1926 Women's World Games – 100 yards hurdles

100 yards hurdles
at the 1926 Women's World Games
VenueSlottsskogsvallen
LocationGothenburg, Sweden
Dates29 August 1926
Winning time14.4
Medalists
gold medal    Czechoslovakia
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Great Britain
← 1922
100 yards hurdles discontinued
1930 (80 metres hurdles) →

The 100 yards hurdles event at the 1926 Women's World Games was the second time the 100 yards hurdles was held at Women's World Games. The event took place in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen during the second day of the Games on 28 August 1926.[1] At the 1930 Women's World Games the 100 yards hurdles was replaced by the 80 metres hurdles event.

Polish Ludmila Sychrová won the final in a time of 11.8 seconds, ahead of the British women Edith White and Hilda Hatt.[2]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 had five participants.[3] It was won by Sychrová ahead of Hatt and Vandaelen.[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ludmila Sychrová  Czechoslovakia Q
2 Hilda Hatt  Great Britain Q
3 Henriette Vandaelen  Belgium Q
4 Hanna Jędrzejewska  Poland 16.4
5 Ann-Margret Ahlstrand  Sweden

Heat 2

An image of heat 2 shows four athletes.[5]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
? Geneviève Laloz  France Q (#14 on image)
? Edith White  Great Britain Q (#43 on image)
? Marie Vidláková [cs]  Czechoslovakia Q (#4 on image)
? Helena Woynarowska  Poland [6]

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time (s) Notes
1 Ludmila Sychrová  Czechoslovakia 14.4
2 Edith White  Great Britain 14.8
3 Hilda Hatt  Great Britain 15.0
4 Geneviève Laloz  France 15.6
5 Marie Vidláková [cs]  Czechoslovakia
6 Henriette Vandaelen  Belgium 16.1

Source:[2][4][1][7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "De Spelen van Gothemburg | De tweede dag" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 30 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.
  3. Häcklöpning, heat 1
  4. 4.0 4.1 "De vrouwenspelen van Gothemburg" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 31 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. Häcklöpning, heat 2
  6. Kurzyński, Henryk; Rachwalski, Maciej; Socha, Andrzej; Wołejko, Tadeusz (2008). Historia polskiej kobiecej lekkoatletyki w okresie międzywojennym (PDF). Warsaw: Komisja Statystyczna PZLA. p. 353.
  7. "Les Jeux Internationaux de Gothembourg" (in French). Le Matin. 30 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2024.