1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match

1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match
1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match
Dates	17 August 1929
Host city	Düsseldorf, Germany
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	10
Participation	28 athletes from ; 2 nations
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The 1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match was an international women's athletics competition on 17 August 1929 in Düsseldorf, Germany between Germany and the United Kingdom.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The competition was won by Germany with 53.5 points ahead of the United Kingdom with 45.5 points.

Competition format

The competition consisted of 10 events. Two athletes per country could competed in the individual events. The overall classification is a nation's classification. The winner of the each received for the nation a certain amount of points. For the overall classication all points from each country are added together.

Competitors

Germany
Name	Event
Ruth Becker	80 metres hurdles
Inge Braumüller	High jump
Marie Dollinger	800 metres
Tilly Fleischer	Shot put Discus throw
Lisa Gelius	100 metres 4 x 100 metres relay
Selma Grieme	High jump Long jump
Auguste Hargus	Long jump Javelin throw
Emmi Haux	80 metres hurdles 4 x 100 metres relay
Grete Heublein	Shot put Discus throw
Martha Jacob	Javelin throw
Rosa Kellner	100 metres 4 x 100 metres relay
Detta Lorenz	200 metres 4 x 100 metres relay
Leni Schmidt	200 metres
Margarete Stramm	800 metres

United Kingdom
Name	Event
Ruth Christmas	800 metres
Muriel Cornell	80 metres hurdles Long jump Javelin throw
Hilda Hatt	80 metres hurdles
Eileen Hiscock	4 x 100 metres relay
Marion King	200 metres
Josephine Matthews	Long jump
Mary Milne	High jump
Marjorie Okell	High jump Discus trow
Daisy Ridgley	4 x 100 metres relay
Violet Streater	800 metres
Rose Thompson	100 metres 4 x 100 metres relay
Ivy Walker	100 metres 4 x 100 metres relay
Winifred Weldon	200 metres
Mary Weston	Shot put Discus throw Javelin throw

Results

100 metres

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ivy Walker	Great Britain	12.6 sec
2	Rose Thompson	Great Britain	12.7 sec
3	Lisa Gelius	Germany	12.8 sec
4	Rosa Kellner	Germany

200 metres

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Detta Lorenz	Germany	26.1 sec
2	Marion King	Great Britain	26.3 sec
3	Leni Schmidt	Germany	26.7 sec
4	Winifred Weldon	Great Britain

800 metres

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marie Dollinger	Germany	2:23.2
2	Ruth Christmas	Great Britain	2:23.8
3	Margarete Stramm	Germany	2:25.8
4	Violet Streater	Great Britain

80 metres hurdles

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Hilda Hatt	Great Britain	12.3 sec
2	Emmi Haux	Germany	12.6 sec
3	Muriel Cornell	Great Britain	12.7 sec
4	Ruth Becker	Germany

4 × 100 metres relay

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Great Britain	Rose Thompson Eileen Hiscock Daisy Ridgley Ivy Walker	48,7
2	Germany	Rosa Kellner Lisa Gelius Detta Lorenz Emmi Haux	48,9

High jump

Place	Athlete	Nation	Height
1	Marjorie Okell	Great Britain	1.51 m
1	Inge Braumüller	Germany	1.51 m
3	Mary Milne	Great Britain	1.47 m
4	Selma Grieme	Germany	1.42 m

Long jump

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Selma Grieme	Germany	5.69 m
2	Muriel Cornell	Great Britain	5.61 m
3	Auguste Hargus	Germany	5.36 m
4	Josephine Matthews	Great Britain	4.64 m

Shot put

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Grete Heublein	Germany	12.45 m
2	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	11.73 m
3	Mary Weston	Great Britain	09.95 m

Discus throw

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	37.95 m
2	Grete Heublein	Germany	34.09 m
3	Mary Weston	Great Britain	34.00
4	Marjorie Okell	Great Britain	25.28 m

Javelin throw

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Auguste Hargus	Germany	37.82 m
2	Martha Jacob	Germany	34.73 m
3	Mary Weston	Great Britain	25.12 m
4	Muriel Cornell	Great Britain	21.28 m

Overall classification

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Germany	53.5
1	United Kingdom	45.5

References

↑ Möwes, Detlef; Krüger, Julian (1992). 100 Jahre Deutsche Leichtathletik, Eine statistische Auswertung (in German). Selbstverlag Detlef Mewes.
↑ K. Wilhelm Köster (1998). 100 Jahre deutsche Leichtathletik (1898–1998): von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Hornberger Verlag.
↑ Presseausschuß des Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verbandes (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Leichtathletik 1958 (in German). Berlin-Charlottenburg: Verlag Bartels & Wernitz. 1958. p. 188.

[1] Möwes, Detlef; Krüger, Julian (1992). 100 Jahre Deutsche Leichtathletik, Eine statistische Auswertung (in German). Selbstverlag Detlef Mewes.

[2] K. Wilhelm Köster (1998). 100 Jahre deutsche Leichtathletik (1898–1998): von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Hornberger Verlag.

[3] Presseausschuß des Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verbandes (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Leichtathletik 1958 (in German). Berlin-Charlottenburg: Verlag Bartels & Wernitz. 1958. p. 188.

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