1962 WAAA Championships

1962 WAAA Championships
Dates	7 July
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1962 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 1962. ^{[3] [4]}

Results

Joke Bijleveld, winner of the long jump

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Dorothy Hyman	10.6 =NR	Daphne Arden	10.7	Betty Moore	10.7
220 yards	Dorothy Hyman	23.8	Jutta Heine	24.1	Daphne Arden	24.5
440 yards	Jean Sorrell	55.1 NR	Joy Grieveson	55.3	Maeve Kyle	55.4
880 yards	Joy Jordan	2:08.0	Phyllis Perkins	2:09.4	Anita Wörner	2:09.8
1 mile	Joan Beretta	4:57.0	Madeleine Ibbotson	5:00.4	Helen Cherry	5:02.5
80 metres hurdles	Betty Moore	10.7	Erika Fisch	10.7	Denise Guénard	11.0
200 metres hurdles	Pat Nutting	28.9	Susan Mills	29.0	Maxine Botley	29.3
High jump	Iolanda Balaș	1.829	Frances Slaap	1.702	Thelma Hopkins	1.676
Long jump	Joke Bijleveld	6.21	Ingrid Becker	6.02	Thelma Hopkins	5.97
Shot put	Suzanne Allday	13.88	Mary Peters	13.04	Valerie Woods	12.55
Discus throw	Loesje Boling	47.28	Suzanne Allday	46.09	Ann Duckham	42.36
Javelin	Sue Platt	50.72	Rosemary Morgan	47.98	Barbara Nicholls	45.46
Pentathlon +	Mary Peters	4190	Brenda Gill	3891	Christine Lilleyman	3762
1½ mile walk	Judy Farr (Woodsford)	12:20.0	Sheila Jennings	12:33.8	Maureen Eyre	12:50.2

+ Held on 12 May at Chiswick

See also

• 1962 AAA Championships

References

1. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
2. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
3. "Golden girls serve up a record rush" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 8 July 1962. Retrieved 26 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Flat-out Dorothy Hyman sprints to double win and recorss" . Sunday Express. 8 July 1962. Retrieved 26 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.