1953 WAAA Championships

1953 WAAA Championships
Dates	4 July
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1952 1954 → WAAA Championships

The 1953 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 4 July 1953. ^{[3] [4]}

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Anne Pashley	11.0	Shirley Burgess	11.1	Jean Scrivens	11.2
220 yards	Ann Johnson	25.0	Anne Pashley	25.2	Jean Newboult	25.5
440 yards	Valerie Winn (Ball)	57.6	Betty Loakes	57.8	Dorothy Saunders	59.9
880 yards	Anne Oliver	2:15.0	Norah Smalley	2:17.8	Diane Leather	2:18.2
1 mile	Enid Harding	5:09.8 WR	Phyllis Green	5:14.8	Dilys Williams	5:17.3
80 metres hurdles	Jean Desforges	11.5	Iris Pond	11.6	Sheila Sewell	11.6
High jump	Sheila Lerwill	1.651	Thelma Hopkins	1.651	Dorothy Tyler	1.600
Long jump	Jean Desforges	5.76	Sheila Sewell	5.47	Shirley Cawley	5.47
Shot put	Joan Linsell	12.11	Suzanne Farmer	12.04	Maya Giri	10.51
Discus throw	Suzanne Farmer	40.01	Maya Giri	37.85	Pamela Jones	37.54
Javelin	Anne Collins	36.56	Joy Evans	35.99	Jean Elliott	35.36
Pentathlon +	Jean Desforges	3221 (3997 NR)	Joan Linsell	2931 (3815)	Betty Lovell	2903 (3761)
1 mile walk	Beryl Randle	7:48.2	Sheila Jennings (Martin)	7:49.8	Sheila Irwin	8:16.8

+ Held on 12 September at Birmingham

See also

• 1953 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. "Enid nears 5-minute mile" . Sunday Express. 5 July 1953. Retrieved 21 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Only one Midland success" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 5 July 1953. Retrieved 21 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.