1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match

The 1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match was an international women's athletics competition on 17 August 1929 in Düsseldorf, Germany between Germany and the United Kingdom.

The competition was won by Germany with 53.5 points ahead of the United Kingdom with 45.5 points.

Competition format
The competition consisted of 10 events. Two athletes per country could competed in the individual events. The overall classification is a nation's classification. The winner of the each received for the nation a certain amount of points. For the overall classication all points from each country are added together.

Competitors

+GermanyNameEvent  Ruth Becker 80 metres hurdlesInge Braumüller High jump Marie Dollinger 800 metres Tilly Fleischer Shot putDiscus throw Lisa Gelius 100 metres4 x 100 metres relay High jumpLong jumpLong jumpJavelin throw Emmi Haux 80 metres hurdles4 x 100 metres relay Grete Heublein Shot putDiscus throwJavelin throw Rosa Kellner 100 metres4 x 100 metres relay  200 metres4 x 100 metres relay Leni Schmidt 200 metres Margarete Stramm 800 metres

+United KingdomNameEvent Ruth Christmas 800 metresMuriel Cornell80 metres hurdlesLong jumpJavelin throwHilda Hatt80 metres hurdlesEileen Hiscock4 x 100 metres relay Marion King 200 metresJosephine Matthews Long jumpMary Milne High jumpMarjorie OkellHigh jumpDiscus trowDaisy Ridgley 4 x 100 metres relayViolet Streater800 metresRose Thompson100 metres4 x 100 metres relayIvy Walker100 metres4 x 100 metres relayWinifred Weldon 200 metresMary WestonShot putDiscus throwJavelin throw

Results

 100 metres
 Place Athlete  Nation  Time 1  Ivy Walker   12.6 sec 2  Rose Thompson    12.7 sec 3  Lisa Gelius    12.8 sec 4  Rosa Kellner    

 200 metres 
 Place Athlete  Nation  Time 1  Detta Lorenz    26.1 sec 2  Marion King    26.3 sec 3  Leni Schmidt    26.7 sec 4  Winifred Weldon    

 800 metres 
 Place Athlete  Nation  Time 1  Marie Dollinger    2:23.2 2  Ruth Christmas   2:23.8 3  Margarete Stramm    2:25.8 4  Violet Streater    

 80 metres hurdles 
 Place Athlete  Nation  Time 1  Hilda Hatt    12.3 sec 2  Emmi Haux   12.6 sec 3  Muriel Cornell   12.7 sec 4  Ruth Becker    

 4 × 100 metres relay  
 Place Athlete  Nation  Time 1    Rose ThompsonEileen HiscockDaisy RidgleyIvy Walker  48,7 2    Rosa KellnerLisa GeliusDetta LorenzEmmi Haux  48,9

 High jump 
 Place Athlete  Nation  Height 1  Marjorie Okell    1.51 m Inge Braumüller    1.51 m 3  Mary Milne    1.47 m 4  Selma Grieme    1.42 m

 Long jump 
 Place Athlete  Nation  Distance 1  Selma Grieme    5.69 m 2  Muriel Cornell    5.61 m 3  Auguste Hargus    5.36 m 4  Josephine Matthews    4.64 m

 Shot put 
 Place Athlete  Nation  Distance 1  Grete Heublein    12.45 m 2  Tilly Fleischer   11.73 m 3  Mary Weston   9.95 m

 Discus throw 
 Place Athlete  Nation  Distance 1  Tilly Fleischer    37.95 m 2  Grete Heublein    34.09 m 3  Mary Weston    34.00 4  Marjorie Okell    25.28 m

 Javelin throw 
 Place Athlete  Nation  Distance 1  Auguste Hargus    37.82 m 2  Martha Jacob    34.73 m 3  Mary Weston   25.12 m 4  Muriel Cornell    21.28 m

Overall classification

RankNationPoints 1 53.5 1 45.5

References

Category:1920s in women's athletics
Category:Sport in Germany
Category:1929 in sports
Category:1929 in Europe
Category:1920s in Germany