1922 Women's World Games

The 1922 Women's World Games (French Jeux Olympiques Féminins and Jeux féminins mondiaux) also dubbed the 1922 Women's Olympic Games were the first regular international Women's World Games. The tournament was held 20 August 1922 at the Stade Pershing in Paris.Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet, "Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle" L'Harmattan 2003, page 99, Retrieved 10 December 2013Jeux Mondiaux  Féminins Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com (Retrieved 15 August 2016)They set the mark  Columbia College, Retrieved 10 December 2013Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin  NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013Ana Miragaya, Lamartine DaCosta: Olympic entrepreneurs, page 105-106 Olympic Studies Centre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Retrieved 10 December 2013

The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat as a response to the refusal of the International Olympic Committee to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.

The Games consisted of eleven events: six track events (60 metres, 100 yards, 300 metres, 1000 metres, 4 x 110 yards relay and hurdling 100 yards and five track events (high jump, long jump, standing long jump, javelin and shot put).FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013 Each country was allowed two participants in each event.

Next to these events the final of the French Basketball Championships was scheduled and several demonstration events.

A total of 18 world records were set.

Venue

The venue of the Games was the Percing Stadium in the  Bois de Vincennes. The stadium was build by engineers of the United States Army. The stadium was inaugarsted on 22 June 1919. It hosted that year the Inter-Allied Games and was presented after the Games as a gift by the United States to France. It was also the venue of the first women's athletics matches in France, the 1921 France–Great Britain women's athletics match and in May 1922 the 1922 France–Czechoslovakia women's athletics match. The venue was in general mainly used as a football stadium and was also used during the 1924 Summer Olympics.

The stadium was able to hold 29,000 spectators.

Nations 
A list of 77 women from five nations were listed to participate. However, note not all entered athletes also participated. The athletes were selected by the nations. Some countries used specific matches to select athletes, like the United States organized the 1922 United States Women's World Games trials.
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  (32)
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The Games
Schedule
The morning session on 20 August consisted of the heats in the 60 metres, 100 yards, 100 yards hurdles, high jump, long jump, standing long jump and 300 meters.

Before the afternoon session, the Games were opened with an olympic style ceremony, including a parade of nations. American Lucile Godbold was selected to carry the American flag, with the American team wearing white uniforms.  Les premiers Jeux olympiques féminins

In the 20 August 1922 newspaper a schedule was published of the Games.

Morning session (from 9.00am)

High jump (qualificaion)
Standing long jump (qualificaion)
300 metres (qualificaion)
Javelin throw (qualificaion)
Long jump (qualificaion)
4 x 110 yards relay (qualification)

Opening ceremony

Afternoon session (from 14.30pm)
100 yards hurdles (qualification)
High jump
60 metres (qualification)
Shot put
100 yards (qualification)
Long jump
300 metres
French Basketball Championships (final)
100 yards hurdles
60 metres
Javelin throw
100 yards
Long jump
1000 metres
4x 110 yards relay
Demonstration events

The Games took place in "perfect weather conditions". There were 20,000 spectators.

Medal summary
60 m 7.6  7.7  7.8100 yds    12.0  Mary Lines300 mMary Lines44.81000 mLucie Bréard3:12.0Georgette Lenoir3:12.2100 yds hurdlesCamille Sabie14.4Hilda Hatt14.8Geneviève Laloz15.04×110 yds relay Mary LinesNora CalleboutGwendoline Porter51.8 51.2 Marie Mejzlíková IIBozena SrámkováMarie Mejzlíková I  Marie Jirásková52.8High jump Hilda Hatt Nancy Voorhees1.46 mNot awardedIvy Lowman1.42 mLong jump Mary Lines5.06 m Elizabeth Stine5.025 m Camille Sabie4.96 mStanding long jumpCamille Sabie2.485 m2.405 m2.34 mShot putLucile Godbold20.22 mViolette Morris19.85 mMaud Rosenbaum17.37 mJavelin throwFrancesca Pianzola43.24 mYvonne Gancel41.62 mLucile Godbold39.70 m

Points table

PlaceNationPoints 1 50 2 31 3 29 4 12 5 6

References

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