1923 France–Great Britain women's athletics match

The **1923 France–Great Britain women's athletics match** was an international women's athletics match where a national team of French athletes competed against a national team of British athletes. It took place on 23 September 1923 at Stade Pershing in Paris, France. 10 British and 14 French athletes (excluded reserves) competed in the match.

It was the second international match between France and Great Britain with the 1921 France–Great Britain women's athletics match.

Great Britain broke two world records in the relay and 250 metre and France broke the world record in the shot put. Great Britain also ran in the 100 yards the same time as the world record and was a new British record. Next to these results France ran a national record in the 250 metres and in the relay and Great Britain ran a national record in the 1000 metres.

## Background

The event took place in the early era of international women's athletics with the first women's international tournaments being held from 1921.

## Format

In each individual event two athletes of each nation competed and one team of four athletes in the relay event. The first athlete in the individual events scored 5 points, the number two 3 points, number three 2 points and the number four 1 point. The country that won the relay event scored 6 points and the other country 3 points. For the overall classification all the points scored by each country are added together.

## Entrants

The members of the teams were puslished on 23 September 1923.

Names and events in _italics_ differences between the entry and athletes competing in the events.

|Name|Event|
| --- | --- |
|Florence Birchenough|Javelin throw Shot put <small>(R. High jump)</small>|
|Eileen Edwards|250 metres 4 x 220 yards relay <small>(R. 100 yards)</small> <small>(R. 100 yards hurdles)</small> <small>(R. Javelin throw)</small>|
|Sophie Elliott-Lynn|100 yards Javelin throw ~~High jump~~ Shot put ~~(R.~~100 yards hurdles~~)~~ <small>(R. Long jump)</small>|
|Gladys Elliott|Long jump 4 x 220 yards relay <small>(R. Shot put)</small>|
|Hilda Hatt|100 yards hurdles High jump Long jump <small>(R. Javelin throw)</small> <small>(R. 4 x 220 yards relay)</small>|
|Gladys Lane|1000 metres|
|Ivy Lowman|~~100 yards hurdles~~ ~~(R.~~High jump~~)~~ <small>(R. 250 metres)</small> <small>(R. 4 x 220 yards relay)</small>|
|Vera Palmer|250 metres 4 x 220 yards relay <small>(R. 100 yards)</small> <small>(R. Long jump)</small>|
|Rose Thompson|100 yards 4 x 220 yards relay|
|Edith Trickey|1000 metres <small>(R. Shot put)</small> <small>(R. 250 metres)</small>|

|Name|Event|
| --- | --- |
|Marguerite Chansardon|100 yards hurdles|
|Jeanne Collet|_100 yards_ 250 metres High jump 4 x 220 yards relay|
||4 x 220 yards relay <small>(R. 250 metres)</small>|
|Marguerite Drouard|~~(R.~~4 x 220 yards relay~~)~~|
|Yvonne Gancel|Javelin throw|
||Long jump|
|Georgette Lenoir|1000 metres|
|Lionel|Long jump|
|Violette Morris|Shot put|
|Marcelle Neveu|1000 metres|
|Louise Noeppel|100 yards Javelin throw <small>(R. Shot put)</small>|
|Lucie Petit|Shot put <small>(R. High jump)</small>|
||250 metres 4 x 220 yards relay <small>(R. 100 yards)</small>|
||100 yards hurdles|
|<small>Louise Ausset</small>|<small>(R. Javelin throw)</small>|
|<small>Lucie Bréard</small>|<small>(R. 1000 metres)</small>|
|<small>Simone Chapoteau</small>|<small>(R. Shot put)</small>|
|<small>Andréé Darreau</small>|<small>(R. 250 metres)</small> <small>(R. 4 x 220 yards relay)</small>|
|~~Georgette Gagneux~~|~~100 yards~~ ~~4 x 220 yards relay~~|
|<small>Georgette Guellier</small>|<small>(R. High jump)</small>|
|<small>Lucienne Laudré</small>|<small>(R. Long jump)</small>|
|<small>Raymond</small>|<small>(R. Long jump)</small>|
|<small>Vibert</small>|<small>(R. 100 yards hurdles)</small>|

### Other entrants

Next to the country match, some other events were scheduled during the meeting.
- Javelin throw: Swiss  entered to try to break the record.
- Discus throw: Lucie Petit, Yvonne Tembouret, Théry and Lucienne Vellu
- Large costumed velveteen: Members of Fémina Sport directed by M. Paysse
- 10 x 100 metres relay: Team of Fémina Sport and a mixed French team

## Competition

The match started in the afternoon at 14:30pm.

### Javelin throw

|Place|Athlete|Distance|Points|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||40.72 m|5||
|2||36.61 m|3||
|3||34.50 m|2||
|4||29.93 m|1||

### 100 yards hurdles

|Place|Athlete|Time|Points|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||11.0 sec|5||
|2|||3||
|3|||2||
|4|||1||

### High jump

|Place|Athlete|Height|Points|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||1.4? m|5||
|2||1.43 m|3||
|3||1.40 m|2||
|4||1.35 m|1||

### 100 yards

|Place|Athlete|Time|Points|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||11.25 sec|5|**=WR**, **NR**|
|2|||3||
|3|||2||
|4|||1||

### Shot put

The score was the total of a throw with both arms.
|Place|Athlete|Distance|Points|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||21.01 m|5|**WR**|
|2||16.985 m|3||
|3||16.76 m|2||
|4||15.80 m|1||

### 250 metres

|Place|Athlete|Time|Points|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||35.4 sec|5|**WR**|
|2|||3||
|3||36.4 sec|2|**NR**|
|4|||1||

### Long jump

|Place|Athlete|Distance|Points|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||4.665 m|5||
|2||4.64 m|3||
|3||4.60 m|2||
|4||4.455 m|1||

### 1000 metres

|Place|Athlete|Time|Points|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||3:22|5|**NR**|
|2|||3||
|3|||2||
|4|||1||

### 4 x 220 yards relay

|Place|style="width:18em"|Team|style="width:12em"|Time|Points|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Rose Thompson Eileen Edwards Gladys Elliott Vera Palmer|| 1:52.4 ||6 || **WR**||||||
|2|Jeanne Collet Marguerite Drouard|| 1:56.8 ||3 ||**NR**||||||

In this relay race the British team also broke the 4 x 200 metres world record with a time of 1:51.6+.

## Overall classification

|Rank|Athlete|Points|JT|100y H|HJ|100y|SP|250m|LJ|1000m|Rel|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||||||||||||
|5|8|8|8|3|8|6|8|6||||
|2||||||||||||
|6|3|3|3|8|3|5|3|3||||

## Infobox (athletics championships)

- **name**: 1923 France–Great Britain women's athletics match
- **host city**: Paris, France
- **dates**: 23 September 1923
- **stadium**: Stade Pershing
- **events**: 9
- **stadium image**:
Stade Pershing pictured in 1919
- **level**: Senior
- **type**: Outdoor track and field
- **athletes participating**: 24
- **nations participating**: 2
- **records set**: 3 World Records
2 French records
2 British records