1923 Czechoslovakia–France women's athletics match (10 May)

1923 Czechoslovakia–France women's athletics match
Dates	10 May 1923
Host city	Brno, Czechoslovakia
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	8
Participation	2 nations
Records set	2 French national records[1]

The 1923 Czechoslovakia–France women's athletics match was an international women's athletics match where a national team of Czechoslovak athletes competed against a national team of French athletes. It took place on 10 May 1923 in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

The French team won the match.^[1] Lucie Prost and Georgette Gagneux broke a French national record during the event.^[1]

French tour in Czechoslovakia

It was the second Czechoslovakia–France match during the stay of the French team in Czechoslovakia in May 1923. The other match took place on 6 May in Prague. There was also a third match scheduled for Sunday in Prague, but because results are unknown it's likely this event was cancelled.^[2]

It was scheduled the French team would return by train and would arrive in Paris on 17 May 1923 at Gare de l'Est on 9:35am. Mrs. Millat and Miss Bracquemont traveled by plane.^[2]

Background

The event took place in the early era of international women's athletics with the first women's international tournaments being held from 1921. It was the third women's athletics match between Czechoslovakia and France with the first match held in Paris in 1922 that was won by Czechoslovakia with 41 versus 34 points.^[3]

Match format

In each individual event two athletes of each nation competed and one team of four athletes in the relay event. The first athlete in the individual events scored 5 points, the number two 3 points, number three 2 points and the number four 1 point. The country that won the relay event scored 6 points and the other country 3 points. For the overall classification all the points scored by each country are added together.

Results

Javelin throw

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	(TCH)		5
2	(TCH)		3
3	Yvonne Gancel (FRA)		2	[4]
4	Yvonne Tembouret [fr] (FRA)		1	[5]

65 metres hurdles

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Henriette Comte [sv] (FRA)	11.4 sec	5	[6]
2	Fernande Camus (FRA)	11.6 sec	3	[7]
3	(TCH)		2
4	(TCH)		1

High jump

Place	Athlete	Height	Points	Note
1	Lucie Petit (FRA)	1.37 m	5	[8]
2	Ela Křížová (TCH)	1.34 m	3	[9]
	Věra Galusková (TCH)	1.34 m	3
4	Yvonne Tembouret [fr] (FRA)		1	[5]

60 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Georgette Gagneux (FRA)	8.0 sec	5	NR[1][10]
2	Lucie Prost [fr] (FRA)	8.2 sec	3	[11]
3	(TCH)		2
4	(TCH)		1

Shot put (3.628 kg)

The score was the total of a throw with both arms.

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	Františka Vlachová [cs] (TCH)	9.695 (one arm)	5	[9]
2	Lucie Petit (FRA)	15.18 m	3	[8]
3	? (TCH)		2
4	Genin (FRA)		1	[12]

200 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Points	Note
1	Lucie Prost (FRA)	28.0 sec	5	NR[1][11]
2	Aloisie Prokešová (TCH)	29.2 sec	3	[9]
3	Marguerite Drouard (FRA)	36.4 sec	2	[13]
4	? (TCH)		1

Long jump

Place	Athlete	Distance	Points	Note
1	Aloisie Prokešová (TCH)	4.57 m	5
2	Věra Galusková (TCH)	4.34 m	3
3	Madeleine Bracquemond (FRA)	4.30 m	2	[14]
4	Fernande Camus (FRA)	4.015 m	1	[7]

4 x 100 metres relay

Place	Team	Time	Points	Note
1	France Marguerite Drouard Georgette Gagneux Lucie Prost [fr] Lucienne Velu	53.8 sec	6	[13][10][11][15]
2	Czechoslovakia		3

References

1. Pelletier, Pierre (20 May 1923). "La femme et les sports | Notes hebdomadaires". Ève (in French). p. 3 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
2. "La F.F.S.F. en Tchéco-Slovaquie". L'Auto-vélo (in French). 10 May 1923. p. 5 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
3. "France Tchéco - Slovaquie 21 Mai - Stade Pershing". La Femme Sportive (in French). 1 June 1922. p. 3 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
4. "Yvonne Gancel". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
5. "Yvonne Tembouret". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
6. "Henriette Comte". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
7. "Fernande Camus". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
8. "Lucie (Georgette) Petit". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
9. "Muzi CSR 1923 (1923 Czechoslovak athletics results)" (PDF) (in cz). Czech Athletics. p. 13-17. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
10. "Georgette Gagneux". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
11. "Lucie Prost". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
12. "X Genin". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
13. "Marguerite Drouard". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
14. "Madeleine (Mado) Bracquemond". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
15. "Lucienne Velu". French Athletics Federation (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2024.