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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Lina Radke
		Together with her husband and coach, Georg Radke, Lina Radke was one of the pioneers of female athletics in the mid-1920s.
		She first specialised in the 1000 m, but when this was changed into the 800 m (because that distance would be held at the upcoming 1928 Summer Olympics), she switched to that event.
		Radke died aged 79 in Karlsruhe, the city where she had grown up.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Lina_Radke (307 words)

	Lina Radke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born as Lina Batschauer in Baden-Baden, she started competing in athletics in an era when women involved in sports were still frowned upon.
		Together with her husband and coach, Georg Radke, Lina Radke was one of the pioneers of female athletics in the mid-1920s.
		Radke died aged 79 in Karlsruhe, the city where she had grown up.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lina_Radke (278 words)

	Lina Radke -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born as Lina Batschauer in (Click link for more info and facts about Baden-Baden) Baden-Baden, she started competing in athletics in an era when women involved in sports were still frowned upon.
		Together with her husband and coach, Georg Radke, Lina Radke was one of the pioneers of female athletics in the mid- (The decade from 1920 to 1929) 1920s.
		Radke died aged 79 in (Click link for more info and facts about Karlsruhe) Karlsruhe, the city where she had grown up.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Li/Lina_Radke.htm (339 words)

	Virtual School - History - Projects - Olympic Games - (9) 1928 Olympic ...
		The longest distance race for women was the 800 meters race.
		Lina Radke of Germany won the race in the world record time of 2 minutes 16.8 seconds.
		Some critics claimed this was evidence that women should not be allowed to take part in such “feats of endurance”.
	www.eun.org /ww/en/pub/virtual_school/depts/history/projects/olympic_games/_9__1928_olympic_games.htm (548 words)

	Lina Wertmüller -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Italian movie director and screenwriter Lina Wertmüller is noted for comedies that focus on tensions between the sexes and on political and social issues.
		Born in Rome on Aug. 14, 1928, Wertmüller graduated from the city's Academy of Theater in 1951.
		Features a presentation speech on the occasion of his winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 for discovering the potent toxic effects of DDT on insects.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9314131 (453 words)

	History and Heroes from every Olympic Games since 1896; Sunday Times Great British Olympians
		Among nations to enjoy their first gold-medal successes were Japan.
		Lina Radke-Batschauer's victory in the 800m represented the first victory in athletics for Germany and would mark the start of a change in the atlas of sporting success.
		Indeed Germany's readmission to the Games was truly triumphant, its athletes rising to runners-up on the medal table with 10 gold medals behind the US tally of 22 gold, 18 silver and 16 bronze medals.
	www.times-olympics.co.uk /historyheroes/historyams1928.html (474 words)

	BBC SPORT \| HISTORY \| Amsterdam 1928
		Women competed for the first time ever in track and field events, despite de Coubertin's objections, but were limited to only five events.
		German Lina Radke-Batschauer became only the second athlete to win a gold medal for her nation in a track and field event in the 800m.
		But the race was remembered for the state of her fellow competitors, some suffering completion exhaustion, forcing the IOC to decide to suspend the 800m for women until 1960.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics2000/fans_guide/features/history/872514.stm (283 words)

	Draze Search Results
		Search, find and buy Lina Wertmuller Collection (DVD) and other Videos and DVDs products from a variety of merchants via the OneCart(tm) solution at SHOP.COM.
		The work of acclaimed Italian filmmaker Lina Wertm ller saw her rise to become the first...
		Italian movie director and screenwriter Lina Wertmanduuml;ller is noted for comedies that focus on tensions between the sexes and on political and social issues.
	www.draze.com /search/?search=lina+wertm+ller&type=web (225 words)

