1923 France–Great Britain women's athletics match

The 1923 France–Great Britain women's athletics match was an international women's athletics match where a national team of French athletes competed against a national team of British athletes. It took place on 23 September 1923 at Stade Pershing in Paris, France. 10 British and 14 French athletes (excluded reserves) competed in the match.

1923 France–Great Britain women's athletics match
Dates	23 September 1923
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Stade Pershing
Stade Pershing pictured in 1919
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	9
Participation	24 athletes from 2 nations
Records set	3 World Records 2 French records 2 British records

It was the second international match between France and Great Britain with the 1921 France–Great Britain women's athletics match.

Great Britain broke two world records in the relay and 250 metre and France broke the world record in the shot put. Great Britain also ran in the 100 yards the same time as the world record and was a new British record. Next to these results France ran a national record in the 250 metres and in the relay and Great Britain ran a national record in the 1000 metres.

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.

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.

Entrants

The members of the teams were puslished on 23 September 1923.

Names and events in italics differences between the entry and athletes competing in the events.

Great Britain

Name	Event
Florence Birchenough	Javelin throw Shot put (R. High jump)
Eileen Edwards	250 metres 4 x 220 yards relay (R. 100 yards) (R. 100 yards hurdles) (R. Javelin throw)
Sophie Elliott-Lynn	100 yards Javelin throw High jump Shot put (R. 100 yards hurdles) (R. Long jump)
Gladys Elliott	Long jump 4 x 220 yards relay (R. Shot put)
Hilda Hatt	100 yards hurdles High jump Long jump (R. Javelin throw) (R. 4 x 220 yards relay)
Gladys Lane	1000 metres
Ivy Lowman	100 yards hurdles (R. High jump) (R. 250 metres) (R. 4 x 220 yards relay)
Vera Palmer	250 metres 4 x 220 yards relay (R. 100 yards) (R. Long jump)
Rose Thompson	100 yards 4 x 220 yards relay
Edith Trickey	1000 metres (R. Shot put) (R. 250 metres)

France

Name	Event
Marguerite Chansardon	100 yards hurdles
Jeanne Collet	100 yards 250 metres High jump 4 x 220 yards relay
Germaine Darreau	4 x 220 yards relay (R. 250 metres)
Marguerite Drouard	(R. 4 x 220 yards relay)
Yvonne Gancel	Javelin throw
Alice Gonnet	Long jump
Georgette Lenoir	1000 metres
Lionel	Long jump
Violette Morris	Shot put
Marcelle Neveu	1000 metres
Louise Noeppel	100 yards Javelin throw (R. Shot put)
Lucie Petit	Shot put (R. High jump)
Lucie Prost	250 metres 4 x 220 yards relay (R. 100 yards)
Germaine Robin	100 yards hurdles
Reserves
Louise Ausset	(R. Javelin throw)
Lucie Bréard	(R. 1000 metres)
Simone Chapoteau	(R. Shot put)
Andréé Darreau	(R. 250 metres) (R. 4 x 220 yards relay)
Georgette Gagneux	100 yards 4 x 220 yards relay
Georgette Guellier	(R. High jump)
Lucienne Laudré	(R. Long jump)
Raymond	(R. Long jump)
Vibert	(R. 100 yards hurdles)

Other entrants

Next to the country match, some other events were scheduled during the meeting.

• Javelin throw: Swiss Louise Groslimond entered to try to break the record.
• Discus throw: Lucie Petit, Yvonne Tembouret, Théry and Lucienne Vellu
• Large costumed velveteen: Members of Fémina Sport directed by M. Paysse
• 10 x 100 metres relay: Team of Fémina Sport and a mixed French team

Competition

The match started in the afternoon at 14:30pm.

Javelin throw

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	Yvonne Gancel (FRA)	40.72 m	5
2	Sophie Elliott-Lynn (GBR)	36.61 m	3
3	Florence Birchenough (GBR)	34.50 m	2
4	Louise Noeppel (FRA)	29.93 m	1

100 yards hurdles

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Hilda Hatt (GBR)	11.0 sec	5
2	Sophie Elliott-Lynn (GBR)		3
3	Marguerite Chansardon (FRA)		2
4	Germaine Robin (FRA)		1

High jump

Jeanne Collet during the match

Place	Athlete	Height	Points	Note
1	Ivy Lowman (GBR)	1.4? m	5
2	Hilda Hatt (GBR)	1.43 m	3
3	Jeanne Collet (FRA)	1.40 m	2
4	Marguerite Patouillet (FRA)	1.35 m	1

100 yards

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Rose Thompson (GBR)	11.25 sec	5	=WR, NR
2	Sophie Elliott-Lynn (GBR)		3
3	Jeanne Collet (FRA)		2
4	Louise Noeppel (FRA)		1

Shot put

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

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	Violette Morris (FRA)	21.01 m	5	WR
2	Lucie Petit (FRA)	16.985 m	3
3	Florence Birchenough (GBR)	16.76 m	2
4	Sophie Elliott-Lynn (GBR)	15.80 m	1

250 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Vera Palmer (GBR)	35.4 sec	5	WR
2	Eileen Edwards (GBR)		3
3	Jeanne Collet (FRA)	36.4 sec	2	NR
4	Lucie Prost (FRA)		1

Long jump

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	Gladys Elliott (GBR)	4.665 m	5
2	Lionel or Suzanne Reveille (FRA)	4.64 m	3
3	Alice Gonnet (FRA)	4.60 m	2
4	Hilda Hatt (GBR)	4.455 m	1

1000 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Edith Trickey (GBR)	3:22	5	NR
2	Gladys Lane (GBR)		3
3	Marcelle Neveu (FRA)		2
4	Georgette Lenoir (FRA)		1

4 x 220 yards relay

Place	Team	Time	Points	Note
1	United Kingdom Rose Thompson Eileen Edwards Gladys Elliott Vera Palmer	1:52.4	6	WR
2	France Jeanne Collet Germaine Darreau Lucie Prost Marguerite Drouard	1:56.8	3	NR

In this relay race the British team also broke the 4 x 200 metres world record with a time of 1:51.6+.

Overall classification

Rank	Athlete	Points	JT	100y H	HJ	100y	SP	250m	LJ	1000m	Rel
1	United Kingdom	60	5	8	8	8	3	8	6	8	6
2	France	37	6	3	3	3	8	3	5	3	3