1923 Twente–Westphalia athletics competition

1923 Twente–Westphalia athletics competition
Dates	8 July 1923
Host city	Enschede, the Netherlands
Venue	G.J. van Heekpark [nl]
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	15 (men: 11, women: 4)
Participation	2 nations
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The 1923 Twente–Westphalia athletics competition was an international athletics competition between athletes of Westphalia, Germany and Twente, the Netherlands and one of the earliest international female athletics competition. The competition was held at the G.J. van Heekpark [nl] in Enschede, the Netherlands on 8 July 1923. The competition included in total 15 events: 11 events for men and 4 events for women.^[1]

The competition was the first Twente–Westphalia athletics competition. It is probably the second international women's athletics tournament in the Netherlands after the 1922 Pro Patria women's international athletics competition a year earlier.^[1]

The competition was won by the Westphalia with 78 points versus Twente with 66 points.^[2]

Requests were made to include attempts to break Dutch records. This was approved by the chairman of the Dutch athletics association who was present.^[2] Harke (Olympia-Hengelo) broke the national record in the women's long jump with a distance of with 4.67 metres, beating the previous record of 4.55 from Annie van de Blankevoort. Franken (Hercules Hebe-Enschede) broke the women's 80 metres record with a time of with 10.5 seconds, beating the previous record of 10.7 seconds also from Annie van de Blankevoort.^[3]

Preparations

In the four weeks ahead of the competition, the selection group of Twente trained with national athletics trainer Hjertberg.^[1]

Competition format

In each individual event two athletes of each team competed. In the relay event the two teams competed against each other. The winner of each event received 4 points, with 3, 2 and 1 point for the other positions. For the overall classication all points from each teams are added together.^[3]

Competition

According to the newspapers the competition were held in "tropical heat".^[2][3]

Men's

Men's 100 m Place Athlete Time 1  Ahrens (GER) 10.9" 2  Roelofsen (NED) 11.0" 3  Fliege (GER) 11.3" 4  Scheffer (NED) 11.4"

Men's 400 m Place Athlete Time 1  Schröer (GER) 53.2 2  J. L. Klop (NED) 53.3 3  Kirchhoff (GER) 59.9 4  Teurelink (NED) 63.2

Men's 800 m Place Athlete Time 1  Scharmann (GER) 2' 1.7" 2  Klop (NED) 2' 6.3" 3  Aalders (NED) 2' 22.6" 3  Aalders (NED) 2' 22.6"

Men's 1500 metres Place Athlete Time 1  Schneider (GER) 4' 28.2" 2  Redicker (GER) 4' 33.2" 3  van Zuiden (NED) 4' 38.2" 4  Wagelaar (NED) 4' 42.2"

Men's 110 metres hurdles Place Athlete Time 1  Zwijnenberg (NED) 17.5" 2  Kirchhoff (GER) 17.8" 3  Kuiper (NED) 20.4" 4  Moseeker (GER)

Men's 4x 100 metres relay Place Team Time 1 Westphalia 44" 2 Twente 45.7"

Men's long jump Place Athlete Height 1  Roelofsen (NED) 6.11 m. 2  A. Horst (NED) 6.08 m. 3  Faber (GER) 5.68 m. 4  Kunze (GER) 5.48 m.

Men's high jump Place Athlete Height 1  Prelle (GER) 1.75 m. 2  Vowinkel (NED) 1.65 m. 3  Heuser (GER) 1.60 m. 4  Scheffer (NED) 1.55 m.

Men's discus throw Place Athlete Distance 1  Hofmeister (GER) 37.80 m. 2  Wendt (GER) 35.49 m. 3  Zwijnenberg (NED) 28.50 m. 4  Koers (NED) 27.69 m.

Men's javelin throw Place Athlete Distance 1  Hoffmeister (GER) 45.35 m. 2  Zwijnenberg (GER) 44.11 m. 3  Prelle (NED) 43.87 m. 4  Roelofs (NED) 43.40 m.

Men's pole vault Place Athlete Height 1  ter Horst (NED) 3.35 m. 2  Heuser (GER) 3.30 m. 3  de Graaf (NED) 3.10 m. 4  Kunze (GER) 2.90 m.

Women's

Women's 80 m Place Athlete Time 1  Anna Pieper (GER) 10.2" 2  R. Franken (NED) 10.4" 3  G. Harke (NED) 10.6" 4  Schmäing (GER) 11.6"

Women's long jump Place Athlete Distance 1  Anna Pieper (GER) 4.86 m. 2  G. Harke (NED) 4.65 m. 3  Jansen (NED) 4.35 m. 4  Änne Kuhlmann (GER) 4.19 m.

Women's high jump Place Athlete Height 1  Änne Kuhlmann (GER) 1.35 m. 2  S. Joosten (NED) 1.30 m. 3  Hofman (NED) 1.30 m. 4  Schmäing (GER) 1.30 m.

Women's javelin throw Place Athlete Distance 1  Erna Pröschold (GER) 33.60 m. 2  Schöing (GER) 25.07 m. 3  G. Harke (NED) 23.77 m. 4  Westenbrink (NED) 23.53 m.

Source:^[2][3]

Overall classification

Rank	Athlete	Points
1	Westphalia	78
2	Twente	66

Source:^[2]

Related pages

• 1922 Pro Patria women's international athletics competition

References

1. "Athletiek". Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant (in Dutch). 8 June 1923. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
2. "Twenthe-Westfalen". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 9 July 1923. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
3. "Twente-Westfalen". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 10 July 1923. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.