1951 WAAA Championships

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1951 WAAA Championships
Dates7 July
Host cityLondon
Venue White City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1950
1952


The 1951 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. [1] [2]

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The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 7 July 1951. [3] [4]

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres June Foulds12.3Muriel Pletts12.5Anne Pashley12.5
200 metres Sylvia Cheeseman 25.0Dorothy Hall25.2Muriel Pletts26.3
400 metres Valerie Ball58.2Margaret Taylor59.5Maureen Attwater60.6
800 metres Nellie Batson2:18.4Enid Harding2:20.2Margaret Richards2:24.2
1 mile Hazel Needham5:23.4Joan Dryden5:24.3Avery Gibson5:24.6
80 metres hurdles Maureen Dyson (Gardner)11.7 Jean Desforges 11.8eSheila Pratt
High jump Sheila Lerwill (Alexander)1.718 WRDorothy Tyler1.600Ursula Hynes1.524
Long jump Dorothy Tyler5.58Shirley Cawley5.50Margaret Erskine5.40
Shot put Bevis Shergold (Reid)11.78Joan Linsell11.49Suzanne Farmer10.43
Discus throw Bevis Shergold (Reid)39.88 NRSuzanne Farmer35.80Joan Linsell35.63
Javelin Diane Coates 38.03Ann Dukes33.42Chreena MacDonald32.38
Pentathlon +Dorothy Tyler3224 NRBertha Crowther2948 (3810)Marie Bridgford2877 (3768)
1600 metres walk Joyce Heath7:50.0Leila Deas7:59.0Brenda Stevenson

+ Held on 9 September at Ilford

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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.