1929 Netherlands–Belgium women's athletics competition

1929 Netherlands–Belgium women's athletics competition
1929 Netherlands–Belgium women's athletics competition
Dates	18 August 1929
Host city	Maastricht, Netherlands
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor track and field
Events	8
Participation	20 athletes from ; 2 nations
Records set	1 World record; 3 national records
	← 1928 (NED–GER) 1933 → ;

The 1929 Netherlands–Belgium women's athletics competition was an international women's athletics competition on 18 August 1929 Maastricht, the Netherlands.^[1]

The competition was won by the Netherlands with 46 points versus Belgium with 26 points.^[2]

During the competition Lien Gisolf set a new world record in the high jump with 1.608 metres.^[1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of 8 individual events and a relay event. The overall classification is a nation's classification. In the individual events two athletes of each nation participated. The winner of the event received for the most points, with every other place one point less. For the overall classication, all points scored by the athlete from each country are added together.

Entrants

The Dutch athlethes were selected by the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation and announced ahead of the competition.^[3] and the Belgian athletes were announced ahead of the competition.^[4]

Names and events in italics or ~~striked~~ are differenced between the entry and athletes at the events.^[1]

Netherlands
Naam	Club	Event
Lies Aengenendt	Hygiea, The Hague	100 m. 4x 100 metres relay
Rie Briejer	Brünhilde, Leiden	Long jump 4x 100 metres relay
IJke Buisma	Olympia, Aalsmeer	High jump
Lien Gisolf	Hygiea, The Hague	High jump
Bets ter Horst	AV Twenthe	100 m. 4x 100 metres relay
Dicky Leonhardt	AV Twenthe	Javelin throw
Jo Mallon	Quick, Gouda	800 m
Agaath van Noort	Brunhilde, Leiden	800m
Dora Olthuis	AV Twenthe	Discus throw
Leny Rombout	Sparta, Dordrecht	Javelin throw
G. Tolsma	Quick, Huizum	80 m hurdles
Dora Wevers	AV Twenthe	Shot put Discus throw
Annie de Jong-Zondervan	Quick, Huizum	80 m hurdles Long jump 4x 100 metres relay

Belgium
Naam	Club	Event
Juliette Segers	Atalanta	100m 800m 4x 100 metres relay
Rosa van Crombrugge	Atalanta	100m Long jump 4x 100 metres relay
Matie-Louise Brondu		800m 4x 100 metres relay
~~Lucie Petit~~	Cercle Athlétique Feminine	~~80m hurdles~~
Leontine Stevens	Cercle Athlétique Feminine	High jump 4x 100 metres relay Long jump ~~80m hurdles~~
Jenny Toitgans	Cercle Athlétique Feminine	High jump Discus throw Javellin throw
~~Elise van Truyen~~	William Elie Club	100m long jump high jump 4x 100m relay
José Paques	Atalanta	Discus throw
Jeanne Van Kesteren	Cercle Athlétique Feminine	~~800m~~ Javelin throw

The Dutch result book states that Louise Stevens competed in the long jump, in stead of Leontine Stevens. However this is not in line with newspaper reports, that are not mentioning her name and mentioning a team of seven athletes and with results in Belgian sources.^[1]^[5]

Competition

100 m
Place	Athlete	Time
1	Bets ter Horst (NED)	13.4 sec
2	Lies Aengenendt (NED)	14 sec
3	Juliette Segers (BEL)
4	Rosa van Crombrugge (BEL)

800 m
Place	Athlete	Time
1	Juliette Segers (BEL)	2:37.2
2	Matie-Louise Brondu (BEL)	2:39
3	Jo Mallon (NED)
4	Agaath van Noort (NED)

80 metres hurdles
Place	Athlete	Time
1	Annie de Jong-Zondervan (NED)	13 sec.
2	G. Tolsma (NED)	13.6 sec.

Long jump
Place	Athlete	Height
1	Annie de Jong-Zondervan (NED)	4.975 m.
2	Rie Briejer (NED)	4.75 m.
3	Leontine Stevens (BEL)	4.39 m.
4	Rosa van Crombrugge (BEL)	3.41 m.

High jump
Place	Athlete	Height
1	Lien Gisolf (NED)	1.608 m. WR,NR
2	Leontine Stevens (BEL)	1.37 m.
3	IJke Buisma (NED)	1.32 m.
4	Jenny Toitgans (BEL)	missed starting height

Discus throw
Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Dora Wevers (NED)	31.10 m.
2	Jenny Toitgans (BEL)	29.36 m.
3	José Paques (BEL)	28.20 m.
4	Dora Olthuis (NED)	27.28 m.

Javelin throw
Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Leny Rombout (NED)	36.42 m. NR
2	Dicky Leonhardt (NED)	32.40 m.
3	Jeanne Van Kesteren (BEL)	28.65 m. NR
4	Jenny Toitgans (BEL)	25.12 m.

4x 100 metres relay
Place	Team	Time
1	Netherlands Annie de Jong-Zondervan Rie Briejer Lies Aengenendt Bets ter Horst	51.4 sec.
2	Belgium Matie-Louise Brondu Leontine Stevens Rosa van Crombrugge Juliette Segers	55.4 sec.

Overall classification

Rank	Athlete	Points
1	Netherlands	46
2	Germany	26

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Atletiek Vrouwen in Oranje 1928 – 1939" (PDF). Stichting Atletiekerfgoed (in Dutch). p. 9. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
↑ "Dameswedstrijd Holland-België". Nieuwe Haarlemsche courant (in Dutch). 20 August 1929. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
↑ "Dameswedstrijd Holland-België". Provinciale Geldersche en Nijmeegsche courant (in Dutch). 19 August 1929. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
↑ "De athletiekwedstrijd Nederland-België". De Gooi- en Eemlander (in Dutch). 12 August 1929. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.
↑ "Te Maestricht Holland klopt België | Mej. Gisolf klopt een wereldrecord". Sportwereld (in Dutch). 19 August 1929. p. 4 – via uurl.kbr.be.

[atletiekerfgoed-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Atletiek Vrouwen in Oranje 1928 – 1939" (PDF). Stichting Atletiekerfgoed (in Dutch). p. 9. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[Ref1-2] "Dameswedstrijd Holland-België". Nieuwe Haarlemsche courant (in Dutch). 20 August 1929. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.

[entrants-3] "Dameswedstrijd Holland-België". Provinciale Geldersche en Nijmeegsche courant (in Dutch). 19 August 1929. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.

[entrants_BEL-4] "De athletiekwedstrijd Nederland-België". De Gooi- en Eemlander (in Dutch). 12 August 1929. Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via Delpher.

[SportW-5] "Te Maestricht Holland klopt België | Mej. Gisolf klopt een wereldrecord". Sportwereld (in Dutch). 19 August 1929. p. 4 – via uurl.kbr.be.

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