The article follows the work of Jiří Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský in the given period both on the domestic and on the international scene. In the new Czechoslovak state, it was necessary to establish a new Czechoslovak Olympic Committee which would serve as a representative of athletes of all nationalities. This, however, proceeded very slowly. With the strengthening of the status of sports associations, their young officials also asked for a greater share of COC’s decisionmaking. Therefore, in the second half of the 1920s, there was a crisis in the Czechoslovak Olympic Movement, to which Guth-Jarkovsky responded by retreating. Throughout the interwar period, however, he remained an active member of the International Olympic Committee. At first, he was the Secretary General, later a member of its executive board. He actively participated in the design and adoption of the Olympic Charter and organization of the 8th Olympic Congress in Prague in 1925. However, in 1936 his reputation was damaged by his support of the XI. Olympic Games in Nazi-dominated Berlin.
After the World War I, women took action to have broader rights to do sports and participate in the Olympics. In 1921 they established International Women’s Sports Federation. On the initiative of International Women’s Sports Federation the first Women’s Olympic Games were held in Paris in 1922. The next ones – under the name of Women's World Games – were held in 1926 (Gothenburg), in 1930 (Prague) and in 1934 (London). The greatest achievement of the Women’s World Games was promoting women’s sports and obtaining the consent of the International Olympic Committee for inclusion of track and field events for women in the programme of the Olympic Games. The programme of the Women’s World Games consisted of the following disciplines: sports games (Czech handball, basketball, volleyball, handball), athletics and fencing. In the 1922 competition sportswomen from the following 5 countries participated: Czechoslovakia, France, Switzerland, the USA and the United Kingdom. In the next – Women’s World Games – the participation of countries and athletes was on the increase. In team classification of the Women’s World Games, the best national teams included those of: France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, the USA and the United Kingdom.
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