Non-Longhorn events that enhanced women’s sports

 OTHER NON-LONGHORN SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT INFLUENCED U.T. WOMEN’S SPORTS

1900- The first Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris.

1908- London had 37 female athletes who competed in archery, tennis, and figure skating.

1912- Stockholm featured 47 women, saw the addition of swimming and diving, and removed figure skating and archery.

1924 saw a record of 135 female athletes in the Olympics, and fencing was added as a sanctioned sport. 1924 saw the inception of the Winter Olympics, where women competed only in figure skating. 

1928- The summer Games saw the debut of women’s athletics and gymnastics. Women competed in the 100 meters, 800 meters, 4 × 100 meters relay, high jump, and discus throw. The 800-meter race was controversial as many competitors were reportedly exhausted or unable to complete the race.

1932- Gymnastics is reinstated as a women’s Olympic sport.

 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Volleyball made its debut. 

1971 – The Amateur Athletic Union ruled that “certain women” could participate in marathons, provided they either started their race 10 minutes before or after the men or on a different starting line. The AAU dropped the starting line requirement in 1972.

1973 – Terry Williams Munz became the first woman in America awarded an athletic scholarship when she accepted a golf scholarship from the University of Miami.

1974 – Billie Jean King in America created the Women’s Sports Foundation. It is “a charitable, educational organization dedicated to increasing the participation of girls and women in sports and fitness and creating an educated public that supports gender equity in sport.”

1976 – Women’s rowing was added to the Olympic Games program at a distance of 1000 meters. Women debuted in basketball and handball. Women also competed for the first time in rowing.

1979 – Crystal Fields, only eleven years old, was the first girl to win a baseball Pitch, Hit, and Run competition in America. She competed against all boys in the finals.

1984 – The U.S. Women’s softball team won the championship in the first Women’s International Cup played in Los Angeles, beating China 1–0. Synchronized swimming made its debut.; Women also made their debut in cycling, rhythmic gymnastics, and the women’s marathon. 

1985 – The United States national soccer team was formed.

1987- The [American] National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) is an annual day of observance held during the first week of February to acknowledge the accomplishments of female athletes, recognize the influence of sports participation for women and girls, and honor the progress and continuing struggle for equality for women in sports.

1991 – All-new sports applying to be included in the Olympic program were required to feature women’s events.

1996 – Women’s soccer and women’s softball became medal sports at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta for the first time; U.S. teams won both events.

2004- Baseball and boxing remained the only sports not open to women at the Olympic Games.

2005 – The New York City Marathon organizers announced they would be rewarding the female champion $130,000, which is $30,000 more than its male winner received. This may be the first time a sporting event ever paid more to a female than a male in the same competition. It is also the most significant first prize for any marathon.

2012- Summer Olympics introduced women’s boxing. 

Here is the sequence of women’s Olympic sports added by year

Tennis 1900, Golf 1900, Sailing 1900/1988, Archery 1904, Figure skating 1908, Diving 1912, Swimming 1912, Fencing 1924, Athletics 1928, Alpine skiing 1936, Cross-country skiing 1936, Canoeing 1948, Equestrian 1952, Speed skating 1960, Volleyball 1964, Luge 1964, Shooting 1968, Basketball 1976, Handball 1976, Rowing 1976, Field hockey 1980, Cycling 1984, Table tennis,1988 Badminton, 1992 Biathlon, 1992 Judo, 1992 Short track speed skating, 1992 Football, 1996 Softball,1996 Curling, 1998 Ice hockey, 1998 Modern pentathlon, 2000 Taekwondo, 2000 Triathlon, 2000 Water polo, 2000 Weightlifting, 2000 Bobsleigh, 2002 Skeleton, 2002 Wrestling,2004 Boxing 2012, Ski jumping 2014, Rugby 2016