1926 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting

The **1926 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 in Josaphat Park on 1 August 1926. It was the fifth time the meeting was held.

Tickets were sold for 10 Franc (ring) or 7 Franc (numbered stands).

## Entrants

The first annoucement including Belgian entrants was published on 26 July 1926. The French athletes were announced on 29 July 1926. A complete list of athletes and the disciplines was published on 1 August 1926.

|Name|Events|
| --- | --- |
|Marguerite Radideau|50 metres ~~250 metres~~ Olympic relay|
|Georgette Gagneux|50 metres ~~Olympic relay~~|
|Yvonne Carme|50 metres +250 metres ~~High jump~~|
|Simone Chapoteau|50 metres 250 metres +Olympic relay|
|Geneviève Laloz|250 metres 1000 metres 83 metres hurdles Olympic relay|
|Violette Morris|Discus throw Javelin throw|
|Secrestan|~~Discus throw~~|
|Lucie Petit|Discus throw ~~250 metres High jump~~ Javelin throw +Olympic relay|
|Lucienne Laudré|+250 metres +Olympic relay|
|Marcelle Neveu|1000 metres Olympic relay|
|Barnier|~~1000 metres~~|
|Marguerite Laloz|+High jump +Olympic relay|
|Paulette Laloz|+Olympic relay|
|Marguerite Patouillet|+80 metres High jump|
|Louise Ausset|Javelin throw|

|Name|Club|Events|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Antoinette Gallemaers|Atalante de Bruxelles|50 metres 250 metres Olympic relay|
|Elise Van Truyen|Brussels Femina Club|50 metres High jump Olympic relay|
|Paulette Andry|Olympic Femina Club de st-Gilles|50 metres 250 metres Olympic relay|
|Léontine Stevens|Brussels F.C.|50 metres High jump|
|Vandenbroeck|Atalante de Bruxelles|50 metres 250 metres Olympic relay|
|Jenny Toitgans|Brussels Femina Club|Discus throw 250 metres|
|José Paques|Atalante de Bruxelles|Discus throw ~~Javelin throw~~|
|Helene Scherrens|F.C. Brugeois|Discus throw ~~Javelin throw~~|
|Sidonie Verschueren|Antwerpsche S.C.|Discus throw 250 metres ~~~~ Javelin throw|
|Ida Degrande|F.C. Brugeois|1000 metres Olympic relay|
|Rosa Evrard|Brussels F.C.|1000 metres Olympic relay|
|Walburga Van Steenlandt|Rust Roest de Bruges|~~1000 metres~~ Olympic relay|
|Jeanne Van Kesteren|Brussels Femina Club|1000 metres Olympic relay|
|Van Mechelen|Antwerpsche S.C.|High jump|
|Henriette Vandaelen|Atalante de Bruxelles|83 metres hurdles|
|Georgette Vandyck|Brussels F.C.|Javelin throw|

## Schedule

The meeting started at 3pm (local time). The meeting also included national events.
|#|Category|style="width:12em"|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|national|250 metres||
|2|international|50 metres||
|3|juniors|4 x 80 metres||
|4|students|4 x 60 metres||
|5|national|80 metres||
|6|international|discus throw||
|7|international|1000 metres||
|8|international|250 metres||
|9|international|high jump||
|10|international|83 metres hurdles||
|11|international|javelin throw||
|12|international|800-400-200-100 metres relay||

## Officials

- Director: Ms. Y. Dumont
- Referee: Ms. Joncret
- Arrival judges: M. Thibaux, Landré, Secrestan and Ms. Droogmans
- Competition judges: Ms. Dreesens, M. Hermus, Landré and Secrestan
- Chronographers: Christiaens and Hermus
- Starter: Ms. Joncret
- General Commissioner: M. A. Polet
- Meeting Secretary: M. V. Pardon
- Press delegate: M. R. Blomme
- Speakers: MM. Baptiste and Toitgans
- Delegate to competitors: B. Plasschaert
- Sports police of the venue: MM. Delvigne, Williquet and Cortenbosch (Amateur Athletic Club), assisted by their club members.

## Results (international)

The meeting was held on 1 August 1926 from 3pm (local time). Next to the international events, also national events were contested.

### 80 metres

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||11 sec||||
|2||||||
|3|||-||DNF|

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||10.6 sec|||
|2|||||
|3|||||
|4|||||

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Note|||||
|1||10.3 sec|||
|2||+4 m|||
|3|||||
|4||10.4 sec (+0.1 m)|**=NR**||
|5||+0.5 m|||
|6|||||

### Discus throw

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Distance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||28.93 m|||
|2||27.06 m|||
|3||26.99 m|||
|4||26.715 m|||
|5||25.62 m|||
|6||19.40 m|||

### 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||3:23.1|||
|2||+12 m|||
|3||+ 25 m|||
|4||+ 10 m|||

### 250 metres

The 250 metres event consisted of two heats where the best two athletes of each heat continued to the final.

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||36.9 sec|||
|2||+10 cm|||
|3||+8 m|||

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||37.3 sec|||
|2||+1.5 m|||
|3||+1.5 m|||

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||35.9 sec|||
|2||+ 1 m|||
|3||+ 1 m|||
|4||+ 1 m|||

### High jump

The Belgians Elise Van Truyen and Léontine Stevens jumped over 1.40 meters in their first attempt. The French Patouillet after her second attempt and the French Laloz failed all three her attempts. Only Van Truyen was able to jump over the 1.45 meters. She later also tried to jump over the 1.47 meters to beat the Belgian national record (1.455 m), but failed in doing so.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Height|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||1.45 m||||
|2||1.43 m||||
|3||1.40 m||||
|4||1.35 m||||
|5||1.25 m||||

### 83 metres hurdles

|Place|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Note|||||
|1||13.3 sec|||
|2||+1 m|||
|3||13.9 (+0.1 m)|**=NR**||

### Javelin throw

In the score consists of two throws with the right arm. Left arm not measured.
|Place.|style="width:18em"|Athlete|style="width:12em"|Distance|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||23.78 m||||
|2||21.80 m||||
|3||20.95 m||||
|4||20.75 m||||
|5||18.17 m||||

### Olympic relay

The Olympic relay consisted of 800 metres, 400 metres, 200 metres and 80 metres.
|Place|style="width:18em"|Team|style="width:12em"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|I Marcelle Neveu Lucie Petit Lucienne Laudré Marguerite Radideau|| 4:29.1||||
|2|I Ida Degrande Rosa Evrard Paulette Andry Elise Van Truyen|| +10 m||||
|3|II Paulette Laloz Geneviève Laloz Simone Chapoteau Marguerite Laloz|| +50 m||||
|4|II Jeanne Van Kesteren Walburga Van Steenlandt Vandenbroeck ?||||||

## Infobox (athletics championships)

- **name**: 1926 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting
- **host city**: Brussels, Belgium
- **dates**: 1 August 1926
- **stadium**: Josaphat Park
- **level**: Senior
- **type**: Outdoor track and field
- **athletes participating**: 29 (international)
- **nations participating**: 2
- **previous**: 1925 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting, 1925
- **next**: 1927 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting, 1927