Pat Jones (hurdler)

Pat Jones

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	20 June 1942 Croydon, England
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	hurdles
Club	Birchfield Harriers

Patricia Ann "Pat" Jones (born 20 June 1942) is a British former track and field hurdler who mostly competed in the 80 metres hurdles, who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Born in Croydon, England, Jones became a member of Birchfield Harriers, a Birmingham-based athletic club. ^[1]

Jones became the national 200 metres hurdles champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1964 WAAA Championships, setting a world record time of 27.9 seconds. ^[2] The following year she not only retained her 200 hurdles title but also became the national 80 metres hurdles champion at the 1965 WAAA Championships. She was also runner-up to future Olympic champion Mary Peters in the WAAA women's pentathlon in 1965. ^[3] In 1966 Jones regained the 200 metres hurdles WAAA title. ^{[4] [5]}

Jones made a clean sweep of the three WAAA hurdles titles at the 1967 WAAA Championships and was runner-up to East Germany's Karin Balzer at the 1967 European Cup ^[6] and won the 1967 European Cup semi-final with a best of 10.6 seconds, which ranked her eighth in the world for the discipline that year. ^{[7] [8]}

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she represented Great Britain (being eliminated in the first round). ^[1]

Jones also competed at the AAA Indoor Championships and though she never won a title there she reached the 60-yard hurdles podium in 1965 and 1966, as well as the podium of the 1966 220 yards sprint. ^[9] In regional competition, she had two wins in the 200 m hurdles at the North of England Athletics Championships (1962, 1963), ^[10] and twelve individual wins at the Midland Counties Championships, including straight wins in the 80 m hurdles from 1964 to 1969, consecutive wins in the 200 m hurdles from 1964 to 1967, and three wins in the pentathlon between 1965 and 1968 (interrupted by Rosemary Payne in 1966). ^[11]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1967	European Cup	Kyiv, Soviet Union	2nd	80 m hurdles	10.9
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	6th (heats)	80 m hurdles	11.0

National titles

• WAAA Championships
  • 80 m hurdles: 1965, 1967
  • 100 m hurdles: 1965, 1967
  • 200 m hurdles: 1964, 1966, 1967

References

1. Pat Jones. Olympedia. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
2. "Little Daphne Zips to Records" . Sunday Express. 5 July 1964. Retrieved 28 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. WAAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
4. "Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look" . Sunday Express. 3 July 1966. Retrieved 1 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
6. EUROPEAN CUP A FINAL AND SUPER LEAGUE (WOMEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
7. Pat Jones. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
8. European Cup Semi Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
9. WAAA Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
10. North of England Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
11. Midland Counties Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.

External links

• Pat Jones at World Athletics