1938 WAAA Championships | |
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Dates | 2 July |
Host city | London |
Venue | White City Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
← 1937 1939 → |
The 1938 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. [1] [2]
The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 2 July 1938. [3] [4]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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60 metres | Betty Lock | 7.6 | Marjorie Smith | 2½ yards | Dorothy Marshall | 1 yard |
100 metres | Betty Lock | 12.2 | Dorothy Saunders | 1 yard | Audrey Brown | 2 yards |
200 metres | Dorothy Saunders | 25.0 | Lillian Chalmers | 2 yards | Audrey Brown | 3 yards |
400 metres | Olive Hall | 60.0 | Betty Walters | 6 yards | Marie Sole | 4 yard |
800 metres | Nellie Halstead | 2:20.4 | Olive Hall | 1 yard | Doris Harris (Roden) | 15 yards |
1 mile | Doris Harris (Roden) | 5:29.4 | Miriam Clarke | 20 yards | Nellie Halstead | 30 yards |
80 metres hurdles | Kate Robertson | 12.2 | Evelyn Matthews | 1 yard | Linda Whitman | 1½ yards |
High jump | Dorothy Odam | 1.575 | Dora Gardner | 1.575 | Dorothy Cosnett | 1.549 |
Long jump | Ethel Raby | 5.40 | Vedder Schenck | 5.25 | Alice Flack | 5.17 |
Shot put | Bevis Reid | 11.60 NR | Kathleen Tilley | 10.63 | Muriel Smith | 9.66 |
Discus throw | Bevis Reid | 35.42 NR | Kathleen Tilley | 30.66 | Katharine Connal | 29.70 |
Javelin | Katharine Connal | 34.69 | Bevis Reid | 30.92 | Dorothy Hewitt | 30.64 |
1600 metres walk | Evelyn Webb | 8:39.0 | Mary Harrington | D. Cooper |
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