1951 WAAA Championships

1951 WAAA Championships
Dates	7 July
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1951 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 7 July 1951. ^{[3] [4]}

Results

June Foulds retained her 100 metres title

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	June Foulds	12.3	Muriel Pletts	12.5	Anne Pashley	12.5
200 metres	Sylvia Cheeseman	25.0	Dorothy Hall	25.2	Muriel Pletts	26.3
400 metres	Valerie Ball	58.2	Margaret Taylor	59.5	Maureen Attwater	60.6
800 metres	Nellie Batson	2:18.4	Enid Harding	2:20.2	Margaret Richards	2:24.2
1 mile	Hazel Needham	5:23.4	Joan Dryden	5:24.3	Avery Gibson	5:24.6
80 metres hurdles	Maureen Dyson	11.7	Jean Desforges	11.8e	Sheila Pratt
High jump	Sheila Lerwill	1.718 WR	Dorothy Tyler	1.600	Ursula Hynes	1.524
Long jump	Dorothy Tyler	5.58	Shirley Cawley	5.50	Margaret Erskine	5.40
Shot put	Bevis Shergold	11.78	Joan Linsell	11.49	Suzanne Farmer	10.43
Discus throw	Bevis Shergold	39.88 NR	Suzanne Farmer	35.80	Joan Linsell	35.63
Javelin	Diane Coates	38.03	Ann Dukes	33.42	Chreena MacDonald	32.38
Pentathlon +	Dorothy Tyler	3224 NR	Bertha Crowther	2948 (3810)	Marie Bridgford	2877 (3768)
1600 metres walk	Joyce Heath	7:50.0	Leila Deas	7:59.0	Brenda Stevenson

+ Held on 9 September at Ilford

See also

• 1951 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. "High Jump record is Britain's again" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 8 July 1951. Retrieved 21 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Its a World Record" . The People. 8 July 1951. Retrieved 21 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.