1922 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting

1922 Brussels international women's athletics competitions
Dates	27 August 1922
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Participation	~16 athletes from 3 nations

The 1922 Brussels international women's athletic competitions were the first international women's athletics competitions in Belgium, held in Brussels. It was organized by the Brussels Femina Club.^[1][2]

Around sixteen athletes from Belgium, France and Great Britain competed in ten events.^[1][2]

Background

The eariest women's international athletics competitions were organized in the early 1920s. The 1921 Women's Olympiad took place in Monaco in March 1921, the 1922 Women's Olympiad also in Monaco in April 1922 and the 1922 Women's World Games in Paris on 20 August 1922. On the same the in the Netherlands the 1922 Pro Patria women's international athletics competition took place, the earliest women's international athletics competitions in the Netherlands with athletes from the Netherlands and Germany.

Entrants

On 26 August 1922 a list of the entrants was published.^[3] However the Belgian list does not match the actual results.

British athletes Naam Lines Hilda Hatt Nora Callebout Florence Birchenough

French athletes Naam Thérèse Laloz [fr] Geneviève Laloz Suzanna Porte Marcelle Neveu

Belgian athletes Naam Flore De Raedt Elise Van Truyen Henriette Vandaelen Louise Gits Georgette Vandyck Antoinette Gallemaers Thérèse Verheyden Sileur

Opening ceremony

At 15:25 (local time) the event started with a parade of the athletes. Chairman Dumont of the Brussels Femina Club hands over flower sheaves to the French en British athletes. Next to spectators there were also photographers and cameramen.^[2]

Results

Of all competitons only the results of the final are listed.^[1]

80 m (final) Place Athlete Time 1  Nora Callebout [sv] (GBR) 10.5 sec 2  Ivy Lowman (GBR) +50 cm

300 m Place Athlete Time 1  Nora Callebout [sv] (GBR) 45.4 sec 2  Ivy Lowman (GBR) 3  Laloz (FRA)[a]  Suzanna Porte (FRA)

1000 m Place Athlete Time 1  Marcelle Neveu (FRA) 3:22.8 2  Louise Gits (BEL) +20 m. 3  Florentine Walschaerts (BEL) +25 m. 4  Seminckx (BEL) +30 m.

83 m hurdles Place Athlete Time 1  Hilda Hatt (GBR) 14.4 sec WR 2  T. /G. Laloz (FRA)[a] +2 m. 3  R. Laloz (FRA)[a] +2.5 m. 4  Henriette Vandaelen (BEL) +3 m.

High jump Place Athlete Height 1  Ivy Lowman (GBR) 1.43 m.  Hilda Hatt (GBR) 1.43 m. 3  Alice De Pauw (BEL) 1.35 m. NR 4  Elise Van Truyen (BEL) 1.35 m.  Hermance Maes (BEL)

Long jump Place Athlete Distance 1  Hilda Hatt (GBR) 4.61 m. 2  Elise Van Truyen (BEL) 4.59 m. 3  Geneviève Laloz [fr] (FRA) 4.33 m.

Shot put Place Athlete Distance 1  Florence Birchenough (GBR) 9.08 m. 2  Georgette Vandyck (BEL) 8.04 m. NR 3  Alice De Pauw (BEL) 7.88 m. 4  Laloz (FRA)[a] 6.90 m.

Discus throw[b] Place Athlete Distance 1  Alice De Pauw (BEL) 26.33 m. NR 2  Henriette Vandaelen (BEL) 23.70 m. 3  Louise Petré (BEL) 22.24 m.

Javelin throw Place Athlete Distance 1  Georgette Vandyck (BEL) 20.45 m. NR 2  Florence Birchenough (GBR) 18.40 m. 3  Bouchy (FRA) 16.16 m.

4x 100 metres relay Place Team Time 1  United Kingdom 55.5 sec. 2  France 3  Belgium

Notes

^a Of the Laloz family, five sisters competed in athletics. Most known are Geneviève Laloz [fr] and Thérèse Laloz [fr], but also their sisters Marguerite, Christiane and Paulette competed in athletics. In the published results is not (cleary) indicated who competed.^[4]

^b In the published results it's not indicated if this was actually an international event.

Related pages

• 1922 Pro Patria women's international athletics competition

References

1. "Vrouwen-athletiek". De Avondpost (in Dutch). 29 August 1922 – via Delpher.
2. "Te Brussel de groote inernationale vrouwenmeeting" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 31 August 1926. p. 2 – via uurl.kbr.be.
3. "Eene internationale vrouwenmeeting op den Union te Brussel op zondag 27 oogst, om 3 ure" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 26 August 1926. p. 3 – via uurl.kbr.be.
4. "Sports féminins - le challenge Thérèse Laloz". La Patrie (in French). 1 July 1927 – via retronews.fr.