Athletics at the 1934 Women's World Games

Athletics
at the 1934 Women's World Games
Athletics ; at the 1934 Women's World Games
Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	9–11 August 1934

The athletics competitions at the 1934 Women's World Games in London were held from 9 to 11 August 1934 at the White City Stadium.

The track and field athletes competed in 12 events: running (60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay and hurdling 80 metres), high jump, long jump, discus throw, javelin, shot put and pentathlon (100 metres, high jump, long jump, javelin and shot put).^[1]

It was the first time the Women’s World Games included the women's pentathlon. This was in stead of the triathlon event of 1930.^[2]^[3]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland	7.6	Margarete Kuhlmann Germany	7.7	Ethel Johnson United Kingdom	7.8
100 metres	Käthe Krauß Germany	11.9	Stella Walasiewicz Poland	11.9	Eileen Hiscock United Kingdom	12.1
200 metres	Käthe Krauß Germany	24.9	Stella Walasiewicz Poland	25.0	Eileen Hiscock United Kingdom	25.2
800 metres	Zdena Koubková Czechoslovakia	2:12.8	Märtha Wretman Sweden	2:13.8	Gladys Lunn United Kingdom	2:14.2
80 metres hurdles	Ruth Engelhard Germany	11.6	Betty Taylor Canada	11.7	Violet Webb United Kingdom	12.0
4×100 metres relay	Germany Käthe Krauß Margarete Kuhlmann Marie Dollinger Selma Grieme	48.6	Netherlands Cor Aalten Jo Dalmolen Agaath Doorgeest Iet Martin	50.0	Austria Veronika Kohlbach Johanna Vancura Else Spennader Gerda Gottlieb	51.2
High jump	Selma Grieme Germany	1.55 m	Mary Milne United Kingdom	1.525 m	Margaret Bell Canada	1.525 m
Long jump	Traute Göppner Germany	5.805 m	Hedwig Bauschulte Germany	5.79 m	Zdena Koubková Czechoslovakia	5.695 m
Shot put	Gisela Mauermayer Germany	13.67 m	Tilly Fleischer Germany	12.10 m	Štepánka Pekárová Czechoslovakia	11.82 m
Discus throw	Jadwiga Wajs Poland	43.795 m	Gisela Mauermayer Germany	40.65 m	Käthe Krauß Germany	39.875 m
Javelin throw	Lisa Gelius Germany	42.435 m	Herma Bauma Austria	40.30 m	Luise Krüger Germany	40.095 m
Pentathlon	Gisela Mauermayer Germany	377 pts	Grete Busch Germany	320 pts	Štepánka Pekárová Czechoslovakia	316 pts