1922 Women's World Games – 300 metres

300 meters
at the 1922 Women's World Games
Winner of the event Mary Lines
VenueStade Pershing
LocationParis, France
Dates20 August 1922
Winning time44.8
Medalists
gold medal Mary Lines   Great Britain
silver medal Alice Cast   Czechoslovakia
bronze medal Germaine Darreau[a]   France

The 300 meters event at the 1922 Women's World Games took place in Paris at the Stade Pershing on 20 August 1922. The heats took place during the morning session and the final during the afternoon session.[1][2]

British Mary Lines won the final in a time of 44.8 seconds, ahead of the British Alice Cast and French Germaine Darreau[a].[3]

Results

Heats

The heats consisted of two series, where best two athletes of each heat continued to the final.[1]

HeatRankNameNationalityTimeNotes
?1 or 2Mary Lines Great BritainQ
?1 or 2Alice Cast Great BritainQ
?1 or 2Germaine Darreau[a] FranceQ
22Lucile Godbold United StatesQ[2]
13Anne Harwick United States[2]
?4Paulette de Croze France45.2 sec[4]

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Mary Lines Great Britain44.8 sec
2 Alice Cast Great Britain
3 Germaine Darreau[a] France~46.0 sec[4]
4Lucile Godbold France[2]

Source:[3]

Notes

a The French Athletics Federation states that Germaine Darreau finished third,[4] and is also indicated (as G. Darreau) in the 1922 newspaper Le Journal.[3] However the British Athletics Federation states that her twin sister Andrée Darreau finished in third place.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Louise Mead Tricard (20 August 1922). "Les championnats des sportives groupant un choix international". L'Auto (in French). p. 1 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Louise Mead Tricard (1996). American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980. McFarland & Company. p. 77-78. ISBN 978-0-7864-0219-9 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 3 "L'Olympiade féminine". Le Journal (in French). 21 August 1921. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 Gérard Dupuy (2 August 2022). Jeux Mondiaux Feminins (PDF) (in French). French Athletics Federation. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "FSFI Women's World Games". British Athletics. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

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