1924 WAAA Championships

1924 WAAA Championships
1924 WAAA Championships
Dates	28 June
Host city	London
Venue	Woolwich Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1923 1925 → ; WAAA Championships

The 1924 WAAA Championships were the second national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.^[1]

The event was held at the Woolwich Stadium on Woolwich Common, London, on 28 June 1924. The athletes competed in 12 events; up one event from the previous year with the addition of the discus throw.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Eileen Edwards	11.3	Rose Thompson	1 yd	Mary Lines	inches
220 yards	Eileen Edwards	27.6	Vera Palmer	2 yd	Rose Thompson	2 yd
440 yards	Vera Palmer	65.2	Edith Trickey	67.4	Alice Cast	3 yd
880 yards	Edith Trickey	2:30.4	Phyllis Hall	2:41.8	Ivy Wilson	5 yd
120 yards hurdles	Mary Lines	18.4	Daisy Wright	5 yd	Peggy Batt	1 yd
High jump	Sophie Eliott-Lynn	1.448	Sylvia Stone	1.410	Ivy J. Lowman	1.397
Long jump	Mary Lines	5.17	Gladys Elliott	5.12	Sylvia Stone	4.84
Shot put	Beatrice Manton+	15.99	Florence Birchenough	15.61	Not awarded
Discus throw	Florence Birchenough	20.57 NR	Beatrice Manton	20.11	Sophie Eliott-Lynn	19.60
Javelin	Sophie Eliott-Lynn	52.78 NR	Ivy Wilson	38.52	Beatrice Manton	37.86
880 yards walk	Edith Trickey	4:17.4	Betty Keeling	15 yd	Florence Faulkner	5 yd
660-yard relay	London Olympiad	1.21.3/5

+Mary Weston won the shot put but was later identified as a man

References

^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ "Safe Athletics for Women". London Daily Chronicle. 4 August 1924. Retrieved 8 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Ladies! Be Fit!". Kensington Post. 2 May 1924. Retrieved 8 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Record Performances by Women". The Scotsman. 30 June 1924. Retrieved 8 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

[2] "Safe Athletics for Women". London Daily Chronicle. 4 August 1924. Retrieved 8 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "Ladies! Be Fit!". Kensington Post. 2 May 1924. Retrieved 8 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Record Performances by Women". The Scotsman. 30 June 1924. Retrieved 8 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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