1950 WAAA Championships

1950 WAAA Championships
Dates	8 July
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1949 1951 → WAAA Championships

The 1950 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 8 July 1950. ^{[3] [4]}

The 60 metres sprint was held for the last time.

Results

Dorothy Hall won the 200 metres

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Quita Shivas	7.8	June Foulds	7.8	Doris Batter	7.9
100 metres	June Foulds	12.6	Quita Shivas	12.8	Barbara Foster	13.0
200 metres	Dorothy Hall	25.2	Sylvia Cheeseman	25.3	Margaret Brian	25.3
400 metres	Valerie Ball	57.5	Margaret Taylor	59.0	Pamela Germain	59.2
800 metres	Margaret Hume	2:20.5	Mary Webster	2:21.6	Enid Harding	2:21.8
1 mile	Joyce Heath	5:25.8	Hazel Needham	5:26.0	Joan Dryden	5:27.0
80 metres hurdles	Maureen Dyson	11.6	Jean Desforges	11.6	Sheila Pratt	11.9
High jump	Sheila Alexander	1.626	Dorothy Tyler	1.600	Joan Cowan	1.575
Long jump	Margaret Erskine	5.45	Bertha Crowther	5.43	Val Webster	5.31
Shot put	Joan Linsell	11.07	Kathleen Dyer	10.29	Josephine Page	10.01
Discus throw	Joyce Smith	33.04	Sylvia Needham	32.44	Gwen Buddle	32.18
Javelin	Diane Coates	39.06	Gladys Clarke	31.50	Chreena MacDonald	31.22
Pentathlon +	Bertha Crowther	2949 (3829)	Paddy Gunn	2762 (3712)	Sheila Pratt	2455 (3462)
1600 metres walk	Joyce Heath	8:17.0	Angela Douglas		Margaret Brittain

+ Held on 27 July at Alperton

See also

• 1950 AAA Championships

References

1. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
2. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
3. "Shaky start by Maureen ended well" . Sunday Express. 9 July 1950. Retrieved 21 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Valerie hurtled home for 400 metres record" . Sunday Mirror. 9 July 1950. Retrieved 21 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.