Women's Olympic Game...
World Games Consisting of Several Competitions.
Women's World Sports event consisting of several events similar to the Olympics, which were held between 1922 and 1934 for female participants only. The sole reason for the establishment of the event was to address the lack of women's athletic competitions at the Olympic Games. A trial program was initially held in Monte Carlo in 1921, followed by the first "Women's Olympic Games" in Paris in 1922. Were. Athletes competed in eleven events: 60 m, 100 yards, 300 m, 1000 m, 4 x 110 yard relay, 100 yards hurdling, high jump, long jump, vertical long jump, javelin throw and shot put. 20,000 people participated in the Games and 18 world records were set. Despite the successful outcome of the event, the IOC still refused to include women's athletics in the 1924 Summer Olympics. On top of this, the IOC and IAAF objected to the use of the word "Olympics" in the event, so the IWSF changed the name of the event to the Women's World Games for the 1926 edition.
The event was founded by Alice Milliot after the IOC refused to include women's track and field event in the Olympics. Milliat established the Fédération Sportive Feminine Internationale (FSFI) to oversee the conduct of the women's games.
The 1926 Women's World Games will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Discus throw was added to the program. These Games convinced the IOC to allow women to compete in the Olympics in certain athletics events. The IOC allowed women to compete in the 100 m, 800 m, 4 × 100 m relay, high jump and discus throw in 1928. There will be two more editions of the Women's World Games, in 1930 Prague and after three editions, the last held in 1934 London. In which athletes from 19 countries took part. A fifth edition of the event was planned in Vienna in 1938, but was later canceled.
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