1922 France–Belgium women's athletics match

The 1922 France–Belgium women's athletics match was an international women's athletics competition where a national team of female French athletes competed against a national team of France. It took place at the Stade de Colombes of the Metropolitan Club in Colombes, Paris, France on 25 May 1922.

It was the second time a women's match between France and Belgium was held.

The match was attended by among others Undersecretary of State Gaston Vidal, Consul General of Belgium M. Bastin and La Ligue Belge d’Athlétisme representatives MM. Weydemans, Bogaert and Rits. Militairy music was played by the 24th infantry regiment.

The temperature was high during the match, in the media described as “tropical” or “Senegalese”.

The match was won by France with 44 points versus Belgium with 32 points.

During the meeting also a national 850 g discus throw event was contested.

Competition format
The competition consisted of 7 individual events and a relay event. The overall classification is a nation's classification. The winner of each event received 4 points, the number two received 3 points, followed by 2 points and 1 point. The winner of the relay received five points, with the number two receiving two points. For the overall classication, all points scored by the athlete from each country are added together.

Entrants
The members of the French teams were published on 22 May 1922 and the members of the Belgian team on 23 May.

The Belgian team departed from Brussels on 24 May. The team returned on Friday afternoon.

Names and events in italics or striked are differenced between the entry and athletes competing in the events.

+France Name Event  Alice Beuns80 metres83 metres hurdles4 x 200 metres relay Brehon / BrichonHigh jump Charles Shot put 250 metres4 x 200 metres relay Geneviève Demey High jump  1000 metres Geoffroy Shot putAlice GonnetHigh jump4 x 200 metres relay Violette Morris Javelin throwShot putSuzanne Guéry(?)1000 metres Thérèse Laloz /Geneviève Laloz 83 metres hurdles250 metres Javelin throw4 x 200 metres relay Suzanne Porte1000 metres Lucie Prost80 metres4 x 200 metres relay Rosalie Stekelorum Javelin throw 

+Belgium Name Event  Jeanne De Backer 1000 metres  Alice De Pauw Javelin throwShot putHigh jump Flore De Raedt 80 metres83 metres hurdles4 x 200 metres relay Mélanie Dumé R. 4 x 200 metres relay Antoinette Gallemaers 250 metres 4 x 200 metres relay Louise Gits 250 metres4 x 200 metres relay  High jump Henriette Vandaelen 83 metres hurdles4 x 200 metres relay Georgette Vandyck Javelin throwShot put Elise Van Truyen 80 metres4 x 200 metres relay

On the entrants list T. Laloz was listed for the 80 metres and 250 metres. Geneviève Laloz was not mentioned on the entrants list. At the results G. Laloz is named for the Javelin throw. For the 83 metres hurdles and 4 x 200 metres hurdles only “Laloz” is mentioned; at all Belgian newspapers. The French Athletics Federation states Geneviève Laloz competed in all the events.

Competition

80  metres
 Place Athlete Time Points Note 1  10.8 sec 4  2  +1 m  3 3  +1.5 m 2 4  +0.5 m  1

Javelin throw
 Place Athlete Total Distance Note 1  18.63 m4 2  17.73 m3 NR 3  16.88 m 2 4  14.38 m 1

High jump
 Place Athlete Height Points Note 1  1.27 m  4  4 3  1.20 or 1.25  m  2  2

80 metres hurdles
 Place Athlete Time Points Note 1  14.6 sec 4  2  +1.5 m3  3  +1.5 m  2 4  +2 m 1

Shot put
Total score is from throw with both arms.
 Place Athlete Throw 1 Throw 2 Total Points Note 1  10.30 m NR 8.01 m 18.31 m 4 NR 2  7.52 m  6.44 m  13.96 m 3 NR 3  7.03 m  5.82 m  12.85 m 2 4  6.85 m  5.94 m  12.79 m 1

250 metres
 Place Athlete Time Points Note 1  35.4 sec 4  2  +1 chest  3 3  +2 m 2 4  +0.1 m  1

1000  metres
 Place Athlete Time Points Note 1  3:29.2 4  2  +2 m  3 3  +20 m 2 DNF  -  1

4 x 200 metres relay
 Place Athlete Time Points Note 1 Geneviève LalozLucie Prost Alice Beuns 1:55.2  5 NR 2 Elise Van TruyenMélanie DuméFlore De RaedtAntoinette Gallemaers +20 m 2

Overall classification

 Rank Athlete Points 1 44 2 32

Outside competition
Discus throw (850 gram)
 Place Athlete Distance Note 1  31.45 mNR 2  23.22 m 

References

Category:1922 in women's athletics
Category:Sport in France
Category:1920s in France
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Category:1922 in Europe