1924 WAAA Championships | |
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Dates | 28 June |
Host city | London |
Venue | Woolwich Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
← 1923 1925 → |
The 1924 WAAA Championships were the second national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. [1]
The event was held at the Woolwich Stadium on Woolwich Common, London, on 28 June 1924. The athletes competed in 12 events; up one event from the previous year with the addition of the discus throw. [2] [3] [4]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | Eileen Edwards | 11.3 | Rose Thompson | 1 yd | Mary Lines | inches |
220 yards | Eileen Edwards | 27.6 | Vera Palmer | 2 yd | Rose Thompson | 2 yd |
440 yards | Vera Palmer | 65.2 | Edith Trickey | 67.4 | Alice Cast | 3 yd |
880 yards | Edith Trickey | 2:30.4 | Phyllis Hall | 2:41.8 | Ivy Wilson | 5 yd |
120 yards hurdles | Mary Lines | 18.4 | Daisy Wright | 5 yd | Peggy Batt | 1 yd |
High jump | Sophie Eliott-Lynn | 1.448 | Sylvia Stone | 1.410 | Ivy J. Lowman | 1.397 |
Long jump | Mary Lines | 5.17 | Gladys Elliott | 5.12 | Sylvia Stone | 4.84 |
Shot put | Mary Weston | 16.17 | Beatrice Manton | 15.99 | Florence Birchenough | 15.61 |
Discus throw | Florence Birchenough | 20.57 NR | Beatrice Manton | 20.11 | Sophie Eliott-Lynn | 19.60 |
Two-Handed Javelin | Sophie Eliott-Lynn | 52.78 NR | Ivy Wilson | 38.52 | Beatrice Manton | 37.86 |
880 yards walk | Edith Trickey | 4:17.4 | Betty Keeling | 15 yd | Florence Faulkner | 5 yd |
660-yard relay | London Olympiad | 1.21.3/5 |
Captain Sir Lancelot Carrington Royle, was a British Olympian and businessman.
Edward Owen was a British athlete who competed mainly in long-distance races.
George Joseph Webber was a British athlete, who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Vilho Aleksander Niittymaa was a Finnish athlete who competed in the discus throw, hammer throw and shot put.
Eileen Winifred Edwards was an English athlete specialising in sprinting. She set 18 world records or world leading times across different distances.
Charles Thomas Clibbon was an English long-distance runner, who competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Halland Britton was an English long-distance runner who competed at the Olympic Games.
Hilda May Hatt was a British athlete. She competed in the high jump, long jump and 100 yd hurdles and relay 4x175 metres. She participated in the 1921 Women's Olympiad, 1922 Women's Olympiad and the 1922 Women's World Games and won two gold, four silver and one bronze medals.
Mary Lines was a British athlete. She competed in the long jump and 60 m – 800 m running events at the 1921 Women's Olympiad, 1922 Women's Olympiad and the 1922 Women's World Games and won nine gold, two silver and one bronze medals. In 1924 she participated at the 1924 Women's Olympiad and won the gold medal in the 100 yards running and the long jump. In 1922 she participated at the Women's Olympiad in Paris and won the gold medal in the 4×110 yds relay setting a new world record.
Vera Maud Searle was a British sprinter and athletics administrator.
Florence Ethel Birchenough was a British track and field athlete, recognised as the first British woman to find international success in throwing events.
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