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1926 Women's World Games – 100 yards

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100 yards
at the 1926 Women's World Games
VenueSlottsskogsvallen
LocationGothenburg, Sweden
Dates27 August 1926
Winning time11.8
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Japan
← 1922
100 yards discontinued
1930 (100 metres) →

The 100 yards event at the 1926 Women's World Games was the second time the 100 yards was held at Women's World Games. The event took place in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen during the first day of the Games on 27 August 1926.[1] At the 1930 Women's World Games the 100 yards was replaced by the 100 metres event.

French Marguerite Radideau won the final in a time of 11.8 seconds, ahead of the British Rose Thompson and Japanese Kinue Hitomi.[2]

The first athletes of each heat continued to the final. In addition the number two of the first three heat continued.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marguerite Radideau  France Q
2 Märta Johansson  Sweden Q
3 Janina Grabicka  Poland 12.8 [3][4]
4 (#59)  Belgium [3]
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rose Thompson  Great Britain Q
2 Ludmila Sychrová  Czechoslovakia Q
3 Yolande Plancke  France 12.4[5] q [6]
4 Zinaida Liepiņa  Latvia [6]
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kinue Hitomi  Japan Q
2 Florence Haynes  Great Britain Q
3 Helena Woynarowska  Poland 12.6 [7]

Source:[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time (s) Notes
1 Marguerite Radideau  France 11.8
2 Rose Thompson  Great Britain 11.8 + 10 cm
3 Kinue Hitomi  Japan 12.0
4 Florence Haynes  Great Britain +10 cm
5 Ludmila Sychrová  Czechoslovakia +20 cm
6 Yolande Plancke  France 12.8
7 Märta Johansson  Sweden +10 cm

Source:[2][1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg | Les participantes". La Dernière Heure (in French). 29 August 1926. p. 4.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Image of heat 1
  4. Kurzyński, Henryk; Rychwalski, Maciej; Socha, Andrzej; Wołejko, Tadeusz (2008). Historia polskiej kobiecej lekkoatletyki w okresie międzywojennym (PDF) (in Polish). Warsaw: Komisja Statystyczna PZLA.
  5. "Yolande Plancke". French Athletics (in French).
  6. 6.0 6.1 image of heat 2
  7. Kurzyński, Henryk; Rachwalski, Maciej; Socha, Andrzej; Wołejko, Tadeusz (2008). Historia polskiej kobiecej lekkoatletyki w okresie międzywojennym (PDF). Warsaw: Komisja Statystyczna PZLA. p. 353.

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