1924 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting

The **1924 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting** was an international women's athletics competition in Brussels, Belgium organized by the Brussels Femina Club. The meeting was held at Duden Park from 9 to 10 August 1924. It was the third time the meeting was held. Compared to the two former editions in 1922 and 1923 where the Belgian athletes competed against French and Belgian athletes, in this edition the Belgian athletes competed against athletes from Czechoslovakia.

Next to the competitions there was a demonstration of ball throwing (derived from hammer throwing) and on Sunday an match of Czhech handball (in some countries called hazena), a Czechoslovak national sport. Next to the international events, the meeting also included national 2nd division and students' athletics events.

## Entrants

The names of Czechoslovak athletes were published on 7 August. On 9 August, the schedule of the first day was published with the name of the athletes.

|Name|Event(s)|
| --- | --- |
|Bozena Srámková|60 metres 83 metres hurdles Long jump Javelin throw 4 x 80 metres relay 80 metres 200-100-200-100 metres relay|
|Aloisie Prokešová|60 metres 250 metres Long jump 4 x 80 metres relay 80 metres 200-100-200-100 metres relay|
|Marie Mejzlikova II|60 metres Long jump 4 x 80 metres relay Discus throw? 80 metres 200-100-200-100 metres relay|
||60 metres Long jump 4 x 80 metres relay Shot put 80 metres High jump|
|Marie Mejzlikova I|250 metres Discus throw? Shot put 200-100-200-100 metres relay|
|Kamila Olmerova|250 metres Javelin throw|
|Mária Vidláková|83 metres hurdles Discus throw|
|Katzova|83 metres hurdles|
||Javelin throw|
|Věra Galusková|Shot put High jump|

|Name|Club|Event(s)|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Elise Van Truyen|Brussels Femina Club|60 metres 250 metres Long jump 4 x 80 metres relay 80 metres 200 metres High jump|
|Lisette Pétré|Brussels Femina Club|60 metres 4 x 80 metres relay 4 x 80 metres relay 200-100-200-100 metres relay|
|Callebout|Brussels Femina Club|60 metres Long jump 4 x 80 metres relay 200-100-200-100 metres relay|
|Denis|Brussels Femina Club|60 metres 200-100-200-100 metres relay|
|Desmedt|Brussels Femina Club|Javelin throw|
|Pinnel|Brussels Femina Club|Javelin throw|
|Verduyn|Brussels Femina Club|Shot put|
|Jenny Toitgans|Brussels Femina Club|Discus throw|
|Henriette Vandaelen|Olympic Fémina|60 metres 83 metres hurdles|
|Louise Gits|Olympic Fémina|60 metres 250 metres 4 x 80 metres relay|
|Paulette Andry|Olympic Fémina|60 metres 83 metres hurdles 80 metres 200-100-200-100 metres relay|
|Seminckx|Olympic Fémina|60 metres 200 metres|
|Lucienne Renaux|Olympic Fémina|Javelin throw|
|Léontine Stevens|Sportives|250 metres Long jump Javelin throw? High jump|
|Marie Stevens|Sportives|250 metres Long jump Javelin throw(?)|
|Georgette Vandyck|Sportives|Javelin throw|

## Schedule

The meeting stated on both days at 15:00 (local time).
|Category|style="width:12em"|Event|Round|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=4 align=center|**Saturday 10 August**|||
|students|60 metres|||
|international|Javelin throw|right + left||
|international|60 metres|heats + final||
|2nd division|80 metres|heats + final||
|international|Long jump|||
|international|83 metres hurdles|||
|international|250 metres|||
|students|High jump|||
|2nd division|4 x 200 metres relay|||
|international|4 x 80 metres relay|||
|colspan=4 align=center|**Sunday 11 August**|||
|2nd division|200 metres|||
|international|Discus throw|||
|international|80 metres|Heats + Final||
|international|Shot put|Right + Left||
|2nd division|300 metres|||
|international|200 metres|||
|2nd division|Long jump|||
|2nd division|4 x 80 metres relay|||
|international|High jump|||
|national|1000 metres|||
|international|100-200-100-200 metres relay|||

### Javelin throw

The javelin throw was won with "superiority" by the world record holder Kamila Olmerova.
|Place.|Athlete|Right|Left|Total|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||26.81 m|20.43 m|47.24 m||
|2||26.73 m|17.41 m|44.16 m||
|3||21.62 m|16.91 m|38.53 m||
|4||19.64 m|16.84 m|36.48 m||
|5||19.84 m|13.19 m|33.03 m||

### 60 metres

All Czechoslovak athletes qualified for the final. The Belgians Callebout, Denis, Henriette Vandaelen, Louise Gits, Paulette Andry and Seminckx didn't qualify for the final.

