The 1922 Women's World Games (French Jeux Olympiques Féminins, also "Women’s Olympic Games") were the first regular international Women's World Games and the first Track and field competitions for women. The tournament was held on a single day on August 20, 1922.[1][2][3] at the Pershing Stadium in Paris.[4][5][6]
| Host city | Paris |
|---|---|
| Country |  France |
| Dates | August 20, 1922 |
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Events edit
The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat[1][2][4][5][6] as a response to the refusal of the International Olympic Committee refusal to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.
The games were attended by 77 participants from 5 nations:[2][4] Czechoslovakia, France[3] (32 athletes), Great Britain, Switzerland and the USA (13 athletes). Members of the American team were: Kathryn Agar, Florieda Batson, Maybelle Gilliland, Lucile Godbold, Esther Green, Ann Harwick, Frances Mead, Maud Rosenbaum, Camille Sabie, Janet Snow, Elizabeth Stine, Louise Voorhees and Nancy Voorhees.[4]
The athletes competed in 11 events:[2][4][7] running (60 metres, 100 yards, 300 metres, 1000 metres, 4 x 110 yards relay and hurdling 100 yards), high jump, long jump, standing long jump, javelin and shot put.
The tournament was opened with an olympic style ceremony. The games attended an audience of 20,000 spectators[1][5] and 18 world records[4] were set.
Medal summary edit
- nb Each athlete in the shot put and javelin throw events threw using their right hand, then their left. Their final mark was the total of the best mark with their right-handed throw and the best mark with their left-handed throw.
Points table edit
| Place | Nation | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United Kingdom
|
50 |
| 2 |  USA
|
31 |
| 3 | France
|
29 |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia
|
12 |
| 5 |  Switzerland
|
6 |
References edit
- ^ a b c Kidd, Bruce (1994). "The Women's Olympic Games: Important Breakthrough Obscured By Time". CAAWS Action Bulletin. Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet, "Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle" L'Harmattan 2003, page 99, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ^ a b Jeux Mondiaux Féminins[permanent dead link] Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com (Retrieved 15 August 2016)
- ^ a b c d e f They set the mark Archived 2013-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Columbia College, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ^ a b c Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ^ a b Ana Miragaya, Lamartine DaCosta: Olympic entrepreneurs, page 105-106[permanent dead link] Olympic Studies Centre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ^ FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013