French Basketball Championships (final)
- 100 yards hurdles
- 60 metres
- Javelin throw
- 100 yards
- Long jump
- 1000 metres
- 4x 110 yards relay
- Demonstration events
The Games took place in "perfect weather conditions". There were 20,000 spectators.[1][5][8]
Medal summary
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| Place | Nation | Points |
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| 1 |  United Kingdom
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50 |
| 2 |  USA
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31 |
| 3 | France
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29 |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia
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12 |
| 5 |  Switzerland
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6 |
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kidd, Bruce (1994). "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. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet, "Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle" L'Harmattan 2003, page 99, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ↑ Jeux Mondiaux Féminins[permanent dead link] Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com (Retrieved 15 August 2016)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 They set the mark Archived 2013-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Columbia College, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ana Miragaya, Lamartine DaCosta: Olympic entrepreneurs, page 105-106[permanent dead link] Olympic Studies Centre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ↑ FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Tricard, Louise Mead (1996). American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980. Vol. 1. McFarland. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-7864-0219-9. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Louise Mead Tricard (20 August 1922). "Les championnats des sportives groupant un choix international". L'Auto (in French). p. 1 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
- ↑ "France Tchéco - Slovaquie 21 Mai - Stade Pershing". La Femme Sportive (in French). 1 June 1922. p. 3 – via uurl.kbr.be.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Les premiers Jeux olympiques féminins
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "L'Olympiade féminine". Le Journal (in French). 21 August 1921. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ↑ "Germaine Darreau". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2024.