1921

Women's Athletics

• Madame Milliat Takes Action – Women’s Athletics Begins to Organize

Meets in America

• Paddock's Speedy Season – a Mark that Could Not Be Believed

• Zuna the Most Enduring

• University of Illinois Storms to Third Place in World Rankings for 4x440-Yard Relay (Drake Relays)

• Desch Dazzles at the Penn Relays

• Pope Hurls Discus to World Lead (University of Washington v Washington State University)

• Shea Tops the World 

• Ritola Claims Metropolitan Championships

US Collegiate Championships

• IC4A Trophy to the University of California, Decided Only in the Final Event (IC4A)

• Thomson Equals the World Record for the 120-yard Hurdles with 14.4 (NCAA)

Nationals

• USA (AAU): the Most Competitive Meet of 1921

• Britain (AAA): Olympic Champion Hill Still in Top Form

• Sweden: Backman Dominates

• Finland (Kalevan kisat): Kotkan kova hiekkakenttä suosi juoksijoita (Finnish Championships, in Finnish)

• Close Long Jump Competition in Germany

International Matches

• Gradually Getting a Taste of International Matches – Despite the Politics

• Harvard-Yale v Oxford-Cambridge: Gourdin Leaps a WR in the LJ

• Sweden Defeats France – Good Results in Long Distances

• Sweden v Norway v Denmark: Jansson Triple Jumps 14.60m – Secures Third Place in World Rankings

• Germany Wins Their First  International Match – Imbach of Switzerland as the Top Scorer

• France v Britain: Guillemot, Who Once Defeated Nurmi, Regains his Running Form – but Britain Stronger in the Match

International Championships

• Catalon Achieves Double Victory in the Far East

Meets in Europe and Oceania

• Nurmi Chasing Records: Sets his First WR in the 10K

• Other European Meets: Kolehmainen, Klumberg, Hoff, Mountain, Myyrä

• Winter Leaps to World Lead in Australian Summer (Southern Sydney AAC Championships)

Key Moments in Athletics/Track and Field: 1921

• An audio conversation, timeline, summary report, and FAQ about the 1921 track and field year. The files have been created by the AI application Notebook LM and may therefore contain inaccuracies.