The 1922 Women's Olympiad ( and ) was the second''Ghislaine Quintillan: Alice Milliat and the Women’s Games''
Olympic Review 2000, page 27 (LA84 Foundation), Retrieved January 4, 2017 international

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event, a 7-day

multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...

organised by Alice Milliat and held on 15''Bernett, Hajo: Die ersten olympischen Wettbewerbe im internationalen Frauensport''
(in German) Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte des Sports, Heft 2/1988, page 66-86 (ISSN 0931-7031), Retrieved January 4, 2017 – April 23
(in French) NordNet.fr, Retrieved January 4, 2017''Generell News''
IAAF Athletics, November 23, 2008, Retrieved January 4, 2017 1922''Circul`Info N°109''
(in French) page 3, Mission Locale (Paroles de jeunes), Retrieved January 4, 2017
(in French) NordNet.fr, Retrieved January 4, 2017 in

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''Gertrud Pfister: Frauen und Olympische Spiele''
(in German) 2000, Deutsche Olympische Sportbund (DOSB), Retrieved January 4, 2017 at the International Sporting Club of Monaco. The tournament was formally called "''Deuxiéme Meeting International d'Éducation Physique Féminine''". It was also the second of three

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s or "Monte Carlo Games"''Women in Athletics – from 1900 – 1950''
Literature of Track and Field Athletics (ATHLOS), Retrieved January 4, 2017 held annually at the venue in

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,''The Women's Olympic Games''
Comité Olympique Monégasque, Retrieved January 4, 2017''Échos & Nouvelles''
(in French) Journal de Monaco April 25, 1922, page 1, Retrieved January 4, 2017 and the second
(in French) page 2, Association des Entraineurs d'Ile de France d'athlétisme (AEIFA), Retrieved January 4, 2017 forerunner of the quadrennial

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, organised in 1922–34 by the International Women's Sports Federation founded by Milliat in late 1921.

Events

The games were organized as the previous

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(FSFSF) under Alice Milliat and

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, director of the "International Sporting Club de Monaco" as a response to the

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(IOC) decision not to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games. The games were attended by 300 participants from 7 nations: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Norway (mentioned by several sources, however no Norwegian athletes appear in the result lists), Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports. The athletes competed in 11 events: running (

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, 250 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 75 metres relay, 4 x 175 metres relay and hurdling 65 metres),

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and

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. The tournament also held exhibition events in

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, cycling,

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and

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. The pentathlon event was the first recorded

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, the 5 events were 60 metres, 300 metres, high jump, javelin, and shot put (the throwing events were two-hand). Regular women's pentathlon was introduced at the 1934 Women's World Games in London During the games there were also events held in

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(among the first for women outside the Olympic Games) with swimming events, where teams from the Netherlands and Sweden also participated. Events were swimming 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres, relays and

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. The tournament was held partly at the "Stade Nautique du Port" at the Monaco harbour and partly at the "Tir aux Pigeons" in the gardens Les jardins du Casino of the

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Results

Athletics

Almost all gold medals went to athletes from France and the United Kingdom, medalists for each event: * 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. Daisy Wright and Hilda Hatt also competed in hurdles, previous winner in hurdles Germaine Delapierre participated in the high jump event. The basketboll tournament was won by Team Haguenau after a win in the final against Team England with 9–8.

Aquatics

Germaine van Dievoet (1899-1990) championne belge de natation

The swimming events were held April 20–23, participants from Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom competed in 10 events. During the competitions Sweden secured 4 victories, the Netherlands 3 victories, France won 2 events and United Kingdom won 1 event. The water polo tournament was won by Team Netherlands after a win in the final against Team England with 6–0.

Legacy

A special commemorative medal was issued for the participants.''Medailles Sports''
L'Association Numismatique de Monaco, Retrieved January 4, 2017 Later in 1922 the first

were held in Paris, the

1923 Women's Olympiad The 1923 Women's Olympiad (, and ) was the fourth international event in women's sports, the tournament was held 4 to 7 April 1923 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The tournament was formally called "''Les Jeux Athlétiques Fémini ...

were held at the same Monaco venue.

References

External links

pictures (Bibliothèque nationale de France – BnF)

pictures (Getty Images)

pictures (Gouvernement Princier, Principauté de Monaco)

pictures (Monaco Channel)

film (British Pathé)

film (YouTube)

Participation medal
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