1924 France–Belgium women's athletics match

The 1924 France–Belgium women's athletics match was an international women's athletics match where a national team of female French athletes competed against a national team of Belgian athletes. It took place on 17 August 1924 at Stade Demeny in Douai, France.

1924 France–Belgium women's athletics match
Dates	17 August
Host city	Douai, France
Venue	Stade Demeny
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	9
Participation	2 nations
Records set	1 national record

During the competition two world records were broken. The competition was won by France with 66.5 points ahead of Belgium with 40.5 points.

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.

Competition

50 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Marguerite Radideau (FRA)	10.8 sec
2	Gagneux (FRA)	+15 cm
3	Elise Van Truyen (BEL)	+1 m
4	Gallemaers (BEL)

Shot put

The score was the total of a throw with the right arm and with the left arm.

Place	Athlete	Right arm	Left arm	Total	Points	Note
1	Violette Morris (FRA)	10.21 m	9.495 m	19.705 m
2	Petit (FRA)			17.22 m
3	Verschueren (BEL)			16.54 m
4	Verduyen (BEL)			13.67 m

Long jump

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	Elise Van Truyen (BEL)	5.03 m		NR
2	Gagneux (FRA)	4.97 m
3	Vandenbroeck (BEL)	4.91 m
4	Patouillet (FRA)	4.895 m

83 metres hurdles

Belgian Henriette Vandaelen and French Geneviève Laloz had an extremely emotional fight for second place and both crossed the finished at the same time.

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Edith Alauze (FRA)	14.2 sec		NR
2	Henriette Vandaelen (BEL)	+ 2m
	Geneviève Laloz (FRA)
4	Verschueren (BEL)

Javelin throw

The score was the total of a throw with the right arm and with the left arm.

Place	Athlete	Right arm	Left arm	Distance	Points	Note
1	Gancel (FRA)			42.91 m
2	Louise Ausset (FRA)			41.12 m
3	Verschueren (BEL)			34.55 m
4	Vandyck (BEL)			32.43 m

High jump

Place	Athlete	Height	Points	Note
1	Elise Van Truyen (BEL)	1.40 m
2	Marguerite Patouillet (FRA)	1.35 m
3	Stevens (BEL)	1.35 m
4	Alauze (FRA)	1.30 m

Discus throw

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	Violette Morris (FRA)	28.39 m
2	Toitgans (BEL)	25.25 m
3	Petit (FRA)	22.92 m
4	Paques (BEL)	20.76 m

1000 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Mullebrouck (FRA)	3:19.6
2	Degrande (BEL)	+6 m
3	Neveu (FRA)	+1 m
-	Van Steenlandt (BEL)			DNF

4 x 200 metres relay

It was reported that the French team had an easy victory over the Belgian team.

Place	Team	Time	Points
1	France Marguerite Radideau Gagneux Laloz Germaine Darreau	1:57.2
2	Belgium Elise Van Truyen Vandenbroeck Gits Gallemaers

Overall classification

The intermediate score after the javelin throw was France: 42.5 points, Belgium 23.5 points.

Rank	Athlete	Points
1	France	66.5
2	Belgium	40.5