1926 Women's World Games – 100 yards hurdles

100 yards hurdles
at the 1926 Women's World Games
VenueSlottsskogsvallen
LocationGothenburg, Sweden
Dates29 August 1926
Winning time14.4
Medalists
gold medal    Czechoslovakia
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Great Britain

The 100 yards hurdles event at the 1926 Women's World Games was the second time the 100 yards hurdles was held at Women's World Games. The event took place in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen during the second day of the Games on 28 August 1926.[1] At the 1930 Women's World Games the 100 yards hurdles was replaced by the 80 metres hurdles event.

Polish Ludmila Sychrová won the final in a time of 11.8 seconds, ahead of the British women Edith White and Hilda Hatt.[2]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 had five participants.[3] It was won by Sychrová ahead of Hatt and Vandaelen.[4]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ludmila Sychrová CzechoslovakiaQ
2Hilda Hatt Great BritainQ
3Henriette Vandaelen BelgiumQ
4Hanna Jędrzejewska Poland16.4
5Ann-Margret Ahlstrand Sweden

Heat 2

An image of heat 2 shows four athletes.[5]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
?Geneviève Laloz FranceQ (#14 on image)
?Edith White Great BritainQ (#43 on image)
?Marie Vidláková CzechoslovakiaQ (#4 on image)
?Helena Woynarowska Poland[6]

Final

RankNameNationalityTime (s)Notes
1Ludmila Sychrová Czechoslovakia14.4
2 Edith White Great Britain14.8
3 Hilda Hatt Great Britain15.0
4Geneviève Laloz France15.6
5Marie Vidláková Czechoslovakia
6Henriette Vandaelen Belgium16.1

Source:[2][4][1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "De Spelen van Gothemburg | De tweede dag" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 30 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.
  3. ↑ Häcklöpning, heat 1
  4. 1 2 "De vrouwenspelen van Gothemburg" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 31 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Häcklöpning, heat 2
  6. ↑ Kurzyński, Henryk; Rachwalski, Maciej; Socha, Andrzej; Wołejko, Tadeusz (2008). Historia polskiej kobiecej lekkoatletyki w okresie międzywojennym (PDF). Warsaw: Komisja Statystyczna PZLA. p. 353.
  7. ↑ "Les Jeux Internationaux de Gothembourg" (in French). Le Matin. 30 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024.