1924 France–Czechoslovakia women's athletics match

The 1924 France–Czechoslovakia 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 Czechosolvak athletes. It took place on 14 September 1924 at Stade Pershing in Paris, France.

1924 France–Czechoslovakia women's athletics match
Dates14 September
Host cityParis, France
VenueStade Pershing

Stade Pershing pictured in 1919
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor track and field
Events9 (2 more outside competition)
Participation2 (1 more outside competition) nations
Records set1 World Record (2 more outside competition)
+ 2 other national records

During the competition two world records were broken. The competition was won by France with 56 points ahead of Czechoslovakia with 41 points.[1]

Two Belgian women took part in a few events outside competition and a few international events were held outside the country match.

Background

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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 two years after the 1922 Women's World Games that took place in Paris.

Competition

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[1]

200 metres

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Place Athlete Time Points Note
1   Marguerite Radideau (FRA) 26.4 sec 5 NR
2   Marie Mejzlíková I (TCH) 3
3   Andree Darreau (FRA) 2
4   Marie Kofránková (TCH) 1

50 metres

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Place Athlete Time Points Note
1   Marguerite Radideau (FRA) 10.2 sec 5 NR
2   Marie Mejzlíková II (TCH) 3
3   Marie Kofránková (TCH) 2
4   Thérèse Laloz [fr] (FRA) 1

83 metres hurdles

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Place Athlete Time Points Note
1   Geneviève Laloz (FRA) 14.2 sec 5 NR
-   Henriette Vandaelen (BEL) - outside of competition
2   Edith Alauze (FRA) 3
3   Miloslava Havlíčková [sv] (TCH) 2
4   Ludmila Vencová (TCH) 1

High jump

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Place Athlete Height Points Note
1   Marguerite Patouillet (FRA) 1.40 m 5
  Evelyne Cloupet (FRA) 1.40 m 5
-   Henriette Vandaelen (BEL) 1.35 m - outside of competition
3   Věra Galusková (TCH) 1.30 m 2
  Miloslava Havlíčková [sv] (TCH) 1.30 m 1

Shot put

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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) 10.835 m 9.68 m 20.515 m 5 [2]
2   Ludmila Vencová (TCH) 18.75 m 3
3   Miloslava Havlíčková [sv] (TCH) 18.09 m 2
4   Lucienne Velu (FRA) 8.675 m 7.51 m 16.185 m 1 [3]

Javelin throw

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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   Kamila Olmerova (TCH) 47.02 m 5
2   Marie Janderová [sv] (TCH) 43.97 m 3
3   Paulette Puisais (FRA) 20.61 m 20.22 m 40.83 m 2 [4]
4   Louise Ausset (FRA) 23.20 m 15.90 m 39.108 m 1 [5]

Long jump

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Place Athlete Distance Points Note
1   Marie Mejzlíková II (TCH) 5.09 m 5
2   Marguerite Patouillet (FRA) 4.77 m 3
3   Marie Mejzlíková I (TCH) 4.74 m 2
-   Elise Van Truyen (BEL) 4.72 m - outside competition
4   Raymond (FRA) 4.71 m 1

Discus throw

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Place Athlete Distance Points Note
1   Lucienne Velu (FRA) 29.44 m 5 WR
2   Violette Morris (FRA) 27.90 m[2] or 28.90 m[1] 3
3   Gitova (TCH) 26.36 m 2
4   Marie Mejzlíková I (TCH) 25.03 m 1

4 x 100 metres relay

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4x 100 metres relay
Place Team Time Points
1   France
Marguerite Radideau
Andree Darreau
Germaine Darreau
Thérèse Laloz [fr]
53.6 sec.
2   Czechoslovakia
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+ 15 m

Overall classification

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Rank Athlete Points
1   France 56
2   Czechoslovakia 41

[1]

Events outside country match

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A few more events were held outside the country match. During these events two world records were broken. Resel broke the world record in the 880 yards race walk in a time of 4 minutes and 13 seconds, beating the former world record of 4 minutes and 17.4 seconds. Edith Alauze broke the 120 yards hurdles world record with a time of 17.8 seconds.[1]

880 yards race walk

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Place Athlete Time Note
1   Albertine Regel [fr] (FRA) 4:13.0 WR

120 yards hurdles

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Place Athlete Time Note
1   Edith Alauze (FRA) 17.8 s WR
2   Geneviève Laloz (FRA)
3   Henriette Vandaelen (BEL) 19.0 s
4   Marguerite Laloz (FRA)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "La rencontre France-Tchécoslovaquie | La France a remporte la victoire". La Dernière Heure (in French). 15 September 1924. p. 3 – via uurl.kbr.be.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Violette Morris". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. "Lucienne Velu". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. "Paulette Puisais". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. "Louise Ausset". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2024.