1921 Women's World Games

Women's World Games

Monte Carlo, Monaco
First event 1921
Germaine Delapierre, winner of the 65 metres hurdles event

The 1921 Women's World Games (French Jeux Mondiaux Féminins and Olympiades Féminines) were the forerunner to the international Women's World Games, the tournament was held between March 24[1][2][3] - March 31[4][5] 1921 in Monte Carlo.[6][7][8][9][10]

The tournament was named "1er Meeting International d'Education Physique Feminine de Sports Athletiques" and designated as the first first Women’s Olympiad in 2009.[7] They were also known as the Monte Carlo Games, after the competition's location.

Events

The games were organized by Alice Milliat[1][7] and Camille Blanc, director of the "International Sporting Club de Monaco"[2][9] as a response to the IOC decision not to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.[4]

The games were attended by 100 participants from 4 nations:[1][2][5][9] France, Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Team Nation Participants
1  France 58
2  Italy ?
3   Switzerland ?
4  United Kingdom 21

The athletes competed in 11 events:[2][3] running (60 metres, 250 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 75 metres relay, 4 x 175 metres relay and hurdling 65 metres), high jump, long jump, standing long jump, javelin and shot put. The tournament also held exhibition events in basketball, gymnastics and pushball.[2][8][9]

The tournament was held at the Tir aux Pigeons in the gardens of the Monte Carlo Casino.[6][7][9][10]

Results

All goldmedals went to athletes from France and the United Kingdom, medalists:[2][3][5][6][8][10]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m Mary Lines
 United Kingdom
?
? ?
?
250 m Mary Lines
 United Kingdom
36,3 ?
?
800 m Lucie Bréard
 France
2.30,1 Mary Lines
 United Kingdom
?
4 x 75 m relay United Kingdom
 United Kingdom
?
?
4 x 175 m relay United Kingdom
 United Kingdom
?
?
Hurdles Germaine Delapierre
 France
?
?
High jump Frédérique Kussel
 France
1,40 Hilda Hatt
 United Kingdom
shared Gold ?
Long jump Mary Lines
 United Kingdom
4,70 Hilda Hatt
 United Kingdom
?
Standing long jump Frédérique Kussel
 France
?
?
Javelin Violette Morris
 France
41,53 Francesca Pianzola
  Switzerland
?
Shot put Violette Morris
 France
16,29 ?
?

A special commemorative medal was issued for the participens,[3] follow-ups were held in 1922 (sometimes confused with the 1922 Women's World Games) and 1923.[6][7][9]

In 2009 the IAAF declared the tournament being the first women’s olympics.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 24 March 1921 Kalenderblatt, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle", page 97 Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet, L'Harmattan 2003, accessdate = 10 December 2013
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Hace 90 años: los inicios del atletismo femenino Atletismo e Historia, Retrieved December 10, 2013
  4. 4.0 4.1 Olympic entrepreneurs, page 105 Ana Miragaya, Lamartine DaCosta, Olympic Studies Centre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, accessdate = 10 December 2013
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Women athletes between the world wars The Oxford DNB, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Generell news IAAF Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Women and sports at The Polytechnic University of Westminster, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Women in Sport, page 5 Barbara L. Drinkwater, The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, Vol VIII, accessdate = 10 December 2013
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Rétrospective de l'athlétisme féminin, page 10 Sylvain Charlet, Amicale des Entraineurs d'Ile de France d'Athlétisme AEIFA, Retrieved 10 December 2013

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