1945 WAAA Championships

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1945 WAAA Championships
Dates18 August
Host city Tooting Bec, London
Venue Tooting Bec Athletics Track
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1939
1946


The 1945 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. [1] [2]

The event was held at Tooting Bec Athletics Track in Tooting Bec, London, on 18 August 1945. The Championships returned after a five-year absence due to World War II. [3] [4]

Results

Tooting Bec athletics track in 2005 Tooting Bec Athletic Track - geograph.org.uk - 26023.jpg
Tooting Bec athletics track in 2005
EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Winifred Jordan 12.8 Lillian Chalmers inches Irene Stretton
200 metres Winifred Jordan 26.7 Irene Stretton inches Joan Shepherd
440 yards Winifred Jordan 61.8 Lillian Chalmers Irene Stretton
880 yards Phyllis Richards 2:26.7 Pat Sandall Joyce Heath
1 mile Pat Sandall 5:40.2 Phyllis Richards Helen Wright
80 metres hurdles Zoe Hancock 13.6E. LewisJ. R. Jones
High jump Dora Gardner 1.524 Dorothy Tyler 1.524Doris Endruweit1.473
Long jump Kathleen Duffy 4.76Vedder Schenck4.66Doreen Clutton4.63
Discus throw Kathleen Dyer (Tilley)30.38Muriel Smith30.12Margaret Lucas27.24
Javelin Gladys Clarke 31.72 Katharine Connal 30.10M. Bruce24.10
1 mile walk Joan Riddington 8:42.8Doris HartJoyce Heath

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References

  1. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. "Athletics" . Birmingham Daily Post. 20 August 1945. Retrieved 18 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Women's Championships" . Evening Despatch. 20 August 1945. Retrieved 18 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.