	Bigger Faster Stronger
		So in Amsterdam, a city considered liberal by most standards, the stage was set for the first women Olympians in gymnastics and track and field.
		The longest event for women was the 800-meter race, won by Lina Radke of Germany.
		As the athletes crossed the finish line, several of the competitors collapsed to the ground in exhaustion, a result not uncommon among male competitors too.
	www.biggerfasterstronger.com /p_magDetails_NoMember.asp?id=90&previd=12 (2571 words)

	Ams_1928 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		However, a world women's organization, which had organized its own games for women, force the IOC to compromise.
		The German Lina Radke-Batschauer accomplished what had previously been achieved only by the tug-of-war team back in 1906: a German gold medal in a track-and-field event.
		In the 800-meter competition, she crossed the finish line in a world record time of 2:16.8.
	www.sportz4u.com /isport/olympics/fnlsite/History/fhist/1928s.html (403 words)

	Screw Bronze!: The fight of women athletes: "not appropriate for ladies"
		Finally in 1928 they were admitted in five events including the 800 meter run.
		Despite a world record by Lina Radke, because several women collapsed the IOC President Count Henri Baillet-Latour tried to have all female competition eliminated from the games (back to the “female applause as their reward”).
		Instead, women were to be permitted no races longer than 200 meters from 1928 until 1960.
	elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com /2007/02/fight-of-women-athletes-not-appropriate.html (2223 words)

	The Education Forum > Women and the Olympic Games: Part 1
		The longest distance race for women was the 800 meters race.
		Lina Radke of Germany won the race in the world record time of 2 minutes 16.8 seconds.
		Some critics claimed this was evidence that women should not be allowed to take part in such “feats of endurance”.
	educationforum.ipbhost.com /lofiversion/index.php/.../t2218.html (1198 words)

	Lina Radke -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		Includes career statistics, earned run average, season splits, scouting report, and comparative performance charts.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9002658 (452 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| History \| Amsterdam 1928
		Women competed for the first time ever in track and field events, despite De Coubertin's objections, but were limited to only five events.
		German Lina Radke-Batschauer became only the second athlete to win a gold medal for her nation in a track and field event, with victory in the 800m.
		But the race was remembered for the state of her fellow competitors, some suffering completion exhaustion, forcing the IOC to suspend the 800m for women until 1960.
	newsalerts.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/olympics_2004/history/3054638.stm (270 words)

	Lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner 1928 Olympics gold October 8 in History
		Lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner 1928 Olympics gold October 8 in History
		Lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner 1928 Olympics gold
		He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1903/october_8_1903_69388.html (49 words)

	Chapter 25
		Women had been excluded from track and field competition altogether until 1928, when the longest race was the 800 meters.
		Despite a world record by winner Lina Radke of Germany, many of the competitors had not properly prepared for the race and several collapsed in exhaustion.
		This led Olympic organizers to consider the race too strenuous for women.
	www.marathonguide.com /history/olympicmarathons/chapter25.cfm (2729 words)

	Great Sports Stories 1924, 1925, 1926,1927 &1928
		Excellent performances by female competitors at Amsterdam only served to justify their right to compete in Olympic competition.
		The German, Lina Radke-Batschauer accomplished what had previously been achieved only by the tug-of-war team back in 1906: a German gold medal in an athletics event.
		In the 800 metres competition she crossed the finishing line in a world record time of 2mins 16.8secs.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /kenanderson/centsport/1924-28.html (2107 words)

	SCC-EVENTS.com > NEWS > Article
		October 8, 1903 in Karlsruhe) won the first gold medal for Germany since the beginning of the Olympic Games,” wrote Ekkehard zur Megede in his book, “The History of Olympic Track and Field”, Volume 1, 1896 – 1936.
		Lina Radke-Batschauer was not the favourite for the finals, even though she had set a new world record on August 7, 1927 in Breslau with a time of 2:23.7 minutes.
		Edith Trickey of England had been slightly faster with a time of 2:24.0 for the 880-yard distance (August 1, 1925).
	www.scc-events.com /news/news002090.en.html (1186 words)

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