1926 Paris international women's athletics meeting

The 1926 Paris international women's athletics meeting was an international women's athletics competition in Paris, France organized by the International Women's Sports Federation. The meeting was held on 3 October 1926 at the Stade Pershing and included athletes from France, Sweden, Germany and Great Britain. During the meeting British Edwards broke the 200 metres world record.

1926 Paris international women's athletics meeting
Organisers	International Women's Sports Federation
Dates	3 October 1926
Host city	Paris, France
Venue	Stade Pershing pictured in 1919
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	7
Records set	1 world record

Results

100 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Eileen Edwards (GBR)	12.6 sec	=WR
2	Marguerite Radideau (FRA)
3	Gundel Wittmann (GER)
4	Georgette Gagneux (FRA)

Shot put (4kg)

According to Sportswereld

Place	Athlete	Distance	Note
1	Violette Morris (FRA)	10.045 m
2	Milly Reuter (GER)
3	Lilli Henoch (GER)
4	Simone Chapoteau (FRA)
	Lucie Petit (FRA)

Sources:

According to La Derniere Heure

Place	Athlete	Distance	Note
1	Violette Morris (FRA)	10.45 m
2	Lilli Henoch (GER)	9.96 m
3	Emmi Haux (GER)	9.50 m

High jump

Place	Athlete	Height	Note
1	Lilli Henoch (GER) or Eva von Bredow (GER)	1.46 m.
2	Hélène Bons (FRA)
3	Évelyne Cloupet (FRA)
4	Marguerite Patouillet (FRA)

Discus throw

Place	Athlete	Distance	Note
1	Milly Reuter (GER)	32.615 m or 35.75 m
2	Lucienne Velu (FRA)	32.58 m or 34.06 m	NR
3	Lilli Henoch (GER)	31.27 or 31.29 m
4	Lucie Petit (FRA)	30.89

200 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Eileen Edwards (GBR)	26.0 sec	WR
2	Marguerite Radideau (FRA)	26.2 sec
3	Cläre Voss (GER) or Emmi Haux (GER)	27.4 (Haux)
4	Yolande Plancke (FRA)

1000 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Edith Trickey (GBR)	3:15.2
2	Louise Bellon (FRA)
3	Inga Gentzel (SWE)
4	Elfriede Wever (GER)	3:16.8

4 x 100 metres relay

Place	Team	Time
1	Germany Lilli Henoch Emmi Haux Cläre Voss Gundel Wittmann	50.2
2	France

National events

83 metres hurdles (national)

In newspapers this event was named the Laloz Challenge.

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Davisseau (FRA)
2	Marguerite Laloz (FRA)
3	Gaillard (FRA)

100 metres (national)

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	De Winne (FRA)
2	Yvonne Carme (FRA)
3	Simone Chapoteau (FRA)

110 metres hurdles (national)

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Geneviève Laloz (FRA)	18.4 sec.	WR
2	Marguerite Laloz (FRA)
3	Davisseau (FRA)

Other websites

• Image of Edwards who improved the world record on front cover of La Dernière Heure