Athletics at the Olympics of Grace

Athletics
at the Olympics of Grace
Athletics ; at the Olympics of Grace
Venue	ASSI Giglio Rosso
Dates	30–31 May 1931
Nations	11

The athletics competitions at the Olympics of Grace in Florence, Italy were held from 30 to 31 May 1931 at the track of athletics club ASSI Giglio Rosso. This was a 336 metres track.^[1]

The athletes competed in 12 events: running (60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 75 metres relay, 4 x 100 metres relay, Swedish relay and hurdling 80 metres), high jump, long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, shot put.

Schedule

Event schedule^[1]
Local time	Event	Round
30 May 1931
Track events
9:00	60 m	Heats
9:45	100 m	Heats
10:15	60 m	Semi-finals
11:00	4x75 m relay	Semi-finals
11:15	200 m	Semi-finals
15:00	80 m hurdles	Semi-finals
15:45	60 m	Final
17:00	200 m	Final
18:00	4x100 m relay	Semi-finals
Field events
10:00	Shot put	Prelim
10:00	Long jump	Prelim
10:30	Discus throw	Prelim
15:15	Javelin throw	Prelim
16:00	Shot put	Final
16:15	Long jump	Final
31 May 1931
Track events
10:30	100 m	Semi-finals
16:30	100 m	Final
16:45	80 m hurdles	Final
17:15	4x75 m relay	Final
17:45	Swedish race	Final
18:15	4x100 m relay	Final
Field events
17:00	High jump	Final
17:30	Javelin throw	Final
18:00	Discus throw	Final

Participating nations

A total of 11 nations participated in the athletics competition.

There were negotiations with several other inveted countries to attend the competitions, including the United States, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Greece.^[2] The Netherlands did not send a delegation due to the high costs.^[3]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Nellie Halstead (GBR)	8.0	Lisa Gelius (GER)	-	Detta Lorenz (GER)	-
100 metres	Marie Dollinger (GER)	12.6	Daisy Ridgeley (GBR)	12.8	Lisa Gelius (GER)	12.8
200 metres	Nellie Halstead (GBR)	25.8	Marie Dollinger (GER)	26.0	Mary Seary (GBR)	-
80 metres hurdles	Muriel Cornell (GBR)	13.0	Ondina Valla (ITA)	13.2	Jacqueline Combernoux (FRA)	-
4 × 75 metres relay	Great Britain (GBR) Nellie Halstead Muriel Cornell Mary Seary Daisy Ridgley	38.6	Italy (ITA) Lidia Bongiovanni Maria Bravin Tina Steiner Giovanna Viarengo	39.2	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Anna Hřebřinová Rudolfa Krausová Zdeňka Smolová Anna Kuzniková	-
4 × 100 metres relay	Great Britain (GBR) Nellie Halstead Muriel Cornell Mary Seary Daisy Ridgley	51.4	Germany (GER) Tilly Fleischer Marie Dollinger Detta Lorenz Lisa Gelius	51.8	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Anna Hřebřinová Rudolfa Krausová Zdeňka Smolová Anna Kuzniková	-
Swedish relay	Great Britain (GBR) Nellie Halstead Muriel Cornell Mary Seary Daisy Ridgley	55.6	Germany (GER) Marie Dollinger Lisa Gelius Detta Lorenz Auguste Hargus	55.8	Austria (AUT) Herma Schurinek Veronika Kohlbach Liesl Perkaus Maria Weese	57.0
High jump	Katalin Vértessy (HUN)	1.45 m	Jelka Tratnik (YUG)	1.45 m	Mary Seary (GBR)	1.40 m
Long jump	Muriel Cornell (GBR)	5.46 m	Auguste Hargus (GER)	5.20 m	Jelka Tratnik (YUG)	5.03 m
Shot put	Tilly Fleischer (GER)	12.23 m	Wanda Jasieńska (POL)	11.64 m	Liesl Perkaus (AUT)	11.33 m
Discus throw	Slava Blehová (TCH)	36.51 m	Tilly Fleischer (GER)	34.47 m	Helena Berson (POL)	34.38 m
Javelin throw	Tilly Fleischer (GER)	37.27 m	Auguste Hargus (GER)	35.75 m	Pierina Borsani (ITA)	31.18 m

Points table

Team	Nation	Points
1	United Kingdom	77
2	Germany	71
3	Italy	54
4	Czechoslovakia	35
5	Yugoslavia	22
5	Austria	22
6	Romania	17.5
7	Poland	16
8	France	10.5
9	Belgium	6
9	Hungary	6

References

1 2 "Le Olimpiadi della Grazia (seconda parte)" (PDF). Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian).
↑ "Internationale wedstrijden voor dames te Florence. | De kosten zijn te hoog". Haagsche Courant (in Dutch). 16 May 1931 – via Delpher.
↑ "Geen Nederlandsche dames naar Florence. | De kosten zijn te hoog". Haagsche Courant (in Dutch). 16 May 1931 – via Delpher.

[B-1] 1 2 "Le Olimpiadi della Grazia (seconda parte)" (PDF). Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian).

[2] "Internationale wedstrijden voor dames te Florence. | De kosten zijn te hoog". Haagsche Courant (in Dutch). 16 May 1931 – via Delpher.

[3] "Geen Nederlandsche dames naar Florence. | De kosten zijn te hoog". Haagsche Courant (in Dutch). 16 May 1931 – via Delpher.

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