1928 Germany–Netherlands women's athletics competition

The 1928 Germany–Netherlands women's athletics competition was an international women's athletics competition on 24 June 1928 in Lennep (near Elberfeld), Germany.

1928 Germany–Netherlands women's athletics competition
Dates	24 June 1928
Host city	Lennep, Germany
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	5
Participation	24 athletes from 2 nations
← 1928 (NED–BEL) 1929 (NED–GER) →

The competition was the second international competition for Dutch women after the 1928 Belgium–Netherlands women's athletics competition three weeks earlier. The competition was organized as a "try-out" for the Olympics but moreover to gain international experience in preparation for the 1928 Summer Olympics.

The competition was won by the Netherlands with 48 points versus Germany with 42 points.

Background and preparations

For the first time, women's athletic events would be held at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. As the Dutch women's didn't have international experience the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation organized two international competition. Two international competitions that included the 5 Olympic events for women were organised to gain the international experience. The coach of the team was B. Verwaal.

On 24 June, the day of the competition, the Dutch national athletes travelled by train to Oberhousen together with coach B. Verwaal and jury members J. M. Hardeman and D. J. de Vries.

Competition format

The competition consisted of 5 events: 100 metres, 800 metres, 4x 100 metres relay, high jump and discus throw. The overall classification is a nation's classification. In the four individual events three athletes of each nation participated. The winner of the event received for the nation 6 points, the number 2 received 5 points, number 3 received 4 points etc. The nation winning the relay event wins 4 points and the other nation received 2 points. For the overall classication all points from each country are added together.

Entrants

The Twelve Dutch athlethes were selected by the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation and announced ahead of the competition.

Netherlands

Naam	Club	Event
Lies Aengenendt	Hygiea, The Hague	100 m
		4x 100 metres relay
Rie Briejer	Brünhilde, Leiden	100 m
		4x 100 metres relay
Yvonne Buisma	Aalsmeer	High jump
Bets Dekens	Eclecta, Groningen	High jump
		Discus throw
Mien Duchateau	te Werve, The Hague	800 m
Lien Gisolf	Hygiea, The Hague	High jump
Nettie Grooss	Hygiea, The Hague	100 m
		4x 100 metres relay
Bets ter Horst	AV Twenthe	4x 100 metres relay
Jeanne van Kesteren		800 m
Jo Mallon	Quick, Gouda	800 m
Lena Michaëlis	te Werve, The Hague	Discus throw
Nici Mür	Hygiea, The Hague	Discus throw

Germany

Naam	Club	Event
Kathe Erfling	SV Duisburg	100 m
		4x 100 metres relay
Fuseler		Discus throw
M. Hausmann		100 m
		4x 100 metres relay
Margarete Hermann		800 m
Grete Heublein		Discus throw
Horchler		High jump
Hilde Krewett		Discus throw
Louise Müller		800 m
Felicitas Schlarp	Post SV Köln	100 m
		4x 100 metres relay
Elisabeth Weck	SV Solingen	High jump
Weiszgerber		High jump
Elfriede Wever		800 m
		4x 100 metres relay

The competition had Dutch and German jury members including from the Netherlands D. J. de Vries and J. M. Hardeman.

Competition

The competition was opened with a presentation of the teams followed with speaches of the mayor of Lennep, representatives of the Westdeutscher Spiel-Verband and a reply of D. J. de Vries.

100 metres

There was a head wind during the 100 metres. Just as at the 1928 Belgium–Netherlands women's athletics competition, the three Dutchwomen won the event. Now with Nettie Grooss, who had in bad start in the Belgian competition, in first place. In different sources the places of German women are in different positions.

100 m results (headwind)

Place	Athlete	Time	Points
1	Nettie Grooss (NED)	14 sec.	6
2	Lies Aengenendt (NED)		5
3	Rie Briejer (NED)		4
4-6	Felicitas Schlarp (GER)		3
	M. Hausmann (GER)		2
	Kathe Erfling (GER)		1

Points (100 m)

Nation	Points
Germany	6
Netherlands	15

800 metres

The 800 metres event was won by German Elfriede Werner. The Dutch Jo Mallon who finished second also recieived tribute in the newspaper about her time.

800 m results

Place	Athlete	Time	Points
1	Elfriede Werner (GER)	2:34.8	6
2	Jo Mallon (NED)	2:37.4	5
3	Louise Müller (GER)		4
4	Jeanne van Kesteren (NED)		3
5	Mien Duchateau (NED)		2
6	Margarete Hermann (GER)		1

Points (800 m)

Nation	Points
Belgium	11
Netherlands	10

High jump

World champion Lien Gisolf won the high jump event after jumping 1.45 metres. After this result the high jump event stopped, while Gisolf might have been able to jump higher.

High jump results

Place	Athlete	Height	Points
1	Lien Gisolf (NED)	1.55	6
2	Elisabeth Weck (GER)	1.45	5
3	Bets Dekens (NED)	1.40	3
	IJke Buisma (NED)	1.40	3
	Horchler (GER)	1.40	3
6	Weiszgerber (GER)	1.35	1

Points (high jump)

Nation	Points
Germany	9
Netherlands	12

Discus throw

Grete Heublein won the discus throw event ahead of Hilde Krewett and Lena Michaëlis. Different newspapers lists different distances. Below are the results listed of newspaper Het Vaderland, as in other sources the distance of the 6th place is further compared to the 5th place and so unlikely to be correct.

Discus throw results

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points
1	Grete Heublein (GER)	33.68	6
2	Hilde Krewett (GER)	30.36	5
3	Lena Michaëlis (NED)	26.46	4
4	Fuseler (GER)	23.63	3
5	Bets Dekens (NED)	23.40	2
6	Nici Mür (NED)	23.03	1

Points (discus throw)

Nation	Points
Germany	14
Netherlands	7

4x 100 metres relay

4x 100 metres relay

Place	Team	Time	Points
1	Netherlands Bets ter Horst Lies Aengenendt Rie Briejer Nettie Grooss	51.4 sec.	4
2	Germany Elfriede Wever M. Hausmann Kathe Erfling Felicitas Schlarp	+ 4-5 m.	2

Overall classification

Rank	Athlete	Points	100m	800m	HJ	DT	Rel
1	Netherlands	48	15	10	12	7	4
1	Germany	42	6	11	9	14	2