Women's World Games 5th was cancelled as women participated in the 1938 European Athletics Championships. Women's World Games The Women's World Games were the first international women's sports events in track and field. The games were held four times between 1922 and 1934. They were established by Alice Milliat and the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) to compensate for the lack of women's sports at the Olympic Games. The games were an important step towards women's equality in sports. A forerunner tournament was held in Monte Carlo in March 1921. Women were allowed to take part in the Olympic games since 1900 (II
Participation of women in the Olympics 50 metres pistol and the 50 metres rifle prone events. Men are excluded from the 25 metres pistol event. From 1996 to 2004, women were allowed to participate the double trap competition. The women's event was taken off the Olympic program after the 2004 Summer Olympics. Final shooting for women was discontinued in international competition as a result. Since 1984 the women's road race has been 140 kilometres to the men's 250 kilometres. The time trials are 29 kilometres and 44 kilometres respectively. Each country is limited to sending five men but only four women to the summer Games. In