Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games

Athletics
at the 1930 Women's World Games
Athletics ; at the 1930 Women's World Games
Venue	Letná Stadium
Dates	6–8 September 1930
Nations	16
	← 1926 1934 →

The athletics competitions at the 1930 Women's World Games in Prague were held from 7 to 9 September 1930 at the Letná Stadium.

The athletes competed in 12 events:^[1]^[2] 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 triathlon (100 metres, high jump and javelin). Several world records were set.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

At some days there were 20000 spectators in the stadium.^[7]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m details	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland	7.7	Lisa Gelius Germany	7.8	Kinue Hitomi Japan	7.8
100 m details	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland	12.5	Tollien Schuurman Netherlands	12.6	Lisa Gelius Germany	12.6
200 m details	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland	25.7	Tollien Schuurman Netherlands	25.8	Nellie Halstead United Kingdom	26.0
800 m details	Gladys Lunn United Kingdom	2:21.9	Marie Dollinger Germany	2:22.0	Brita Lovén Sweden	2:24.8
80 m hurdles details	Maj Jakobsson Sweden	12.4	Gerda Pirch Germany	12.7	Ursula Birkholz Germany	12.7
4×100 m relay details	Germany Rosa Kellner Agathe Karrer [sv] Luise Holzer [sv] Lisa Gelius	49.9	United Kingdom Eileen Hiscock Ethel Scott Ivy Walker Daisy Ridgley	50.5	Poland Alina Hulanicka [sv] Maryla Freiwald Stanisława Walasiewicz Felicja Schabińska	50.8
High jump details	Inge Braumüller Germany	1.57 m	Carolina Gisolf Netherlands	1.57 m	Helma Notte Germany	1.53 m
Long jump details	Kinue Hitomi Japan	5.90 m	Muriel Gunn United Kingdom	5.76 m	Selma Grieme Germany	5.71 m
Shot put details	Grete Heublein Germany	12.49 m	Gustel Hermann Germany	12.12 m	Liesl Perkaus Austria	11.48 m
Discus throw details	Halina Konopacka Poland	36.80 m	Tilly Fleischer Germany	35.82 m	Vittorina Vivenza Italy	35.23 m
Javelin details	Liesel Schumann Germany	42.32 m	Auguste Hargus [de] Germany	40.99 m	Kinue Hitomi Japan	37.01 m
Triathlon details	Ellen Braumüller Germany	198 pts	Kinue Hitomi Japan	194 pts	Ruth Svedberg Sweden	175 pts

Points table

Place	Nation	Points
1	Germany	57
2	Poland	26
3	United Kingdom	19
4	Japan	13
5	Sweden	10
6	Netherlands	9
7	Italy	2
7	Austria	2
8	Latvia	1
8	France	1

Source^[8]

Related pages

Athletics at the Olympics of Grace

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Praha 1930 - III Ženské světové hry Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Czech Association for Olympic and Sport Philately, Retrieved 10 December 2013
↑ FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013
↑ Rétrospective de l'athlétisme féminin, page 9 Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine Sylvain Charlet, Amicale des Entraineurs d'Ile de France d'Athlétisme AEIFA, Retrieved 10 December 2013
↑ 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.
↑ Leigh, Mary H.; Thérèse M. Bonin (1977). "The Pioneering Role Of Madame Alice Milliat and the FSFI in Establishing International Trade and Field Competition for Women" (PDF). Journal of Sport History. 4 (1). North American Society for Sport History: 72–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
↑ Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013
↑ "Onze dames blinken uit". De avondpost (in Dutch). 9 September 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
↑ DROZDEK-MAàOLEPSZA, Teresa (2014). "Women's World Games (1922–1934)" (PDF). Akademii im. Jana Dáugosza w CzĊstochowie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[A-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Praha 1930 - III Ženské světové hry Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Czech Association for Olympic and Sport Philately, Retrieved 10 December 2013

[G-2] FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013

[B-3] Rétrospective de l'athlétisme féminin, page 9 Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine Sylvain Charlet, Amicale des Entraineurs d'Ile de France d'Athlétisme AEIFA, Retrieved 10 December 2013

[C-4] 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.

[D-5] Leigh, Mary H.; Thérèse M. Bonin (1977). "The Pioneering Role Of Madame Alice Milliat and the FSFI in Establishing International Trade and Field Competition for Women" (PDF). Journal of Sport History. 4 (1). North American Society for Sport History: 72–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[E-6] Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013

[results-7] "Onze dames blinken uit". De avondpost (in Dutch). 9 September 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.

[8] DROZDEK-MAàOLEPSZA, Teresa (2014). "Women's World Games (1922–1934)" (PDF). Akademii im. Jana Dáugosza w CzĊstochowie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

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