Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games – 100 metres

100 metres at the 1930 Women's World Games
Venue	Letná Stadium
Location	Prague
Dates	6-8 September 1930
Competitors	15 from 27 nations
Medalists
Stanisława Walasiewicz    Poland   Tollien Schuurman    Netherlands   Lisa Gelius    Germany

The 100 metres at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium, from 6-8 September 1930. It was the first time the 100 metres was held at the Women's World Games, replacing the 100 yards at the first two Games.

27 athletes from 15 nations competed in the event.^[1]

Entrants

In August 1930, entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the 200 metres event.^[2][3]

Nationality	Name
Great Britain	Eileen Hiscock
Great Britain	Daisy Ridgley
Great Britain	Ethel Scott
Great Britain	Ivy Walker
Italy	Maria Bravin
Italy	Derna Polazzo
Netherlands	Bets ter Horst
Netherlands	Tollien Schuurman
Sweden	Ruth Dahlin
Sweden	Maj Jacobsson
Sweden	Maud Sundberg
Sweden	Ebba Sundholm

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 6 September.^[4][5]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marguerite Radideau	France	12.8	Q
2	Bets ter Horst	Netherlands	13.0	Q
3	Anna Krausová	Czechoslovakia	13.1
?
?

Sources:^[6][7]

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Daisy Ridgley	Great Britain	12.7	Q
2	Sara Teitelbaum	Estonia	13	Q
3	Lucienne Velu	France	13.1
?
?

Source:^[6][4]

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kinue Hitomi	Japan	12.8	Q
2	Emmi Haux	Germany	13.1	Q?
3	Anna Daukša	Latvia	13.3
?
?

Source:^[6][4]

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lisa Gelius	Germany	12.8	Q
2	Anna Kuznickova	Czechoslovakia	13	Q?
3	Ruth Dahlin	Sweden	13.3
?
?

Source:^[4]

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.6	Q
2	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	12.7	Q
3	Eileen Hiscock	Great Britain	12.7	Q
4	Honyo	Japan	12.8
?

Sources:^[4][7][8]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on Sunday 7 September, with bad weather conditions.^[9] The top two athletes of each semi-final qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Daisy Ridgley	Great Britain	13.3	Q
2	Bets ter Horst	Netherlands	13.4	Q
3	Marguerite Radideau	France

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	12.9	Q
2	Eileen Hiscock	Great Britain	13.0	Q
3	Kinue Hitomi	Japan

Semi-final 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.8	Q
2	Lisa Gelius	Germany	12.8	Q
3	Sara Teitebaum	Estonia

Sources^{[10][8][11][12]}

Final

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.5
	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	12.6
	Lisa Gelius	Germany	12.6
4	Eileen Hiscock	Great Britain	12.7
5	Daisy Ridgley	Great Britain	12.8
6	Bets ter Horst	Netherlands	13.0

Sources:^[13][14][1]

Related pages

• Athletics at the Olympics of Grace – 100 metres

References

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