1923 Beerschot Athletic Club international women's athletics meeting

1923 Beerschot Athletic Club international women's athletics meeting
Dates	13 August 1923
Host city	Antwerp, Belgium
Venue	Venue of the Beerschot Athletic Club
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	11 (international> 3 (national)
Participation	4 nations
Records set	1 Belgian national record

The 1923 Beerschot Athletic Club international women's athletics meeting was an international women's athletics meeting in Belgium, held in Antwerp. It was organized by the Beerschot Athletic Club where the meeting also took place.^[1][2]

Athletes from England, France, Switzerland and Belgium competed in a total of 14 events.

The meeting was attende by "an extraordinary number of people".^[1]

Background

The eariest women's international athletics competitions were organized in the early 1920s with the main athletics competition prior of this meeting being the: 1921 Women's Olympiad that took place in Monaco in March 1921, the 1922 Women's Olympiad also in Monaco in April 1923 and the 1922 Women's World Games in Paris on 20 August 1923. Earlier women's international athletics competition that were held in Belgium were the 1921 Belgium–France women's athletics match, 1922 Brussels Femina Club international women's athletics meeting and 1923 Belgium–France women's athletics match.

Entrants

From 8 August 1923 names of the competitors were published.^[3]

Results

1000 metres

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Walburga Van Steenlandt (BEL)	03.2
2	Georgette Lenoir (FRA)	+8 m
3	Gladys Lane (GBR)
4	Ida Degrande (BEL)
5	Jeanne van Kesteren (BEL)

80 meters

80 m (final)

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Mary Lines (GBR)	10.2 sec
2	Ivy Lowman (GBR)
3	Flore Bertels (BEL)
4	Hilda Hatt (GBR)
5	Louise Petré (BEL)
5	Simonne Chapoteau (FRA)

83 meters hurdles

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Mary Lines (GBR)	13.8 sec	=WR
2	Hilda Hatt (GBR)
3	Henriette Vandaelen (BEL)
4	Ivy Lowman (GBR)

Shot put

Result is the total of both arms.

Shot put

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Florence Birchenough (GBR)	15.76 m
2	Verschueren (BEL)	15.45 m
3	Petit (BEL)	15.03 m
4	Simonne Chapoteau (FRA)	14.93 m
5	Ibis (BEL)	14.65 m
6	Louise Groslimond [sv] (SUI)	14.47 m

High jump

Place	Athlete	Height
1	Birchenough (GBR)	1.46 m
2	Tamponnet (FRA)	1.38 m
3	Ivy Loman (GBR)	1.36 m
4	Petit (FRA)	1.35 m
5	Van Mechelen (BEL) |

Long jump

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Lines (GBR)	5.04 m
2	Verschueren (BEL)	4.86 m
3	Hilda Hatt (GBR)	4.65 m
4	Petit (FRA)	4.45 m
4	Vandenbroeck (BEL)	4.30 m

250 meters

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Mary Lines (GBR)	35.4 sec
2	Ivy Lowman (GBR)
3	Germaine Darreau (FRA)
4	Louise Gits (FRA)
5	Dewinne (BEL)
6	Antoinette Gallemaers (BEL)

Discus throw

Result is the total of both arms.

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Louise Groslimond [sv] (SUI)	45.32 m
2	Tambouret (FRA)	44.84 m
3	Van Dyck (BEL)	43.55 m

4 x 200 metres relay

Place	Team	Time
1	United Kingdom	54.4 sec.
2	Belgium
3	France

Javelin throw

Result is the total of both arms.

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Louise Groslimond [sv] (SUI)	44.64 m
2	Tambouret (FRA)	37.70 m
3	Florence Birchenough (GBR)	33.85 m

150-600-300 metres relay

Place	Team	Time
1	Belgium	3:06.8
2	France

National events

4 x 80 metres relay

Place	Team	Time	Note
1	Beerschot A. C. Bertels Verschueren Ibis Vanderhaegen	43 sec	NR
2	Beerschot A. C. II
3	Brussels F.C.
4	Berchem Sport

4 x 150 metres relay

Place	Team	Time
1	Beerschot A. C.	1:27.2
2	Maccabi
3	Berchem Sport
4	Brussels F.C.

150-600-300-150 metres relay

Place	Team	Time
1	Brussels F.C.	3:36.6
2	Berchem Sport
3	Beerschot

References

1. "Op het Beerschotstadium de beker "Sportwereld" gaat naar Engeland". Sportwereld (in Dutch). 14 August 1923. p. 4 – via uurl.kbr.be.
2. "Te Antwerpen de Internationale meeting op Beerschot" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 11 August 1923. p. 5 – via uurl.kbr.be.
3. "Bij de sportvrouwen | Te Antwerpen" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 9 August 1923. p. 4 – via uurl.kbr.be.