1922

Women's Athletics

• First 'Women’s Olympic Games' Ignite Controversy – Official Olympic Committee Disapproves of the Name

Meets in America

• Hartranft Tops the World: 15.25m  (Stanford University v San Francisco Olympic Club)

• Paddock Dashes a World Leader in Hawaii

• Clarke Tops the World (Virginia v Johns Hopkins v Princeton)

• Ville Ritola Makes His Debut in the Marathon - Second at Boston

• Penn & Drake Relays: World Leader for Syracuse

• Merchant's Long Whirl 

• Ivey Grabs World Lead – 14.8 (ICAL Conference)

• Smith Defeats Paulu (Mission Valley Conference)

• Wolters and Osborn: Double Champions of the Western Conference

• Ritola Celebrates at New York Championships

• Ritola Wins the New York Road Race

US Collegiate Championships

• Merchant Threw the Victory Trophy to California (IC4A)

• LeGendre, Paulu, Merchant Shine at the Second NCAA Meet

Nationals

• USA (AAU): Ray, Hubbard – World Leaders in the US Championships

• Britain (AAA): Finland's All-Time Most Dominant Track And Field Team in London

• Swedish Record Shattered at the 200m

• Finland (Kalevan kisat): Liejuisat Kalevan kisat Eläintarhassa – Drisin kirmaisi 200 metrin Suomen ennätyksen (Finnish Athletics Championships, in Finnish)

• Peltzer Secures His First German Title

International matches

• Britain Defeats France under the London Sun

• Germany v Switzerland: Houben Sprints to World-Leading Time of 10.5

• Sweden v Norway v Denmark:  Pole Vault WR of 4.12m for Hoff

• The First International Match of Finnish Track and Field Was Held in France in 1922

International Championships

• Plaza Dominates the Unofficial South American Championships

Meets in Europe and Oceania

• South African Sprinters Dash 220 Yards Fast

• Holz Jumps to World Lead in Triple Jump

• Nurmi Wins Roosevelt Trophy in Paris

• Backman's Three Victorious Runs in Scandinavia

• Tuulos and Gädda Enter the World’s Triple Jump Top Ten

• Nurmi Prepares to Break Kolehmainen’s World Record – Two Records in Finland as a Warm-Up

• Nurmi 14:35.3 – Kolehmainen's 'Unbeatable' Record is Broken

• Hoff 4.06m

• Klumberg Breaks the Decathlon World Record

• Lossmann Tops the World Rankings

• Christiernsson Rises to the Top

• Wide Beats Backman

• Kolehmainen Sets 30,000 Metre World Record

Key Moments in Athletics/Track and Field: 1922

• An audio conversation, timeline, summary report, and FAQ about the 1922 track and field year. The files have been created by the AI application Notebook LM and may therefore contain inaccuracies.