1926 Women's World Games – javelin throw
| Javelin throw at the 1926 Women's World Games | ||||||||||
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_Adelski%C3%B6ld.jpeg) Swedish Anne-Lisa Adelsköld won the gold medal | ||||||||||
| Venue | Slottsskogsvallen | |||||||||
| Location | Gothenburg, Sweden | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 August | |||||||||
| Winning score | 49.15 m | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1926 Women's World Games | |
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| Track events | |
| 60 m | women |
| 100 y | women |
| 250 m | women |
| 1000 m | women |
| 100 y hurdles | women |
| 4×110 y relay | women |
| 1000 m walk | women |
| Field events | |
| High jump | women |
| Long jump | women |
| Standing long jump | women |
| Shot put | women |
| Discus throw | women |
| Javelin throw | women |
The javelin throw event at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen was held on 28 August 1926.
It was the first time the javelin throw event was held at the Women's World Games.
Swedish Anne-Lisa Adelsköld won the event with a distance of 49.15 meter ahead of British Louise Fawcett who won the silver medal and Swedish Elsa Svensson who won the bronze medal.[1]
Competition format
[change | change source]The javelin throw event was a two-handed event. Each athlete threw the javelin using their right arm, then their left arm. Their final mark was the total of the best mark with their right-handed throw and the best mark with their left-handed throw.[2]
Entrants
[change | change source]Great Britain selected Louise Fawcett and Sophie Mary Eliott-Lynn after the 1926 Great Britain Women's World Games trials in early August 1926.[3]
Results
[change | change source]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Right | Left | Total distance | Notes |
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Anna-Lisa Adelsköld |  Sweden |
29.66 | 19.49 | 49.15 m | |
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Louise Fawcett |  Great Britain |
45.41 m | |||
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Elsa Haglund | Sweden |
45.06 m | |||
| 4 | Sophie Mary Eliott-Lynn | Great Britain |
44.63 m | |||
| 5 | ? | ? | ||||
| 6 | Elfriede Karlson |  Latvia |
43.57 m | [4] | ||
| 7 | Sidonie Verschueren |  Belgium |
41.43 m | [5] | ||
| 8 | Halina Konopacka |  Poland |
25.20 m | 19.40 m | 40.10 m | [6] |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 29 August 1926. p. 4.
- ↑ "Pour Les Jeux féminins de Gothebourg | L'equipe Anglaise". La Dernière Heure (in French). 10 August 1926. p. 4.
- ↑ Latvijs sporta lepnums 100 (in Lithuanian). Latvija 100. p. 30 – via fliphtml5.com.
- ↑ "De vrouwenspelen van Gothemburg" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 31 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024. (note: place 7 is not in the reference. But her distance of 41.43 meters is between place 6 (43.57 meters) and place 8 (40.10 meters).
- ↑ Historia polskiej kobiecej lekkoatletyki w okresie międzywojennym
- ↑ 90 lat polskiej lekkoatletyki 1919 - 2009 (PDF) (in Polish). Warsaw: Polish Athletics Association. 2009. p. 27. Retrieved 13 June 2024.