1925 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting

The **1925 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 Stade de l'Union on 5 July 1925. It was the fourth time the meeting was held.

## Entrants

Clubs and names of early Belgian entrants were published on 18 June 1925. Updates were published and international athletes announced on 2 July 1925, 3 July 1925 and 4 July 1925 An almost complete list, including the athletes competing in the national events, was published on 5 July.

|Name|Club|
| --- | --- |
|Hilda Hatt|London Olympiades Athletic Club|
|Nora Callebout|London Olympiades Athletic Club|
|Vera Palmer|London Olympiades Athletic Club|
|Florence Birchenough|London Olympiades Athletic Club|
|Edith Trickey|London Olympiades Athletic Club|
|Phyllis Green|London Olympiades Athletic Club|

|Name|Club|
| --- | --- |
|Halina Konopacka|A.Z.S. Warschau|

|Name|Club|
| --- | --- |
|Paulette Andry|Olympic Femina Club de st-Gilles|
|Elvire Clicteur|Football Club Brugeois|
|Irène De Vlaeminck|Football Club Brugeois|
|Defives|Sporting Club Liégois|
|Ida Degrande|Football Club Brugeois|
|Desmedt||
|Marguerite Dujardin|Sporting Club Liégois|
|Antoinette Gallemaers|Atlante de Bruxelles|
|Joncret|Atlante de Bruxelles|
|Rose Mayer|Olympic Femina Club de st-Gilles|
|G. Mergeay|Atlante de Bruxelles|
|Lisette Pétré|Brussels Femina Club|
|Pinnel|Brussels Femina Club|
|Marie Plentinckx|Olympic Femina Club de st-Gilles|
|Lucienne Renaux|Olympic Femina Club de st-Gilles|
|M. Six|Brussels Femina Club|
|Speltens|Atlante de Bruxelles|
|Léontine Stevens|Les Sportives d'Anderlecht|
|Marie Stevens||
|Jeanne Van Kesteren|Brussels Femina Club|
|Espérance van Steenlandt|Rust Roest de Bruges|
|Walburga Van Steenlandt|Rust Roest de Bruges|
|Jenny Toitgans|Brussels Femina Club|
|Henriette Vandaelen|Atalante de Bruxelles|
|Georgette Vandyck|Les Sportives d'Anderlecht|

## Schedule

The meeting started at 3pm (local time).
|#|Category|style="width:12em"|Event|Round|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|debutants and 2nd category|200 metres|heats||
|2|international|javelin throw|final||
|2|international|83 metres hurdles|final||
|4|debutants and 2nd category|200 metres|final||
|5|international|80 metres|heats||
|6|schools|4 x 60 metres relay|||
|7|international|80 metres|final||
|8|international|discus throw|final||
|9|international|250 metres|heats||
|10|juniors|4 x 80 metres relay|||
|11|international|250 metres|final||
|12|debutants and 2nd category|800 metres|final||
|13|international|high jump|final||
|14|international|1000 metres|final||
|15|international|long jump|final||
|16|international|Swedish Relay|final||

## Opening ceremony

The started with a parade of the athletes. Flowers were given to the Belgian national champions, to the Polish national champion Halina Konopacka and to the British atlhetes.

## Results (international)

The meeting was held on 5 July 1925 from 3pm (local time). The matches were well attended, with full stands. Next to the international events, also national events were contested.

### Javelin throw

The Polish Halina Konopacka won the event in a new national record. It was stated in a report that she was much better than the others.
|Place.|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Distance|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||27.74 m|**NR**|||
|2||20.92 m||||
|3||19.89 m||||
|4||19.56 m||||
|5||19.16 m||||
|6||17.41 m||||
|7||17.10 m||||

### 83 metres hurdles

The 83 metres hurdles was an easy victory for the British Hilda Hatt.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||15.2 sec|||
|2||+2 m|||
|3|||||

### 80 metres

For the 80 metres final were appointed: Nora Callebout, Antoinette Gallemaers, Rose Mayer, Vera Palmer and Paulette Andry.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||10.6 s.|||
|2||+1 mm|||
|3||+2 m.|||
|4||+50 cm|||
|5|||||
|6|||||

### Discus throw

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Distance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||28.49 m.|||
|2||26.84 m.|||
|3||25.32 m.|||
|4||+3 m.|||

### 250 metres

The 250 metres event consisted of two heats where the first two athletes to the final.

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||36.6 s.|||
|2|||||
|3|||||

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||37.2 s.|||
|2|||||
|3|||||

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||35.6 s.|||
|2||+ 8 m.|||
|3||+ 4 m.|||
|4||+ 5 m.|||
|5|||||

### 1000 metres

Degrande was leading the first part of the race ahead of British Edith Trickey. At a certain point Belgian Walburga Van Steenlandt moved to the front of the race. After a sprint of Trickey, she wins in 2:15, only one meter ahead of Van Steenlandt.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||3:15|||
|2||+1 m.|||
|3||+ 5 m.|||
|4||+ 5 m.|||
|4||+ 5 m.|||

### High jump

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Height|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||1.51 m|**WR**|||
|2||1.47 m||||
|3||1.40 m|after jump-off|||
|4||1.35 m||||
|5||1.25 m||||

### Long jump

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Distance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||4.75 m.|||
|2||4.60 m.|||
|3||3.99 m.|||

### Swedish Relay

The Swedish Relay is a relay race of 800 metres, 600 metres, 400 metres and 200 metres.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Team|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|London OAC Edith Trickey Vera Palmer Nora Callebout Hilda Hatt Phyllis Green|| 55.5 sec.||||
|2|Belgian Team I Esperance van Steenlandt Walburga Van Steenlandt Lisette Petré Antoinette Gallemaers Paulette Andry|| +100 m.||||
|3|Belgian Team II Ida Degrande Elvire Clicteur Irène De Vlaeminck Speltens Desmedt|| +60 m.||||
|4|Belgian Team III Deporte M. Six Lucienne Renaux Léontine Stevens Rose Mayer ||||||

## Related pages

- 1922 Brussels international women's athletics competitions

## Infobox (athletics championships)

- **name**: 1925 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting
- **host city**: Brussels, Belgium
- **dates**: 5 July 1925
- **stadium**: Stade de l'Union Saint-Gilloise
- **level**: Senior
- **type**: Outdoor track and field
- **athletes participating**: 32
- **nations participating**: 3
- **previous**: 1924 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting, 1924
- **next**: 1926 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting, 1926