1923 WAAA Championships

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1923 WAAA Championships
Dates18 August
Host city London, Great Britain
VenueOxo Sports Ground
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1924


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

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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 [2] in the UK, that year several [1] ”national” women’s track meet were held.

In 1923 [6] the WAAA [3] [8] now organised the first official [1] British women championships [2] in track and field (WAAA [5] Championships [7] ). In the US the "Amateur Athletic Union" (AAU) sponsored the first national championship for women in track and field on 29 September 1923.

Events

The meet was held on 18 August [3] at the Oxo Sport Grounds [8] [1] in Downham, [2] Bromley [5] [6] in South London.

The athletes [2] competed [1] in 11 events: [5] [8] 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.

Results

[9]

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

Many of the participating athletes also competed in the 1924 Women's Olympiad at Stamford Bridge.

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