1918 French Athletics Championships

1918 French Athletics Championships
1918 French Athletics Championships
Organisers	FSFSF (women)
Dates	10 March 1918 (cross-country men); 28 April 1918 (cross-country women); 30 June 1918 (men); 14-15 July 1918 (women)
Host city	Paris
Venue	Porte de Saint-Cloud [fr] (men); Stade Jean-Bouin [fr] (women)
	← 1917 1919 → ;

The 1918 French Athletics Championships was the year's national athletics championship in outdoor track and field for France. It was the second time women's events were held at the French national championships and the first time a women's French Cross Country Championship was held.

The cross-country events were held for men on 10 March in parc de Saint-Cloud and for women on 28 April in Meudon. The men's track and field events took place on 30 June at Porte de Saint-Cloud [fr] and the women's events were held on 14 and 15 July at Stade Jean-Bouin [fr] in Paris and were organized by Fémina Sport.^[1]^[2]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Alexis Soulignac	11.4	Jack Eller		Jean Orabona
200 metres	Jean Orabona	23.2	Raymond Beudon	~23.5	Henri Tissier	~24.0
400 metres	Louis Téneveau	53.0	Charles Hilsum	~53.4	Georges Lenhoff	53.4
800 metres	John Heilbuth	2:02.8	Phil Spink	~2:04.2	Glachant
1500 metres	Henri Protais	4:12.8	Jacques Keyser	~4:13.6	Pierre Candeliez	~4:15.0
5000 metres	Emile Lucas	16:33.8	E. Pepelletier	16:45	Artaud
110 metres hurdles	Jack Eller	16.4	Maxime Girard	16.8
400 metres hurdles	Edmond Brossard	59.8	Ducos	~1:04.0
Standing high jump	Yves Durier	1.38 m	Vazeilles	1.35 m	Blaise
High jump	Georges Daliere	1.64 m	A.C. Baldwin	1.61 m
Pole vault	Étienne Gajan	3.40 m	Georges Daliere Rouelle	3.25 m	Maxime Girard	3.25 m
Standing long jump	Yves Durier	3.03 m	H. Blaise	2.93 m	Georges Helluin	2.91 m
Long jump	Filippo Baldwin	6.49 m	ALexis Soulignac	6.30 m	André Gauthier	6.28 m
Triple jump	Edmond Brossard	12.38 m	Maxime Girard	12.34 m	J. Charpy	12.20 m
Shot put	Raoul Messerschmidt	11.38 m	Duchateau	10.38 m	Yossiforvitch	10.37 m
Discus throw*	Émile Écuyer	34.40 m	Caille	31.30 m	Raoul Messerschmitt	29.93 m
Javelin throw	Georges Helluin	40.12 m	Caille	38.22 m	Émile Écuyer	37.60 m
Cross country	Jacques Keyser	57:48.4	Pierre Lalaimode	58:51.2	Antoine Devaux	59:38

* Outside competition Émile Écuyer threw 37.30 m.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
80 metres	Suzanne Liébrard	11.2	Thérèse Brulé	~11.4	Paule Fercoq du Leslay
300 metres	Suzanne Liébrard	48.8	Thérèse Brulé	~49.4	Gandgle
1000 metres	Lucie Cadiès	3:30.6	Lucienne Laudré	~3:31.6	Renée Mireux	~3:32.2
83 metres hurdles	Suzanne Liébrard	16.0	Paule Fercoq du Leslay	~16.4	Jeanne Brulé
Standing high jump	Thérèse Brulé	1.02 m	Suzanne Liebrard	1.00 m	Jeanne Brulé	0.93 m
High jump	Paule Fercoq du Leslay	1.29 m	Suzanne Liebrard	1.27 m	Borgelat Thérèse Brulé	1.25 m
Standing long jump	Suzanne Liébrard	2.36 m	Frédérique Kusel	2.32 m	Gandgle	2.22 m
Long jump	Suzanne Liébrard	4.53 m	Thérèse Brulé	4.46 m	Germaine Delapierre	4.26 m
Shot put (2 arms)	Jeanne Janiaud [fr]	13.19 m	Violette Morris	13.00	Paule Fercoq du Leslay	12.09
Cross country	Marie-Antoinette De Tinguy	9:58	Lucienne Laudré	10:25	Lucie Cadiès	10:30

Sources:^[1]

References

1 2 "Les finalistes des championnats de France - 1888 à 1969" (PDF). La commission de la documentation et de l'histoire (in French). p. 40-42. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
↑ "Quotidien L'Auto n°6370- Les grandes épreuves pédestres". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). 1 July 1918..

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[FRA-1] 1 2 "Les finalistes des championnats de France - 1888 à 1969" (PDF). La commission de la documentation et de l'histoire (in French). p. 40-42. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[2] "Quotidien L'Auto n°6370- Les grandes épreuves pédestres". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). 1 July 1918..

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