The 1922 Women's Olympiad ( and ) was the secondGhislaine Quintillan: Alice Milliat and the Women’s Games, Olympic Review 2000, page 27 (LA84 Foundation), Retrieved January 4, 2017 international women's sports event, a 7-day multi-sport event organised by Alice Milliat and held on 15Bernett, Hajo: Die ersten olympischen Wettbewerbe im internationalen Frauensport (in German) Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte des Sports, Heft 2/1988, page 66-86 (ISSN 0931-7031), Retrieved January 4, 2017 – April 23 Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin (in French) NordNet.fr, Retrieved January 4, 2017Generell News IAAF Athletics, November 23, 2008, Retrieved January 4, 2017 1922Circul`Info N°109 (in French) page 3, Mission Locale (Paroles de jeunes), Retrieved January 4, 2017Alice Milliat (in French) NordNet.fr, Retrieved January 4, 2017 in Monte CarloGertrud Pfister: Frauen und Olympische Spiele (in German) 2000, Deutsche Olympische Sportbund (DOSB), Retrieved January 4, 2017 at the International Sporting Club of Monaco. The tournament was formally called "Deuxiéme Meeting International d'Éducation Physique Féminine". It was also the second of three Women's Olympiads or "Monte Carlo Games"Women in Athletics – from 1900 – 1950 Literature of Track and Field Athletics (ATHLOS), Retrieved January 4, 2017 held annually at the venue in Monaco,The Women's Olympic Games Comité Olympique Monégasque, Retrieved January 4, 2017Échos & Nouvelles (in French) Journal de Monaco April 25, 1922, page 1, Retrieved January 4, 2017 and the secondSylvain Charlet: Rétrospective de l'athlétisme féminin (in French) page 2, Association des Entraineurs d'Ile de France d'athlétisme (AEIFA), Retrieved January 4, 2017 forerunner of the quadrennial Women's World Games, organised in 1922–34 by the International Women's Sports Federation founded by Milliat in late 1921.

Events The games were organized as the previous 1921 Women's Olympiad by Fédération des Sociétés Féminines Sportives de France (FSFSF) under Alice Milliat and Camille Blanc, director of the "International Sporting Club de Monaco" as a response to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision not to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.

The games were attended by 300 participants from 7 nations: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Norway (mentioned by several sources, however no Norwegian athletes appear in the result lists), Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports.

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The athletes competed in 11 events: 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, javelin, shot put and Athletics pentathlon. The tournament also held exhibition events in basketball, cycling, gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics.

The pentathlon event was the first recorded Women's pentathlon, the 5 events were 60 metres, 300 metres, high jump, javelin, and shot put (the throwing events were two-hand). Regular women's pentathlon was introduced at the 1934 Women's World Games in London

During the games there were also events held in water sports (among the first for women outside the Olympic Games) with swimming events, where teams from the Netherlands and Sweden also participated. Events were swimming 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres, relays and water polo.

The tournament was held partly at the "Stade Nautique du Port" at the Monaco harbour and partly at the "Tir aux Pigeons" in the gardens Les jardins du Casino of the Monte Carlo Casino.

Results Athletics

Almost all gold medals went to athletes from France and the United Kingdom, medalists for each event:

60-metre Nora Callebout 8,2 secMary Lines ? Bozena Srámková ?250-metre Mary Lines 39,0 sec Nelly Hicks Alice Beuns800-metre Suzanne Porte 2.37,6 Marcelle Neveu Madeleine Dupont 4 x 75 m relay Team FFFGSFranceAlice GonnetLucie ProstPaulette de CrozeAlice Beuns 51,8 sec Team EnglandUnited KingdomMary LinesIvy LowmanDaisy WrightNora Callebout Team FSFSFFranceGermaine DelapierreCécile MaugarsYvonne de WynneAndrée Patureau 4 x 175 m relay Team EnglandUnited KingdomNora CalleboutIvy LowmanMary LinesHornovsky Team FFFGSFranceGeneviève LalozAlice GonnetPaulette de CrozeAlice Beuns Team FSFSFFranceCécile MaugarsGermaine DarreauThérèse BruléThérèse Renaut Hurdles Daisy Wright 11,4 sec Hilda Hatt Alice Beuns High jump Madeleine Bracquemond shared Gold 1,37 m Hilda Hatt shared Gold 1,37 m shared Frédérique Kussel Alice De Pauw Ivy Lowman 1,35 mLong jump Mary Lines 4,66 m Elise van Truyen 4,52 m Marie Jirásková 4,47 mJavelin, two-handed Francesca Pianzola 39,77 m Florence Birchenough 38,71 m Britte 35,85 mShot put, two-handed 3,628 kg Violette Morris 17,77 m Miloslava Havlickova 14,95 m Florence Hurren 14,81 mPentathlon Ivy Lowman Hilda Hatt Geneviève Laloz

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.

Daisy Wright and Hilda Hatt also competed in hurdles, previous winner in hurdles Germaine Delapierre participated in the high jump event.

The basketboll tournament was won by Team Haguenau after a win in the final against Team England with 9–8.

Aquatics

The swimming events were held April 20–23, participants from Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom competed in 10 events. During the competitions Sweden secured 4 victories, the Netherlands 3 victories, France won 2 events and United Kingdom won 1 event.

100-metre freestyle, int Aina Berg Carin Nilsson Germaine van Dievoet 100-metre freestyle, regional Mariette Protin Bienna Pélégry A Veglio 100-metre backstroke, int Truus Klapwijk D Hart Alice Harflinger 200-metre breaststroke, int D Hart Elisa van den Bogaert Hjördis Töpel 400-metre freestyle, int Carin Nilsson Ernestine Lebrun D Roux 4 x 50 m relay Alice HarflingerAlice StoffelErnestine LebrunMariette Protin Truus Klapwijk I Brandt A Trejters M Borsennez De Coniak Elisa van den Bogaert Germaine van Dievoet J Weiters 4 × 200 m relay Margit BrattHjördis TöpelCarin NilssonAina Berg High diving springboard, 3 m Truus Klapwijk Eva Olliwier Henriette Delbort High diving platform, 10 m Eva Olliwier Hjördis Töpel Cecily O'Bryen

The water polo tournament was won by Team Netherlands after a win in the final against Team England with 6–0.

Legacy A special commemorative medal was issued for the participants.Medailles Sports L'Association Numismatique de Monaco, Retrieved January 4, 2017

Later in 1922 the first Women's World Games were held in Paris, the 1923 Women's Olympiad were held at the same Monaco venue.

References

External links pictures (Bibliothèque nationale de France – BnF) pictures (Getty Images) pictures (Gouvernement Princier, Principauté de Monaco) pictures (Monaco Channel) film (British Pathé) film (YouTube) Participation medal