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.Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet, "Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle" L'Harmattan 2003, page 99, Retrieved 10 December 2013Jeux Mondiaux Féminins Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com (Retrieved 15 August 2016) at the Pershing Stadium in Paris.They set the mark Columbia College, Retrieved 10 December 2013Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013Ana Miragaya, Lamartine DaCosta: Olympic entrepreneurs, page 105-106 Olympic Studies Centre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Retrieved 10 December 2013
Events The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat as a response to the refusal of the International Olympic Committee to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.
The games were attended by 77 participants from 5 nations: Czechoslovakia, France (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, Anne Harwick, Frances Mead, Maud Rosenbaum, Camille Sabie, Janet Snow, Elizabeth Stine, Louise Voorhees and Nancy Voorhees.
The athletes competed in 11 events:FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013 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 attracted an audience of 20,000 spectators and 18 world records were set.
Medal summary 60 mMarie Mejzlikova II 7.6Mary Lines7.7Nora Callebout7.8100 ydsNora Callebout 12.0Marie Mejzlikova II?Mary Lines?300 mMary Lines44.8Alice Cast?André Darreau?1000 mLucie Bréard3:12.0Georgette Lenoir3:12.2Phylis Hall?100 yds hurdlesCamille Sabie14.4Hilda Hatt14.8Geneviève Laloz15.04×110 yds relay Mary LinesNora CalleboutDaisy LeachGwendoline Porter51.8 Lucie ProstGermaine RobinYvonne De WynneLouise Noeppel51.2 52.8High jumpHilda HattNancy Voorhees1.46 mNot awardedIvy Lowman1.42 mLong jump Mary Lines5.06 m Elizabeth Stine5.025 m Camille Sabie4.96 mStanding long jumpCamille Sabie2.485 mMary Hughes2.405 mHenriette Comte-Anavoisard2.34 mTwo-handed shot putLucile Godbold20.22 mViolette Gourard-Morris19.85 mMaud Rosenbaum17.37 mTwo-handed javelin throwFrancesca Pianzola43.24 mYvonne Gancel41.62 mLucile Godbold39.70 m
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 PlaceNationPoints 1 50 2 31 3 29 4 12 5 6
References
External links Film from the 1922 Women's World Games Mixed pictures from the Women's World Games Picture of the American team