Womens Olympic Games 1922

Paris, France. Alice Milliat forced the door open for women athletics

Overview

Shut out of Olympic track and field, French organizer Alice Milliat staged a womens meet in Paris in August 1922 before some 20,000 spectators. Under pressure from Milliat, who threatened to make the festival recurring, the athletics authorities admitted women to a limited program at Amsterdam 1928. Further editions followed in Gothenburg 1926, Prague 1930 and London 1934, building the platform for the full women program of today.