Athletics at the Olympics of Grace – 60 metres

60 metres
at the Olympics of Grace
VenueASSI Giglio Rosso
LocationFlorence
Dates
  • May 30 1931 (heats)
  • May 30 1931 (semi-finals)
  • May 30 1931 (final)
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Winning time8.0
Medalists
gold medal Nellie Halstead   Great Britain
silver medal Lisa Gelius   Germany
bronze medal Detta Lorenz [de]   Germany
Athletics at the
Olympics of Grace
Track events
60 mwomen
100 mwomen
200 mwomen
80 m hurdleswomen
4×75 m relaywomen
4×100 m relaywomen
Swedish relaywomen
Field events
High jumpwomen
Long jumpwomen
Shot putwomen
Discus throwwomen
Javelin throwwomen

The 60 metres at the Olympics of Grace was held in Florence at the ASSI Giglio Rosso on 30 May 1931. Fifteen competitors from eight nations competed in the event.[1][2][3]

Schedule

All times are local time.

Date Time Round
30 May 1931 9:00 Preliminaries
30 May 1931 10:15 Semi-finals
30 May 1931 15:45 Final

Results

Preliminaries

The heats took place on 30 May from 9:00am (local time). The first two athletes in each heats continued to the semi-finals and the third athlete of the first and fourth heath.[2]

Preliminary Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Detta Lorenz [de]  Germany 8.0 Q
2 Jolanta Manteufflówna [pl]  Poland 8.2 Q
3 Tina Steiner [it]  Italy - Q
4 Silvia Capsali  Romania -

Preliminary Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lisa Gelius  Germany 8.2 Q
2 Veronika Kohlbach  Austria 8.4 Q
3 Giulia Novack  Italy -

Preliminary Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nellie Halstead  Great Britain 8.0 Q
2 Herma Schurinek  Austria - Q
3 Anna Hřebřinová  Czechoslovakia -
4 Claudia Testoni  Italy -

Preliminary Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Daisy Ridgley  Great Britain 8.0 Q
2 Lidia Bongiovanni  Italy - Q
3 Zrnka Krajnović  Yugoslavia - Q
4 Zdena Smolová  Czechoslovakia -

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place also in the morning session at 10:15am (local time). The top three athletes of both semi-finals qualified for the final.[2]

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Daisy Ridgley  Great Britain 8.2 Q
2 Detta Lorenz [de]  Germany - Q
3 Veronika Kolbach  Austria - Q
4 Tina Steiner [it]  Italy -
5 Zrnka Krajnović  Yugoslavia -

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nellie Halstead  Great Britain 8.2 Q
2 Lisa Gelius  Germany - Q
3 Jolanta Manteufflówna [pl]  Poland - Q
4 Herma Schurinek  Austria -
5 Lidia Bongiovanni  Italy -

Final

Winner Nellie Halstead

The final of the 60 metres event took place during the afternoon session at 15:45 (local time).[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nellie Halstead  Great Britain 8.0
2 Lisa Gelius  Germany -
3 Detta Lorenz [de]  Germany -
4 Jolanta Manteufflówna [pl]  Poland -
5 Daisy Ridgley  Great Britain -
6 Veronika Kohlbach  Austria -

References

  1. ↑ "Le Olimpiadi della Grazia" (PDF). Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Le Olimpiadi della Grazia (seconda parte)" (PDF). Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian).
  3. ↑ "Superba affermazione dell'atletismo femminile nella riunione internazionale di Firenze". Il Littoriale (in Italian). 1 June 1931. p. 7 – via biblioteca dello sport.