1926 Czechoslovakia–France–Yugoslavia women's athletics match

1926 Czechoslovakia–France–Yugoslavia women's athletics match
Dates	2-3 July 1926
Host city	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	10
Participation	3 nations
Records set	1 World Record equalized 3-4 national records

The 1926 Czechoslovakia–France–Yugoslavia women's athletics match was an international women's athletics competition where a national teams of female Czechoslovak, French and Yugoslavian competed against each other. It was organized in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 2 to 3 July 1926. The match was eventually only scheduled for 2 July, but to to a late start three of the 10 events (javelin throw, 4 x 100 metres relay and long jump) were contested on 3 July.

Radideau equaled the 60 metres world record with a time of 10.0 sec. Several national records were broken.

Background

The event took place in the early era of international women’s athletics with the first women's international tournaments being held from 1921. An earlier match between France and Czechoslovakia was organized in 1924 in Paris.

Competition

60 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Marguerite Radideau (FRA)	10.0 sec	=WR
2	?
3	?
4	Georgette Gagneux (FRA)	10.6 sec

83 metres hurdles

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Geneviève Laloz (FRA)	13.6 sec
2	Marguerite Laloz (FRA)	14.0 sec
3	Milada Pospíšilová (TCH)	14.3

200 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Marguerite Radideau (FRA)	25.4 sec	=NR
2	Marie Kofránková (TCH)	28.6
3	Štepánka Kucerová (TCH)	28.8

1000 metres

Place	Athlete	Time	Note
1	Štepánka Kucerová (TCH)	3:23.8	NR
2	V. Šafránková (TCH)	3:28.4
3	Eugenie Thuault (FRA)

High jump

Place	Athlete	Height	Note
1	Evelyne Cloupet (FRA)	1.43 m
	Věra Galusková (TCH)	1.43 m	NR (in some sources indicated as Yugoslavian)
3	Marguerite Laloz (FRA)	1.35 m

Shot put (2 hands)

Place	Athlete	Right	Left	Total	Note
1	Ludmila Vencová (TCH)			19.19 m
2	?
3	Simone Chapoteau (FRA)	9.555 m	8.55 m	18.105 m
4	Marguerite Radideau (FRA)	10.26 m	7.34 m	17.60 m

Discus throw

Place	Athlete	Distance	Note
1	Štepánka Kucerová (TCH)	32.58 m
2 or 3 (?)	Marija Križ (YUG)	29.91 m	NR (a sources states 31.25 m.)
4	Segrestan (FRA)	25.30 m
5	?
6	Louise Ausset (FRA)	24.10 m

Long jump

Place	Athlete	Height	Note
1	?
2	?
3	Simone Chapoteau (FRA)	4.56 m
4	Raymond (FRA)	4.50 m

Javelin throw (2 hands)

Place	Athlete	Right	Left	Total	Note
1	?
2	?
3	Louise Ausset (FRA)	26.48 m	16.90 m	43.38 m
4	?
5	?
6	Simone Warnier (FRA)	21.91 m	16.27 m	38.18 m

4x 100 metres relay

Place	Team	Time	Note
1	France Georgette Gagneux Geneviève Laloz Simone Chapoteau Marguerite Radideau	51.6	NR

Sources:

Overall classification

Classifcation after day 1.

Rank	Athlete	Points
1	France	31
2	Czechoslovakia	30
2	Yugoslavia	16