1926 Women's World Games – 60 metres

60 metres
at the 1926 Women's World Games
60 metres ; at the 1926 Women's World Games
Venue	Slottsskogsvallen
Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Dates	29 August 1926
Competitors	12 from 7 nations
Winning time	7.8
Medalists
	← 1922 1930 →

The 60 metres event at the 1926 Women's World Games was the second time the 60 metres was held at Women's World Games. The event took place in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen during the last day of the Games on 29 August 1926. A total of 12 athletes from 7 nations competed in the event.^[1]

French Marguerite Radideau won the final in a time of 7.8 seconds, ahead of the British women Florence Haynes and Rose Thompson.^[2]

Results

The first two athletes of each heat continued to the final. In addition the number three of the first heat continued.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Notes
1	Rose Thompson [sv]	Great Britain	Q
2	Kinue Hitomi	Japan	Q
3	Zdena Smolová [sv]	Czechoslovakia	q
4	Yolande Plancke	France

Rank	Name	Nationality	Notes
1	Marguerite Radideau	France	Q
2	Janina Grabicka [pl]	Poland	Q
3	Maud Sundberg [sv]	Sweden
4	Henriette Vandaelen	Belgium

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Florence Haynes [sv]	Great Britain	9	Q
2	Ludmila Sychrová [sv]	Czechoslovakia		Q
3	Sylvia Stave [sv]	Sweden
4	Helena Woynarowska [pl]	Poland

Source:^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance (m)
	Marguerite Radideau	France	7.8
	Florence Haynes [sv]	Great Britain	7.8
	Rose Thompson [sv]	Great Britain	7.8
4	Zdena Smolová [sv]	Czechoslovakia
5	Kinue Hitomi	Japan
6	Ludmila Sychrová [sv]	Czechoslovakia
7	Janina Grabicka [pl]	Poland

Source:^[2]^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 31 August 1926. p. 4.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.