1946 WAAA Championships

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1946 WAAA Championships
Dates13 July
Host cityLondon
Venue White City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1945
1947


The 1946 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. [1] [2]

Contents

The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 13 July 1946. [3] [4]

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
60 metres Irene Stretton8.1Rosa HibberdBetty Witts
100 metres Maureen Gardner12.6 Winifred Jordan 12.8eJoyce Judd
200 metres Sylvia Cheeseman 25.7 Winifred Jordan Joyce Judd
400 metres Margaret Walker59.3Phyllis RichardsLillian Chalmers
800 metres Phyllis Richards2:21.0Brenda HarrisJoyce Heath
1 mile Brenda Harris5:33.6Dorothy DanielsHelen Wright
80 metres hurdles Bertha Crowther12.8Zoe HancockD. M. C. Young
High jump Dora Gardner1.549Doris Endruweit1.524Bertha Crowther1.524
Long jump Ethel Davies 5.05Kathleen Duffy4.94Doreen Clutton4.86
Shot put Kathleen Dyer10.19Margaret Lasbrey RHO9.45P. Evans8.78
Discus throw Margaret Lasbrey RHO28.36Doris Endruweit28.04Kathleen Dyer26.57
Javelin Margaret Lasbrey RHO34.44Doris Endruweit26.37Vera Wheeler23.64
1600 metres walk Doris Hart8:38.6Beryl DayBetty Sankey

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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. "Women's Titles Change Hands" . Birmingham Daily Gazette. 15 July 1946. Retrieved 18 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "The Champ had to mind the bairns" . Sunday Post. 14 July 1946. Retrieved 18 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.