1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match

1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match
Dates	17 August 1929
Host city	Düsseldorf, Germany
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	10
Participation	28 athletes from 2 nations

The 1929 Germany–Great Britain women's athletics match was an international women's athletics competition on 17 August 1929 in Düsseldorf, Germany between Germany and the United Kingdom.^[1][2][3]

The competition was won by Germany with 53.5 points ahead of the United Kingdom with 45.5 points.

Competition format

The competition consisted of 10 events. Two athletes per country could competed in the individual events. The overall classification is a nation's classification. The winner of the each received for the nation a certain amount of points. For the overall classication all points from each country are added together.

Competitors

Germany Name Event Ruth Becker 80 metres hurdles Inge Braumüller High jump Marie Dollinger 800 metres Tilly Fleischer Shot put Discus throw Lisa Gelius 100 metres 4 x 100 metres relay Selma Grieme [de] High jump Long jump Auguste Hargus [de] Long jump Javelin throw Emmi Haux 80 metres hurdles 4 x 100 metres relay Grete Heublein Shot put Discus throw Martha Jacob [de] Javelin throw Rosa Kellner 100 metres 4 x 100 metres relay Detta Lorenz [de] 200 metres 4 x 100 metres relay Leni Schmidt 200 metres Margarete Stramm 800 metres

United Kingdom Name Event Ruth Christmas 800 metres Muriel Cornell 80 metres hurdles Long jump Javelin throw Hilda Hatt 80 metres hurdles Eileen Hiscock 4 x 100 metres relay Marion King 200 metres Josephine Matthews Long jump Mary Milne High jump Marjorie Okell High jump Discus trow Daisy Ridgley 4 x 100 metres relay Violet Streater 800 metres Rose Thompson 100 metres 4 x 100 metres relay Ivy Walker 100 metres 4 x 100 metres relay Winifred Weldon 200 metres Mary Weston Shot put Discus throw Javelin throw

Results

100 metres

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ivy Walker	Great Britain	12.6 sec
2	Rose Thompson	Great Britain	12.7 sec
3	Lisa Gelius	Germany	12.8 sec
4	Rosa Kellner	Germany

200 metres

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Detta Lorenz	Germany	26.1 sec
2	Marion King	Great Britain	26.3 sec
3	Leni Schmidt	Germany	26.7 sec
4	Winifred Weldon	Great Britain

800 metres

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marie Dollinger	Germany	2:23.2
2	Ruth Christmas	Great Britain	2:23.8
3	Margarete Stramm	Germany	2:25.8
4	Violet Streater	Great Britain

80 metres hurdles

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Hilda Hatt	Great Britain	12.3 sec
2	Emmi Haux	Germany	12.6 sec
3	Muriel Cornell	Great Britain	12.7 sec
4	Ruth Becker	Germany

4 × 100 metres relay

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Great Britain	Rose Thompson Eileen Hiscock Daisy Ridgley Ivy Walker	48,7
2	Germany	Rosa Kellner Lisa Gelius Detta Lorenz Emmi Haux	48,9

High jump

Place	Athlete	Nation	Height
1	Marjorie Okell	Great Britain	1.51 m
	Inge Braumüller	Germany	1.51 m
3	Mary Milne	Great Britain	1.47 m
4	Selma Grieme	Germany	1.42 m

Long jump

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Selma Grieme	Germany	5.69 m
2	Muriel Cornell	Great Britain	5.61 m
3	Auguste Hargus	Germany	5.36 m
4	Josephine Matthews	Great Britain	4.64 m

Shot put

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Grete Heublein	Germany	12.45 m
2	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	11.73 m
3	Mary Weston	Great Britain	09.95 m

Discus throw

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	37.95 m
2	Grete Heublein	Germany	34.09 m
3	Mary Weston	Great Britain	34.00
4	Marjorie Okell	Great Britain	25.28 m

Javelin throw

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Auguste Hargus	Germany	37.82 m
2	Martha Jacob	Germany	34.73 m
3	Mary Weston	Great Britain	25.12 m
4	Muriel Cornell	Great Britain	21.28 m

Overall classification

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Germany	53.5
1	United Kingdom	45.5

References

1. Möwes, Detlef; Krüger, Julian (1992). 100 Jahre Deutsche Leichtathletik, Eine statistische Auswertung (in German). Selbstverlag Detlef Mewes.
2. K. Wilhelm Köster (1998). 100 Jahre deutsche Leichtathletik (1898–1998): von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Hornberger Verlag.
3. Presseausschuß des Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verbandes (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Leichtathletik 1958 (in German). Berlin-Charlottenburg: Verlag Bartels & Wernitz. 1958. p. 188.