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1934 Women's World Games

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1934 Women's World Games
Host cityLondon
Country United Kingdom
Dates9 – 11 August 1934
← 1930
Stanisława Walasiewicz, winner of the 60 metres event

The 1934 Women's World Games (French: 4è Jeux Féminins Mondiaux) were the fourth edition of the international games for women. The tournament was held between 9–11 August at the White City Stadium in London, United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4][5][6] These were the last athletic games exclusively for women, a planned fifth tournament for 1938 in Vienna was cancelled as women were allowed to compete in all regular athletics events at the Olympic Games and other international events. The first major tournament were the 1938 European Athletics Championships even though the tournament was split up into two separate events. The 3rd European Athletics Championships in 1946 were the first combined championships for both men and women.

Events

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The games were organized by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale under Alice Milliat[1][2][6] as a response to the IOC decision to include only a few women's events (100 metres, 800 metres, 4 × 100 m relay, high jump and discus[3][6]) in the 1928 Olympic Games.

The games were attended by 200 participants from 19 nations[1][5] (including now dissolved nations):[7] Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Palestine, Poland, Rhodesia, South Africa, Sweden, United States, and Yugoslavia.

The athletes competed[8] in 12 events:[1][3][4][9] 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 pentathlon (100 metres, high jump, long jump, javelin and shot put). The tournament also held exhibition events in basketball, handball and football.[1][4]

The tournament was opened with an olympic style ceremony. The Canadian flag bearer was Lillian Palmer[10] as captain of the Canadian team. The games attended an audience of 15,000 spectators[4] and several world records were set.

The games were the first to include a women's pentathlon.[2][5]

A special commemorative medal was issued for the participants and the games were closed with a formal banquet.[7]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland
7.6 Margarete Kuhlmann
 Germany
? Ethel Johnson
 United Kingdom
?
100 metres Käthe Krauß
 Germany
11.9 Stella Walasiewicz
 Poland
? Eileen Hiscock
 United Kingdom
?
200 metres Käthe Krauß
 Germany
24.9 Stella Walasiewicz
 Poland
25.0 Eileen Hiscock
 United Kingdom
25.2
800 metres Zdena Koubková
 Czechoslovakia
2:12.8 Märtha Wretman
 Sweden
2:13.8 Gladys Lunn
 United Kingdom
2:14.2
80 metres hurdles Ruth Engelhard
 Germany
11.6 Betty Taylor
 Canada
11.7 Violet Webb
 United Kingdom
12.0
4×100 metres relay  Germany
Käthe Krauß
Margarete Kuhlmann
Marie Dollinger
Selma Grieme
48.6  Netherlands
Cor Aalten
Jo Dalmolen
Agaath Doorgeest
Iet Martin
50.0  Austria
Veronika Kohlbach
Johanna Vancura
Else Spennader
Gerda Gottlieb
51.2
High jump Selma Grieme
 Germany
1.55 m Mary Milne
 United Kingdom
1.525 m Margaret Bell
 Canada
1.525 m
Long jump Traute Göppner
 Germany
5.805 m Hedwig Bauschulte
 Germany
5.79 m Zdena Koubková
 Czechoslovakia
5.695 m
Shot put Gisela Mauermayer
 Germany
13.67 m Tilly Fleischer
 Germany
12.10 m Štepánka Pekárová
 Czechoslovakia
11.82 m
Discus throw Jadwiga Wajs
 Poland
43.795 m Gisela Mauermayer
 Germany
40.65 m Käthe Krauß
 Germany
39.875 m
Javelin throw Lisa Gelius
 Germany
42.435 m Herma Bauma
 Austria
40.30 m Luise Krüger
 Germany
40.095 m
Pentathlon Gisela Mauermayer
 Germany
377 pts Grete Busch
 Germany
320 pts Štepánka Pekárová
 Czechoslovakia
316 pts

Another source names Jadwiga Wajs as J Wajsowna, and lists the High Jump winner as M Clark of South Africa. [11] This source also gives the winning 800 metres time as 2:12.4; and the field event measurements in imperial measures (one of which gives rise to a discrepancy), respectively 5'1"; 19'0½", 44'2" (13.46m), 143'8¼", and 139'2¾". It further notes that: World records were set in the 800m, 80m hurdles, shot, discus, and pentathlon; British records in the 100m, 200m, and javelin; Krauß [as 'Krauss'] was 2nd (not 3rd) in the discus; that the pentathlon consisted of the 100m, high and long jumps, shot put and javelin; and the home competitors' comparatively poor performances were attributable to them all having competed in the Empire Games earlier that same week.

Also from this same source, it was stated that the Women's World Games incorporated two further championship competitions:

Hazena a fast-moving variant of handball, popular in central Europe, in which Yugoslavia beat Czecho-Slovakia (sic) by 6 goals to 4. (This would appear to be the second World Cup in this sport, in which only these two nations participated).

Basketball France v United States 34-23 points.

The absence of the USA and Yugoslavia from the points table supports the assertion that these (and the untraced football competition) were demonstration events only.

Points table

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Place Nation Points
1  Germany 95
2  Poland 33
3  United Kingdom 31
4  Canada 22
5  Czechoslovakia 18
6  South Africa 14
7  Sweden 11
8  Japan 10
9  Austria 9
10  Netherlands 6
11  France 2

No other competing nation scored any points.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e 11 august 1934 Kalenderblatt, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  2. ^ a b c Rétrospective de l'athlétisme féminin, page 10 Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine Sylvain Charlet, Amicale des Entraineurs d'Ile de France d'Athlétisme AEIFA, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ a b c d 11 august 1934 Deutsche Welle, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  5. ^ a b c Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  6. ^ a b c Watman, Mel. "Women athletes between the world wars". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/103699. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ a b A Right Royal Feast, John Lane, p 122 David & Charles 2011, ISBN 978-1446301616, Retrieved 24 November 2016
  8. ^ 1934 Women's World Games Intersportstats.com (accessdate 04 July 2021)
  9. ^ FSFI Women's World Games GBR Athletics, Retrieved 10 December 2013
  10. ^ "Lillian (Palmer) Alderson". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  11. ^ Encyclopedia of Sports Games and Pastimes, Fleetway Press, London, 1935, pages 735-736.
  12. ^ Encyclopedia of Sports Games and Pastimes, Fleetway Press, London, 1935, pages 735-736. Note that this source refers to the United Kingdom as "England", and the Netherlands as "Holland".
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