Who is first lady to win a Gold Medal in Olympics?

Answer 1

Gold Medals where not awarded until the 1906 St.Louis Olympics. Maltida Scott Howell won her gold medal in archery.

Answer 2

Abbott, Margaret I.
Golf
b. June 15, 1878, Calcutta, India
d. June 10, 1955
The little-known Abbott was the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal, and she didn't even know it. It happened during the poorly organized Paris Games of 1900, the second modern Olympics, when even some of the track and field medalists thought they were competing in just another track meet.

Abbott, the daughter of novelist Mary Ives Abbott, had gone to Paris with her mother in 1899 to study art. The following year, she was one of ten women who entered a 9-hole golf tournament. The other women, she light-heartedly told relatives, "apparently misunderstood the nature of the game scheduled for the day and turned up to play in high heels and tight skirts." Abbott, more sensibly attired, won the tournament with a 47.

In 1902 she married political satirist Finley Peter Dunne, creator of "Mr. Dooley." She never knew she'd won an Olympic event; only recent research has established that the tournament was on the 1900 Olympic program.

Answer 3

Four years after the commencement of Modern Olympic Games women made their Olympic debut at the Paris Games in 1900, only two sports were open to them : tennis and golf. And in Golf Margaret Ives won the Gold for USA while in Tennis Charlotte Cooper claimed Gold for Great Britain

Answer 4

On 25 August 1920 at the Antwerp Olympics, Ethelda Bleibtrey won the 100m freestyle. First record of woman winning a gold at the olympics.

Answer 5

1920 Summer Olympics
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Games of the VII Olympiad


Host city Antwerp, Belgium
Nations participating 29
Athletes participating 2,626
(2,561 men, 65 women)
Events 154 in 22 sports
Opening ceremony April 20
Closing ceremony September 12
Officially opened by Albert I of Belgium
Athlete's Oath Victor Boin
Stadium Olympisch Stadion
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. The city was chosen in April 1919 to memorialize Belgium for its suffering in World War I, beating out Amsterdam and Lyon for the right to hold the games. The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey were not invited due to their part in the war.

Contents [hide]
1 Highlights
2 Medals awarded
2.1 Demonstration sport
3 Participating nations
4 Medal count
5 See also
6 External links



[edit] Highlights
These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag was flown.
The USA won 41 Gold, 27 Silver, and 27 Bronze medals, the most won by any of the 29 nations attending. Sweden, Great Britain, Finland and Belgium round out the top 5 medal winning nations.
The Games also featured a week of winter sports, with figure skating and ice hockey making their Olympic debut.
Duke Kahanamoku retained the 100m swimming title he won before the war.
Nedo Nadi won 5 gold medals in the fencing events.
At the age of 72, Sweden's running deer double-shot event champion Oscar Swahn won in the team event to become the oldest Olympic champion ever.
23 year old Paavo Nurmi won the 10,000 and 8,000 meter cross country, took another gold in team cross country, and a silver in 5,000 meter run. His contributions for Finland broke the U.S. dominance record in track and field with 9 medals.

[edit] Medals awarded
Archery
Athletics
Boxing
Cycling
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Figure skating (on ice)
Football
Gymnastics
Hockey
Ice hockey
Modern pentathlon
Polo
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Tennis
Tug of war
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling



[edit] Demonstration sport
Korfball

[edit] Participating nations

participantsA total of 29 nations participated in the Antwerp Games. Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Monaco, New Zealand, and Yugoslavia competed as nations at the Olympic Games for the first time.

Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Great Britain
Greece
India
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Yugoslavia



[edit] Medal count
Main article: 1920 Summer Olympics medal count
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1920 Games.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 41 27 27 95
2 Sweden 19 18 24 61
3 Great Britain 15 15 13 43
4 Finland 15 10 9 34
5 Belgium (host nation) 14 11 11 36
6 Norway 13 9 9 31
7 Italy 13 5 5 23
8 France 9 19 13 41
9 Netherlands 4 2 5 11
10 Denmark 3 9 1 13


Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Ethelda Bleibtrey
United States (USA) 1:13.6 Irene Guest
United States (USA) 1:17.0 Frances Schroth
United States (USA) 1:17.2
300 m freestyle Ethelda Bleibtrey
United States (USA) 4:34.0 Margaret Woodbridge
United States (USA) 4:42.8 Frances Schroth
United States (USA) 4:52.0
4×100 m
freestyle relay United States (USA)
Margaret Woodbridge
Frances Schroth
Irene Guest
Ethelda Bleibtrey 5:11.6 Great Britain (GBR)
Hilda James
Constance Mabel Jeans
Charlotte Radcliffe
Grace MacKenzie 5:40.6 Sweden (SWE)
Aina Berg
Emy Machnow
Karin Nilsson
Jane Gylling 5:43.6

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Betty Robinson Schwartz 1936 Track and Field "fastest woman in the world" at that time..

Answer 8

st. louis 1906

Answer 9

i agree with moglie's words.