1926 Women's World Games

1926 Women's World Games
Country	Sweden
Sports	Track and field athletics, schleuderball
Dates	27–29 August 1926
Main venue	Slottsskogsvallen Stadium

The 1926 Women's World Games (Swedish: II. Internationella kvinnliga idrottsspelen or French: 2èmes jeux féminins mondiaux) were the second edition of the Women's World Games from 27 to 29 August 1926 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The games took place at the Slottsskogsvallen Stadium. 71 athletes from eight countries entered for the Games. The athletics competitions consisted of twelve events.

The Games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat as a response to the International Olympic Committee's decision not to include women's events in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

The games attracted 20,000 spectators and saw several world records being set.

Venue

The venue of the Games was the Slottsskogsvallen Stadium. The venue was inaugurated on 12 May 1923 by, at the time, crown prince Gustaf VI Adolf as part of the Gothenburg Exhibition. It was the first time a main international event was organized at this venue.^[1]

Schedule

On 26 July a schedule was published of the Games. The schedule includes the sports Czech handball (in other countries named Hazena). However no Czech handball results are known and it is likely that the sport was not played during the Games.^[2]

27 August: 100 yards; 250 yards; High jump; Discus throw; Hazena

28 August: 100 yards hurdles; Shot put; Javelin throw; Long jump; Hazena

29 August: 60 metres; 100 metres; Long jump; 4 x 100 yards relay; Shot put; Javelin throw; Hazena

Opening Ceremony

The Games started with an Olympic-style opening ceremony. The ceremony included a parade of nations where athletes marched into the stadium, delegation-by-delegation, with the flag carried by one of the athletes. The ceremony was attended by among others Gustaf V of Sweden. Mary von Sydow, wife of Prime Minister Oscar von Sydow, gave the opening speech.

Participating nations

A total of 71 athletes from eight nations competed at the Games.^[3] However, there are sources stating 100 athletes from nine nations participated.^[4]

On 26 July a list of nine nations was published including Yugoslavia that was later not mentioned anymore.^[2] On 29 August 1926 an entry list of 71 athletes from eight nations was published.^[3] However, while 16 athletes were listed for Sweden, only 13 were present on the group image.^[5]

Five nations made their Women's World Games debut: Belgium, Japan, Latvia, Poland and Sweden. After the United States at the 1922 edition, Japan was the second country from outside Europe to participate at the Women's World Games and was the first Asian nation.

Belgium (4)
France (9)
United Kingdom (19)
Japan (1)
Poland (7)
Czechoslovakia (11)
Sweden (details) (16)
Latvia (4)

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m	Marguerite Radideau France	7.8	Florence Haynes Great Britain	7.8	Rose Thompson Great Britain	7.8
100 yd	Marguerite Radideau France	11.8	Rose Thompson Great Britain	11.8	Kinue Hitomi Japan	12.0
250 m	Eileen Edwards Great Britain	33.4	Vera Palmer Great Britain	34.6	Marguerite Radideau France	35.4
1000 m	Edith Trickey Great Britain	3:08.8	Inga Gentzel Sweden	3:09.4	Louise Bellon France	3:10.4
100 yds hurdles	Ludmila Sychrová Czechoslovakia	14.4	Edith White Great Britain	14.8	Hilda Hatt Great Britain	15.0
4×110 yds relay	Great Britain Dorothy Scouler Florence Haynes Eileen Edwards Rose Thompson	49.8	France Louise Bellon Geneviève Laloz Yolande Plancke Marguerite Radideau	51.2	Czechoslovakia Zdena Smolová Ludmila Sychrová Štepánka Kucerová Marie Vidláková	52.8
1000 m track walk	Daisy Crossley Great Britain	5:10.0	Albertine Regel France	5:12.4	N/a	N/a
High jump	Hélène Bons France	1.50 m	Hilda Hatt Great Britain	1.45 m	Inga Broman Sweden	1.45 m
Long jump	Kinue Hitomi Japan	5.50 m	Muriel Gunn Great Britain	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 Great Britain	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 hands)	Anne-Lisa Adelsköld Sweden	49.15 m	Louise Fawcett Great Britain	45.41 m	Elsa Haglund Sweden	45.06 m
Shot put (two hands)	Mária Vidláková Czechoslovakia	19.54 m	Elsa Svensson Sweden	19.42 m	Halina Konopacka Poland	19.25 m

Other sports

Schleuderball

Images of the Games showing athletes playing schleuderball (in Swedish called slungboll), including British Sophie Elliott-Lynn and Polish Halina Konopacka.^[6]^[7] However the results are unknown.

Czech handball

On 26 July a schedule was published of the Games including the sports Czech handball (in other countries named Hazena) as last event on all three the days. However no Czech handball results are known and unknown if the sport was played.^[2]

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

Source:^[8]

References

↑ Kronologiska anteckningar om viktigare händelser i Göteborg 1619-1982, Agne Rundqvist, Ralf Scander, Anders Bothén, Elof Lindälv, Göteborgs hembygdsförbund, 1982, p. 93
1 2 3 "De spelen van Gothemburg". Sportwereld (in Dutch). 26 July 1926. p. 4.
1 2 "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg | Les participantes". La Dernière Heure (in French). 29 August 1926. p. 4.
↑ Latvijs sporta lepnums 100 (in Lithuanian). Latvija 100. p. 30 – via fliphtml5.com.
↑ Women’s World Games 1926 Swedish team.jpg
↑ Mrs Elliot-Lynn kastar slungboll
↑ Konopacka kastar slungboll
↑ "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 31 August 1926. p. 4.

Other websites

[1] Kronologiska anteckningar om viktigare händelser i Göteborg 1619-1982, Agne Rundqvist, Ralf Scander, Anders Bothén, Elof Lindälv, Göteborgs hembygdsförbund, 1982, p. 93

[schedule-2] 1 2 3 "De spelen van Gothemburg". Sportwereld (in Dutch). 26 July 1926. p. 4.

[LDH-3] 1 2 "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg | Les participantes". La Dernière Heure (in French). 29 August 1926. p. 4.

[4] Latvijs sporta lepnums 100 (in Lithuanian). Latvija 100. p. 30 – via fliphtml5.com.

[5] Women’s World Games 1926 Swedish team.jpg

[6] Mrs Elliot-Lynn kastar slungboll

[7] Konopacka kastar slungboll

[8] "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 31 August 1926. p. 4.

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