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competitions for women. The tournament was held on a single day on August 20, 1922. Laurence Prudhomme-Poncet
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Events

The games were organized by the

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as a response to the refusal of the

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refusal to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games. The games were attended by 77 participants from 5 nations: Czechoslovakia, France (32 athletes), Great Britain, Switzerland and the USA (13 athletes). Members of the American team were: Kathryn Agar, Florieda Batson,

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, Esther Green, Ann Harwick,

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. The athletes competed in 11 events:''FSFI Women's World Games''
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. The tournament was opened with an olympic style ceremony. The games attended an audience of 20,000 spectators and 18 world records were set.

Medal summary

* Each athlete in the shot put and javelin throw events threw using their right hand, then their left. Their final mark was the total of the best mark with their right-handed throw and the best mark with their left-handed throw.

Points table

References

External links

Film from the 1922 Women's World Games

Mixed pictures from the Women's World Games

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