1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
| 1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |
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| Host city |
Newark, New Jersey Essex County New Jersey United States |
| Date(s) | September 29 |
| Main stadium | Weequahic Park |
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The 1923 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships women's competition were the first nationalTrack and Field championships for women in the USA. The tournament was held on 29 September 1923 at Weequahic Park in Newark, New Jersey.
After the successful first 1922 Women's World Games in Paris and the three Women's Olympiads (1921 Women's Olympiad, 1922 Women's Olympiad and 1923 Women's World Games) in Monaco the interest for women's sports also grew internationally. In 1922 the "Women's Amateur Athletic Association" (WAAA) was founded in the UK: the WAAA organised the first official British women championships in track and field (WAAA Championships) on 18 August 1923 at the Oxo Sports Ground in Downham outside London.
In the US the "Amateur Athletic Union" (AAU), founded in 1888, in 1916 the AAU already held its first national championship in swimming for women in 1916. In 1922 try-outs for the 1922 Women's World Games were held on 13 May at Oaksmere School in Mamaroneck, some historians consider this event to be the first “national” women’s track meet.
In 1923 the AAU now sponsored the first official American women championships in track and field for women.
The meet was held on 29 September at Weequahic Park in Newark, New Jersey, in 1922 the women athletes for the 1922 games also were training at Weequahic Park.
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