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||8.4 sec|**Q**|||
|2||+1 m|**Q**|||
|3||+ 0.5 m|**Q**|||

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||8.2 sec|**Q**|||
|2||+1 m|**Q**|||
|3||+ 0.75 m|**Q**|||

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||8.6 sec||||
|2||||||
|3||||||
|4||||||
|5||||||
|6||||||

### Long jump

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Distance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||4.84 m|||
|2||4.78 m|||
|3||4.62 m|||
|4||4.19 m|||
|3||4.17 m|||
|4||3.93 m|||

### 83 metres hurdles

The 83 metres hurdles was won by Henriette Vandaelen who was leading the whole race. She ran with a "very classic" style.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||14.2 sec|||
|2||14.4 sec|+4 m||
|3||14.4 sec|||

### 250 metres

The race was led from start to finish by Marie Mejzlikova I.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||36.8 s|||
|2||+ 3 m|||
|3||+ 1 m|||
|4||+ 5 m|||
|5|||||

### 4 x 80 metres relay

Denis dropped the baton and lost several meters, and so there was an easy victory by Czechoslovakia.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Team|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Marie Mejzlikova II Aloisie Prokešová Bozena Srámková||||||
|2|Elise Van Truyen Denis Louise Gits Lisette Pétré||+ 25 m||||

### Discus throw

Each athlete had three attempts.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Distance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||26.05 m|||
|2||24.88 m|||
|3||24.68 m|||

### Spot put

After three additional attempts, Marie Mejzlikova I broke the national record.
|Place.|Athlete|Right|Left|Total|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||9.74 m|7.88 m|18.75  m|10.075?|
|2||8.11 m|8.34 m|16.43 m|8.23?|
|3||8.40 m|6.86 m|13.97  m|7.99?|
|4||7.83 m||||

### 80 metres

There were several false start during the final race. Marie Mejzlikova II won after leading the whole race.

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||10.5 sec|**Q**|||
|2||+4 m|**Q**|||
|3|||**Q**|||

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||11.2 sec|**Q**|||
|2||+1 m|**Q**|||
|3|||**Q**|||

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||10.4 sec||||
|2||+1 m||||
|3||+0.5 m||||
|4||||||
|5||||||
|6||||||

### 200 metres

Elise Van Truyen was leading after the start, but was overtaken by Marie Mejzlikova I at the first corner.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||28.4 s|||
|2||+ 2 m|||
|3|||||
|4|||||

### High jump

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Height|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||1.44 m||||
|2||1.35 m or 1.39 m||||
|3||1.34 m||||
|4||1.30 m||||

### 200-100-200-100 metres relay

|Place|style="width:18em"|Team|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Marie Mejzlikova I Marie Mejzlikova II Aloisie Prokešová Bozena Srámková||  1:24.3||||
|2|Denis Paulette Andry Callebaut Lisette Pétré||+ 10 m||||

### Czech handball match

The Czechoslovak team gave a demonstration in Czech handball. The game of two teams was well received by the spectators.

## Related pages

- 1922 Brussels international women's athletics competitions

## Other websites

- Images of athletes during the meeting (page 4)

## Infobox (athletics championships)

- **name**: 1924 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting
- **host city**: Brussels, Belgium
- **dates**: 9-10 August 1924
- **stadium**: Duden Park
- **level**: Senior
- **type**: Outdoor track and field
- **athletes participating**: 26 (international)
- **nations participating**: 2
- **previous**: 1923 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting, 1923
- **next**: 1925 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting, 1925