1921 Women's Olympiad

1921 Women's Olympiad

Monte Carlo, Monaco
First event 1921
Mary Lines
Lucie Bréard
Germaine Delapierre
Frédérique Kussel
Violette Morris

The 1921 Women's Olympiad (Olympiades Féminines[1]) was the first international women's sports event,[n 1] a 5-day multi-sport event organised by Alice Milliat and held on 24–31 March 1921 in Monte Carlo[3][4] at the International Sporting Club of Monaco.[5] It was the first of three Women's Olympiads or "Monte Carlo Games" held annually at the venue, and the forerunner of the quadrennial Women's World Games, organised in 1922–34 by the International Women's Sports Federation founded by Milliat later in 1921.[1][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Events

The games were organized by Alice Milliat[1] and Camille Blanc,[3] director of the "International Sporting Club de Monaco"[5][6] as a response to the IOC decision not to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.[7]

The games were attended by 100 participants from 5[3][4] nations:[5][6][8] France, Italy, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Team Nation Participants
1  France 58
2  Italy ?
3  Norway ?
4   Switzerland ?
5  United Kingdom 21

The athletes competed in 11 events:[2][6] running (60 metres, 250 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 75 metres relay, 4 x 175 metres relay and hurdling 65 metres), high jump, long jump, standing long jump, javelin and shot put. The tournament also held exhibition events in basketball, gymnastics and pushball.[5][6][10]

The tournament was held at the Tir aux Pigeons[3][4] in the gardens of the Monte Carlo Casino.[1][5][9][11]

Results

All gold medals[2][6] went to athletes[10][11] from France and the United Kingdom, medalists:[8][9]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m Mary Lines
 United Kingdom		 ?
? ?
?
250 m Mary Lines
 United Kingdom		 36,3 ?
 ?
800 m Lucie Bréard
 France		 2.30,1 Mary Lines
 United Kingdom		 ?
4 x 75 m relay United Kingdom
 United Kingdom		 ?
 ?
4 x 175 m relay United Kingdom
 United Kingdom		 ?
 ?
Hurdles Germaine Delapierre
 France		 ?
 ?
High jump Frédérique Kussel
 France		 1,40 Hilda Hatt
 United Kingdom		 shared Gold ?
Long jump Mary Lines
 United Kingdom		 4,70 Hilda Hatt
 United Kingdom		 ?
Standing long jump Frédérique Kussel
 France		 ?
 ?
Javelin Violette Morris
 France		 41,53 Francesca Pianzola
  Switzerland 		?
Shot put Violette Morris
 France		 16,29 ?
 ?

Legacy

A special commemorative medal was issued for the participants.[12] The IAAF unveiled a commemorative plaque at the site of the games in 2008.[1]

The 1922 Women's Olympiad and 1923 Women's Olympiad were held at the same Monaco venue;[4] the 1922 event is sometimes confused with the 1922 Women's World Games held in Paris.[1][5][9]

Notes

  1. ↑ On the program described as 1er Meeting International d'Education Physique Féminine de Sports Athlétiques[2]

References

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  2. 1 2 3 Martin, Paul (10 May 2011). "Hace 90 años: los inicios del atletismo femenino.". Atletismo e Historia (Athletics in History) (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Women's Olympic Games Comité Olympique Monégasque |accessdate=24 November 2016)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Le parcours d’obstacles de l'athlétisme féminin Granville Athletic Club |accessdate=24 November 2016)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pfister, Gertrude; IOC Medical Commission; International Federation of Sports Medicine (15 April 2008). "Women and the Olympic Games". In Barbara L. Drinkwater. Women in Sport. The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine. VIII. Blackwell Science. pp. 5–6. ISBN 9780470756850. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Prudhomme-Poncet, Laurence (2003-06-01). "3-3 Les Olympiades féminines". Histoire du football féminin au XXème siècle (in French). Editions L'Harmattan. pp. 96–100. ISBN 9782296327481. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. 1 2 Miragaya, Ana; DaCosta, Lamartine. "Olympic entrepreneurs — Alice Milliat: the 1st woman Olympic entrepreneur" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Autonomous University of Barcelona Centre for Olympic Studies: 105. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 Watman, Mel (January 2013). "Women athletes between the world wars (act. 1919–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/103699. (subscription required (help)).
  9. 1 2 3 4 Charlet, Sylvain (3 November 2008). "L'athlétisme féminin". Féchain Athlétique Club (in French). Nordnet. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 "Women and sports at The Polytechnic". University of Westminster. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 Charlet, Sylvain. "Rétrospective de l'athlétisme féminin" (PDF). Amicale des Entraineurs d'Ile de France d'Athlétisme. p. 10. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Medailles Sports". Association Numismatique de Monaco. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

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