1926 Women's World Games

The 1926 Women's World Games (Swedish II. Internationella kvinnliga idrottsspelen, French 2èmes jeux féminins mondiaux ) were the second regular international Women's World Games, the tournament was held between 27^[1] – 29 August^[2][3] at the Slottsskogsvallen Stadium in Gothenburg.^[4][5]

1926 Women's World Games

Host city	Gothenburg
Country	Sweden
Dates	27 – 29 August 1926
← 1922 1930 →

Gustaf V of Sweden on his way to the opening ceremony

Kinue Hitomi, winner of the long jump event

Events

The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat^[2][5] as a response to the IOC refusal to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.

The games were attended by 100 participants from 9 nations:^[5] Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France,^[1] Great Britain, Japan, Latvia, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. Kinue Hitomi was the sole participant from Japan, she won the long jump with a new world record, she also won the standing long jump, came second place in discus, third in 100 yards, fifth in 60 metres and sixth in 250 metres putting Japan in fifth place single-handedly.^[3][4]

The athletes competed in 12 events:^[6][7] running (60 metres, 100 yards, 250 metres, 1000 metres, 4 x 110 yards relay och hurdling 100 yards), high jump, long jump, standing long jump, discus throw, javelin and shot put.

The tournament was opened with an olympic style ceremony,^[2] the opening speech was held by Mary von Sydow (wife of Oscar von Sydow). The games attended an audience of 20,000 spectators and several world records were set.^[2][5]

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m	Marguerite Radideau  France	7.8	Florence Haynes  United Kingdom	7.8	Rose Thompson  United Kingdom	7.8
100 yd	Marguerite Radideau  France	11.8	Rose Thompson  United Kingdom	11.8	Kinue Hitomi  Japan	12.0
250 m	Eileen Edwards  United Kingdom	33.4	Vera Palmer  Great Britain	34.6	Marguerite Radideau  France	35.4
1000 m	Edith Trickey  United Kingdom	3:08.8	Inga Gentzel  Sweden	3:09.4	Louise Bellon  France	3:10.4
100 yds hurdles	Ludmila Sychrová  Poland	14.4	Edith White  United Kingdom	14.8	Hilda Hatt  United Kingdom	15.0
4×110 yds relay	United Kingdom Dorothy Scouler Florence Haynes Eileen Edwards Rose Thompson	49.8	France Louise Bellon Geneviève Laloz Yolande Plancke Marguerite Radideau	51.2	Czechoslovakia	52.8
1000 m track walk	Daisy Crossley  United Kingdom	5:10.0	Albertine Regel  France	5:12.4	Only two starters
High jump	Hélène Bons  France	1.50 m	Hilda Hatt  United Kingdom	1.45 m	Inga Broman  Sweden	1.45 m
Long jump	Kinue Hitomi  Japan	5.50 m	Muriel Gunn  United Kingdom	5.44 m	Zdena Smolová  Czechoslovakia	5.28 m
Standing long jump	Kinue Hitomi  Japan	2.49 m	Zdena Smolová  Czechoslovakia	2.47 m	Barbara Holliday  United Kingdom	2.37 m
Discus throw	Halina Konopacka  Poland	37.71 m	Kinue Hitomi  Japan	33.62 m	Elsa Svensson  Sweden	31.78 m
Javelin throw Two handed	Anne-Lisa Adelsköld  Sweden	49.15 m	Louise Fawcett  United Kingdom	45.41 m	Märta Hallgren  Sweden	45.06 m
Shot put Two handed [nb]	Maria Vidlaková  Czechoslovakia	19.54 m	Elsa Svensson  Sweden	19.42 m	Halina Konopacka  Poland	19.25 m

• ^nb Each athlete in the shot put and javelin throw events threw using their right hand, then their left. Their final mark was the total of the best mark with their right-handed throw and the best mark with their left-handed throw.

Also Sophie Mary Eliott-Lynn competed at javelin throw coming fourth with a throw of 44.63 metres and Mary Weston finished sixth in the shot put.

Points table

Place	Nation	Points
1	United Kingdom	50
2	France	27
3	Sweden	20
4	Czechoslovakia	19
5	Japan	15
6	Poland	7
7	Latvia	1

References

1. Jeux Mondiaux Féminins^{[permanent dead link]} Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com (accessdate = 15 August 2016)
2. Kidd, Bruce (1994). "The Women's Olympic Games: Important Breakthrough Obscured By Time". CAAWS Action Bulletin. Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
3. Buchanan, Ian (2000). "Asia's First Female Olympian" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History (September). International Society of Olympic Historians: 22–23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
4. Quintillan, Ghislaine (February–March 2000). "Alice Milliat and the Women's Games" (PDF). Olympic Review (XXVI-31). International Olympic Committee: 27–28. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
5. Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013
6. Svenska dagbladets yearbook 1926 Runeberg.org, Retrieved 10 December 2013
7. FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013

External links

• Picture of the Belgian team
• Picture of the British team
• Picture of the Czechoslovakian team
• Film (SVT) from the 1926 Women's World Games
• Film (British Pathé) 1926 Women's World Games
• Mixed pictures from the 1926 Women's World Games