1965 WAAA Championships

1965 WAAA Championships
Dates	3 July
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1965 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 3 July 1965. ^{[3] [4]}

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Irena Kirszenstein POL	10.68	Jill Hall	10.77	Liz Gill	10.83
220 yards	Janet Simpson	24.06	Maureen Tranter	24.16	Daphne Arden	24.36
440 yards	Joy Grieveson	55.11	Dierdre Watkinson	55.15	Gertrud Schmidt GDR	56.02
880 yards	Anne Smith	2:07.5	Pam Piercy	2:09.4	Anne McKenzie RSA	2:09.4
1 mile	Joyce Smith	4:53.46	Rita Lincoln	4:56.96	Brenda Carr AUS	4:57.70
80 metres hurdles	Pat Jones	11.28	Teresa Ciepla POL	11.30	Elzbieta Bednarek POL	11.33
100 metres hurdles	Pat Jones	13.8	Susan Mills	13.8	Pamela Baileff	14.1
200 metres hurdles	Susan Mills	28.14	Susan Webb	28.64	Patricia Baileff	29.10
High jump	Frances Slaap	1.702	Linda Knowles	1.676	Rosemary Curtis	1.626
Long jump	Mary Rand	6.40	Irena Kirszenstein POL	6.39	Helga Hoffmann FRG	6.14
Shot put	Gertrud Schäfer FRG	14.81	Mary Peters	14.06	Kathryn Duckett	13.07
Discus throw	Elivia Ballotta ITA	50.56	Kriemhild Limberg FRG	50.10	Rosemary Payne	48.0
Javelin	Ameli Koloska FRG	53.16	Averil Williams	43.09	Mary Brown	42.51
Pentathlon +	Mary Peters	4413	Pat Jones	4083	Gwenda Matthews	3979
1½ mile walk	Judy Farr	12:14.2	Margaret Lewis	12:33.8	Joan Wallis	12:38.8

+ Held on 8 May at Parliament Hill

See also

• 1965 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. "Results" . Sunday Express. 4 July 1965. Retrieved 26 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Mary Rand Repeats Olympic Victory" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 4 July 1965. Retrieved 26 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.