1923 Beerschot Athletic Club international women's athletics meeting

1923 Beerschot Athletic Club international women's athletics meeting
Dates13 August 1923
Host cityAntwerp, Belgium
VenueVenue of the Beerschot Athletic Club
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor track and field
Events11 (international>
3 (national)
Participation4 nations
Records set1 Belgian national record

The 1923 Beerschot Athletic Club international women's athletics meeting was an international women's athletics meeting in Belgium, held in Antwerp. It was organized by the Beerschot Athletic Club where the meeting also took place.[1][2]

Athletes from England, France, Switzerland and Belgium competed in a total of 14 events.

The meeting was attende by "an extraordinary number of people".[1]

Background

The eariest women's international athletics competitions were organized in the early 1920s with the main athletics competition prior of this meeting being the: 1921 Women's Olympiad that took place in Monaco in March 1921, the 1922 Women's Olympiad also in Monaco in April 1923 and the 1922 Women's World Games in Paris on 20 August 1923. Earlier women's international athletics competition that were held in Belgium were the 1921 Belgium–France women's athletics match, 1922 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting and 1923 Belgium–France women's athletics match.

Entrants

From 8 August 1923 names of the competitors were published.[3]

Results

1000 metres

Place Athlete Time
1 Walburga Van Steenlandt (BEL)03.2
2 Georgette Lenoir (FRA)+8 m
3 Gladys Lane (GBR)
4 Ida Degrande (BEL)
5 Jeanne van Kesteren (BEL)

80 meters

80 m (final)
Place Athlete Time
1 Mary Lines (GBR)10.2 sec
2 Ivy Lowman (GBR)
3 Flore Bertels (BEL)
4 Hilda Hatt (GBR)
5 Louise Petré (BEL)
5 Simonne Chapoteau (FRA)

83 meters hurdles

Place Athlete Time Note
1 Mary Lines (GBR)13.8 sec=WR
2 Hilda Hatt (GBR)
3 Henriette Vandaelen (BEL)
4 Ivy Lowman (GBR)

Shot put

Result is the total of both arms.

Shot put
Place Athlete Distance
1 Florence Birchenough (GBR)15.76 m
2 Verschueren (BEL)15.45 m
3 Petit (BEL)15.03 m
4 Simonne Chapoteau (FRA)14.93 m
5 Ibis (BEL)14.65 m
6 Louise Groslimond (SUI)14.47 m

High jump

Place Athlete Height
1 Birchenough (GBR)1.46 m
2 Tamponnet (FRA)1.38 m
3 Ivy Loman (GBR)1.36 m
4 Petit (FRA)1.35 m
5 Van Mechelen (BEL) |

Long jump

Place Athlete Distance
1 Lines (GBR)5.04 m
2 Verschueren (BEL)4.86 m
3 Hilda Hatt (GBR)4.65 m
4 Petit (FRA)4.45 m
4 Vandenbroeck (BEL)4.30 m

250 meters

Place Athlete Time
1 Mary Lines (GBR)35.4 sec
2 Ivy Lowman (GBR)
3 Germaine Darreau (FRA)
4 Louise Gits (FRA)
5 Dewinne (BEL)
6 Antoinette Gallemaers (BEL)

Discus throw

Result is the total of both arms.

Place Athlete Distance
1 Louise Groslimond (SUI)45.32 m
2 Tambouret (FRA)44.84 m
3 Van Dyck (BEL)43.55 m

4 x 200 metres relay

Place Team Time
1 United Kingdom54.4 sec.
2 Belgium
3 France

Javelin throw

Result is the total of both arms.

Place Athlete Distance
1 Louise Groslimond (SUI)44.64 m
2 Tambouret (FRA)37.70 m
3 Florence Birchenough (GBR)33.85 m

150-600-300 metres relay

Place Team Time
1 Belgium3:06.8
2 France

National events

4 x 80 metres relay

Place Team Time Note
1Beerschot A. C.
Bertels
Verschueren
Ibis
Vanderhaegen		43 secNR
2Beerschot A. C. II
3Brussels F.C.
4Berchem Sport

4 x 150 metres relay

Place Team Time
1Beerschot A. C.1:27.2
2Maccabi
3Berchem Sport
4Brussels F.C.

150-600-300-150 metres relay

Place Team Time
1Brussels F.C.3:36.6
2Berchem Sport
3Beerschot


References

  1. 1 2 "Op het Beerschotstadium de beker "Sportwereld" gaat naar Engeland". Sportwereld (in Dutch). 14 August 1923. p. 4 – via uurl.kbr.be.
  2. ↑ "Te Antwerpen de Internationale meeting op Beerschot" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 11 August 1923. p. 5 – via uurl.kbr.be.
  3. ↑ "Bij de sportvrouwen | Te Antwerpen" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 9 August 1923. p. 4 – via uurl.kbr.be.
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