Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games – 80 metres hurdles

80 metres hurdles
at the 1930 Women's World Games
VenueLetná Stadium
LocationPrague
Dates
  • September 7 (semi-finals)
  • September 8 (final)
Winning time12.4
Medalists
gold medal Maj Jakobsson   Sweden
silver medal Gerda Pirch   Germany
bronze medal Ursula Birkholz   Germany

The 80 metres hurdles at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium, from 6-8 September 1930.

Entrants

In August 1930 entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the 80 metres hurdles event.[1][2]

NationalityName
 Great BritainHilda Hatt
 Great BritainKathleen Tiffen
 Great BritainViolet Webb
 ItalyLidia Bongiovanni
 ItalyTina Steiner
 ItalyOndina Valla
 SwedenMaud Sundberg
 SwedenRuth Svedberg

Note that there are some discrepancies with those names and the names listed in newspapers during the competition. Gold medal winner Maj Jakobsson and British Cornell are not on the published enterants overview.[3]

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 6 September 1930.[4]

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Maj Jakobsson Sweden12.3Q
2Ursula Birkholz Germany12.4Q
3Maryla Freiwald PolandQ
?

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Michi Nakanishi Japan12.1Q
2Ondina Valla Italy13.4Q
3Jacqueline Laudré France13.4Q?
?

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Gerda Pirch Germany12.4Q
2Muriel Cornell Great Britain13Q
3Helmi Singer Austria13.2Q?
?

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jacqueline Combernoux France13.2Q
2Anna Kael Hungary13.6Q
3Mathilde Puchberger Austria13.7Q?
?

[5]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on Sunday 7 September, with bad weather conditions.[6] The top two athletes of each semi-final qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Maj Jakobsson Sweden13Q
2Muriel Cornell Great Britain13.4Q
3Ondina Valla Italy

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ursula Birkholz Germany13.2Q
2Michi Nakanishi Japan14.6Q
3Kael Anna Hungary

Semi-final 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Gerda Pirch Germany14Q
2Maryla Freiwald Poland14.2Q
3Jacqueline Comternoux France

[7]

Final

8 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Maj Jakobsson Sweden12.4
2 Gerda Pirch Germany12.7
3 Ursula Birkholz Germany12.7
4Maryla Freiwald Poland12.8
5Michi Nakanishi Japan
6Muriel Cornell Great Britain

Sources:[8][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Nederlandsche Atleten naar Praag en Brussel". Arnhemsche courant (in Dutch). 27 August 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  2. ↑ "Derde werdeldspelen". De avondpost (in Dutch). 15 August 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  3. 1 2 "De derde wereldspelen voor vrouwen". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 9 September 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  4. ↑ "De derde vrouwenwereldspelen te Praag". De Amstelbode (in Dutch). 8 September 1930. Retrieved 29 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "De derde vrouwenwereldspelen". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 8 September 1930. Retrieved 29 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Mej. Schuurman tweemaal tweede te Praag". Eindhovensch dagblad (in Dutch). 9 September 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
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