1922 Women's World Games
| Host city | Stade Pershing[*] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  France | ||
| Nations participating | 5 | ||
| Athletes participating | 77 | ||
| Sports | Athletics | ||
| Opening ceremony | 20 August 1922 | ||
| Dates | 20 August 1922 | ||
| Main venue | Stade Pershing | ||
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The 1922 Women's World Games (French Jeux Olympiques Féminins and Jeux féminins mondiaux) also dubbed the 1922 Women's Olympic Games were the first regular international Women's World Games. The tournament was held 20 August 1922 at the Stade Pershing in Paris.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat[1][2][4][5][6] as a response to the refusal of the International Olympic Committee to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games.
The Games consisted of eleven events: six track events (60 metres, 100 yards, 300 metres, 1000 metres, 4 x 110 yards relay and hurdling 100 yards and five track events (high jump, long jump, standing long jump, javelin and shot put).[2][4][7]
A total of 18 world records were set.[4]
Nations
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The games were attended by 77 participants from 5 nations.[2][4]
Opening ceremony
[change | change source]The Games were opened with an olympic style ceremony. There were 20,000 spectators.[1][5]
Medal summary
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| Place | Nation | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United Kingdom
|
50 |
| 2 |  USA
|
31 |
| 3 | France
|
29 |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia
|
12 |
| 5 |  Switzerland
|
6 |
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kidd, Bruce (1994). "The Women's Olympic Games: Important Breakthrough Obscured By Time". CAAWS Action Bulletin. Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet, "Histoire du football féminin au XXe siècle" L'Harmattan 2003, page 99, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ↑ Jeux Mondiaux Féminins[permanent dead link] Commission documentation et histoire, cdm.athle.com (Retrieved 15 August 2016)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 They set the mark Archived 2013-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Columbia College, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ana Miragaya, Lamartine DaCosta: Olympic entrepreneurs, page 105-106[permanent dead link] Olympic Studies Centre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Retrieved 10 December 2013
- ↑ FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013