1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match

The 1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match was an international women's athletics competition on 17 August 1929 in Düsseldorf, Germany between Germany and the United Kingdom.[1][2][3]

1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match
Dates17 August 1929
Host cityDüsseldorf, Germany
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor track and field
Events10
Participation28 athletes from
2 nations

The competition was won by Germany with 53.5 points ahead of the United Kingdom with 45.5 points.

Competition format

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The competition consisted of 10 events. Two athletes per country could competed in the individual events. The overall classification is a nation's classification. The winner of the each received for the nation a certain amount of points. For the overall classication all points from each country are added together.

Competitors

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Results

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100 metres

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Ivy Walker   Great Britain 12.6 sec
2 Rose Thompson   Great Britain 12.7 sec
3 Lisa Gelius   Germany 12.8 sec
4 Rosa Kellner   Germany

200 metres

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Detta Lorenz   Germany 26.1 sec
2 Marion King   Great Britain 26.3 sec
3 Leni Schmidt   Germany 26.7 sec
4 Winifred Weldon   Great Britain

800 metres

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Marie Dollinger   Germany 2:23.2
2 Ruth Christmas   Great Britain 2:23.8
3 Margarete Stramm   Germany 2:25.8
4 Violet Streater   Great Britain

80 metres hurdles

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Hilda Hatt   Great Britain 12.3 sec
2 Emmi Haux   Germany 12.6 sec
3 Muriel Cornell   Great Britain 12.7 sec
4 Ruth Becker   Germany

4 × 100 metres relay

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Place Athlete Nation Time
1   Great Britain Rose Thompson
Eileen Hiscock
Daisy Ridgley
Ivy Walker
48,7
2   Germany Rosa Kellner
Lisa Gelius
Detta Lorenz
Emmi Haux
48,9

High jump

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Place Athlete Nation Height
1 Marjorie Okell   Great Britain 1.51 m
Inge Braumüller   Germany 1.51 m
3 Mary Milne   Great Britain 1.47 m
4 Selma Grieme   Germany 1.42 m

Long jump

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Place Athlete Nation Distance
1 Selma Grieme   Germany 5.69 m
2 Muriel Cornell   Great Britain 5.61 m
3 Auguste Hargus   Germany 5.36 m
4 Josephine Matthews   Great Britain 4.64 m

Shot put

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Place Athlete Nation Distance
1 Grete Heublein   Germany 12.45 m
2 Tilly Fleischer   Germany 11.73 m
3 Mary Weston   Great Britain 09.95 m

Discus throw

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Place Athlete Nation Distance
1 Tilly Fleischer   Germany 37.95 m
2 Grete Heublein   Germany 34.09 m
3 Mary Weston   Great Britain 34.00
4 Marjorie Okell   Great Britain 25.28 m

Javelin throw

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Place Athlete Nation Distance
1 Auguste Hargus   Germany 37.82 m
2 Martha Jacob   Germany 34.73 m
3 Mary Weston   Great Britain 25.12 m
4 Muriel Cornell   Great Britain 21.28 m

Overall classification

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Rank Nation Points
1   Germany 53.5
1   United Kingdom 45.5

References

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  1. Möwes, Detlef; Krüger, Julian (1992). 100 Jahre Deutsche Leichtathletik, Eine statistische Auswertung (in German). Selbstverlag Detlef Mewes.
  2. K. Wilhelm Köster (1998). 100 Jahre deutsche Leichtathletik (1898–1998): von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Hornberger Verlag.
  3. Presseausschuß des Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verbandes (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Leichtathletik 1958 (in German). Berlin-Charlottenburg: Verlag Bartels & Wernitz. 1958. p. 188.