1923 WAAA Championships

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1923 WAAA Championships
Dates18 August
Host cityLondon
VenueOxo Sports Ground
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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WAAA Championships

The 1923 WAAA Championships were the first national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The tournament was held on 18 August 1923, at the Oxo Sport Grounds in Downham, Bromley in South London. [1] [6] [7] [8]

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Background

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 and that year several national women's track meets were held. [2] [1]

1922 national champions

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Nora Callebout
EventGoldSilverBronzevenue & notes
100 yards Nora Callebout 12.2 Mary Lines 1 foot Ivy J. Lowman 1 yardLyons Club, 3 June [9]
220 yards Mary Lines 26.8 WR Nora Callebout 3 yards Ivy J. Lowman inches
440 yards Mary Lines 64.4 WR Ivy J. Lowman 7 yards Alice Cast
880 yards Mary Lines 2:26.6 WR Jessie Brooks 5 yards Phyllis Hall 20 yards
120 yards hurdles Daisy Wright 20.4 Hilda Hatt inchesE. Johnson5 yards
high jump Sylvia Stone 1.384 Sophie Eliott-Lynn Hilda Hatt

+ world record

1923 Inaugural Championship meeting

The athletes competed in 11 events: running 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, relay race 660 yards, hurdling 120 yards, high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin and track walk [4] 880 yards. 3 unofficial world records [3] [6] were set: [7] Mary Lines in running 440 yards and hurdles 120 yards and Edith Trickey in track walk 880 yards. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports. [10] [11]

Results

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Mary Lines
EventGoldSilverBronze
100 yards Mary Lines (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club)12.0 sec Rose Thompson Evelyn Harris
220 yards Eileen Edwards 27.0 sec Rose Thompson Vera Palmer
440 yards Mary Lines (Polytechnic LAC)62.4 sec WR Louise LowP Batt
880 yards Edith Trickey (Polytechnic LAC)2:40.2 minGladys Lane Phyllis Hall
660-yard relayLondon Olympiades "A"1:22.6 minManor Park Athletics ClubLondon Olympiades "B"
120 yards hurdles Mary Lines (Polytechnic LAC)18.8 sec WR Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Polytechnic LAC) Hilda Hatt (Polytechnic LAC) DQ
High jump Hilda Hatt (Polytechnic LAC)4 ft 9 inches / 1.45 m Ivy J. Lowman 4 feet 8 inches / 1.42 m Sylvia Stone 4 feet 7 inches / 1.40 m
Long jump Mary Lines (Polytechnic LAC)16 ft 3.5 inches / 4.96 m Hilda Hatt (Polytechnic LAC)15 ft 11.5 inches / 4.86 mGladys Elliott15 ft 7 inches / 4.66 m
Shot put(8 lb) Florence Birchenough (Polytechnic LAC)16.17 (yds?) Beatrice Manton 16.00 Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Polytechnic LAC)15.78
Two-handed javelin Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Polytechnic LAC)35.76 (yds?)E Willis31.08 Sylvia Stone 30.53
880-yard walk Edith Trickey 4:35.0 min WR Betty KeelingD Clark

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "British Athletics Championships 1919-1939". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "The inaugural WAAA championships". Runner 500. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 "World records set in Britain". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Race walking". Race Walking Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Robinson, Lynne: Tripping Daintily Into The Arena" (PDF). University of Warwick, 1996 (Thesis), page 110-111. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. 1 2 "British world record breakers". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  7. 1 2 "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Duval, Lynne: The Development of Women's Track and Field in England" (PDF). The Sports Historian May 2001, vol. 21, nr 1, p 10-11 (LA84.org). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "The Scotsman" . Girls' 100 Yards CHampionship. 5 June 1922. Retrieved 1 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ Athletic News, Monday 20 August 1923
  11. ↑ "Women Athletes" . East Kent Gazette. 18 August 1923. Retrieved 8 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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