The 1926 Women's World Games (Swedish II. Internationella kvinnliga idrottsspelen, French 2èmes jeux féminins mondiaux ) were the second regular international

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, the tournament was held between 27''Jeux Mondiaux Féminins''
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Events

The games were organized by the

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under

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as a response to the

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refusal to include women's events in the 1924 Olympic Games. The games were attended by 100 participants from 9 nations: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Great Britain, Japan, Latvia, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.

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was the sole participant from Japan, she won the long jump with a new world record, she also won the standing long jump, came second place in discus, third in 100 yards, fifth in 60 metres and sixth in 250 metres putting Japan in fifth place single-handedly. The athletes competed in 12 events:Svenska dagbladets yearbook 1926
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, 100 yards, 250 metres, 1000 metres, 4 x 110 yards relay och hurdling 100 yards),

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

standing long jump The standing long jump, also known as the standing broad jump, is an athletics event. It was an Olympic event until 1912. It is one of three standing variants of track and field jumping events, which also include the standing high jump and ...

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

javelin A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with th ...

and

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

. The tournament was opened with an olympic style ceremony, the opening speech was held by Mary von Sydow (wife of

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). The games attended an audience of 20,000 spectators and several world records were set.

Results

* 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. Also Sophie Mary Eliott-Lynn competed at

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coming fourth with a throw of 44.63 metres and Mary Weston finished sixth in the shot put.

Points table

References

External links

Picture of the Belgian team

Picture of the British team

Picture of the Czechoslovakian team

Film (SVT) from the 1926 Women's World Games

Film (British Pathé) 1926 Women's World Games

Mixed pictures from the 1926 Women's World Games
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