The 1930 Women's World Games (

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and Slovak III Ženské Světové Hry v Praze, French 3è Jeux Féminins Mondiaux ) were the third regular international

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, the tournament was held between September 6 - September 8''Praha 1930 - III Ženské světové hry''
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Events

The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat as a response to the

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decision to include only a few women's events in the 1928 Olympic Games. The games were attended by 200 participants from 17 nations, there among: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain (16 athletes), Italy, Japan (6 athletes), Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. Canada attended with a basketball team.UBC Women's Basketball team
University of British Columbia, Retrieved 10 December 2013 The athletes competed in 12 events:
GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013 running (

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, 100 metres, 200 metres, 800 metres,

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and hurdling 80 metres),

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 ...

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

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shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

and triathlon (100 metres, high jump and javelin). The tournament also held exhibition events in football, basketball, handball, fencing, shooting and canoeing. The tournament was opened with an olympic style ceremony. The games attended an audience of 15,000 spectators and several world records were set. On September 8 the sole basketball match was played between Canada (Team West) and France (Team Europe), Canada won by 18-14.

Medal summary

A special commemorative medal was issued for the participants.Participation badge
Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki w Warszawie / Museum of Sports and Tourism, retrieved 24 October 2015

Points table

References

External links

Participation medal

Picture British team

Picture Canadian basketball team

Picture Czechoslovak team
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