1978 WAAA Championships

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1978 WAAA Championships
Dates18–19 August
Host cityLondon
Venue Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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WAAA Championships

The 1978 WAAA Championships sponsored by Sunsilk were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. [1] [2]

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The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 18 to 19 August 1978. [3] [4]

The 10,000 walk event was introduced to the Championships for the first time and the marathon was also added as a WAAA title but as with the pentathlon was contested elsewhere.

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Kathy Smallwood 11.66 Heather Hunte 11.79Sharon Colyear11.79
200 metres Kathy Smallwood 23.24Donna Hartley23.42Eleanor Thomas23.79
400 metres Joslyn Hoyte 52.66 Verona Elder 53.40Linda McCurry54.01
800 metres Christina Boxer 2:03.10Janet Prictoe2:03.11Denise Kiernan2:05.86
1,500 metres Cherry Hanson4:11.62Glynis Penny4:12.45Wendy Smith4:13.40
3,000 metres Christine Benning 8:52.33 NR Ann Ford 8:53.80Alison Wright NZL9:14.72
marathon+Margaret Lockley2:55:08Margaret Thompson3:16:15Leslie Watson3:18:46
100 metres hurdles Sharon Colyear13.51 Shirley Strong 13.68Yvette Wray14.03
400 metres hurdles Mary Appleby IRL57.46Liz Sutherland58.36Sue Smith (Howell)59.14
High jump Carol Mathers1.76Diana Elliott1.76six–way tie^1.71
Long jump Jill Davies6.19Ruth Howell (Martin-Jones)6.18Carol Earlington6.17
Shot put Angela Littlewood15.97Vanessa Redford14.56Janet Thompson14.54
Discus throw Janet Thompson49.80Patricia Walsh IRL47.28Angela Littlewood46.22
Javelin Anne Farquhar49.20Jeanette Rose48.30 Fatima Whitbread 47.54
Pentathlon ++Yvette Wray4140Sue Mapstone4121Gillian Evans4070
5,000 metres walk Carol Tyson24:08.2Virginia Lovell25:06.4Karen Eden25:46.6
10,000 metres walk Carol Tyson49:59.0 NRMarion Fawkes50:31.0 Judy Farr 50:46.0

^ Six–way tie between Karen Chaytors, Louise Miller, Tonia Philpots, Ann-Marie Devally, Deborah Grant & Alyson Thomson

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References

  1. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Teacher Chris Hands Out A Lesson" . Sunday Express. 20 August 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "It's a Chris Cracker" . Sunday Mirror. 20 August 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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