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1931 WAAA Championships

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1931 WAAA Championships
Dates11 July
Host cityLondon
VenueStamford Bridge
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1930
1932


The 1931 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

The event was held at Stamford Bridge, London, on 11 July 1931.[3][4]

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Nellie Halstead 11.4 Ivy Walker 11.6e Gwendoline Porter 11.6e
220 yards Nellie Halstead 25.5 Ivy Walker 5 yards Eileen Hiscock 3 yards
440 yards Nellie Halstead 58.8 WR Dorothy Butterfield easily Vera Rudd
880 yards Gladys Lunn 2:22.4 Ruth Christmas 20 yards Dorothy Butterfield 10 yards
80 metres hurdles Elsie Green 12.0 NR Kathleen Tiffen 1 yard Muriel Cornell 12.3e
High jump Marjorie O'Kell 1.499 E. Hooper 1.499 Hilda Thorogood 1.473
Long jump Muriel Cornell 5.51 Mary Seary 5.32 Ethel Slaughter 5.10
Shot put Irene Phillips 9.69 NR Elsie Otway 8.80 Nellie Purvey 8.44
Discus throw Irene Phillips 29.79 Ada Holland 27.02 Louise Fawcett 26.58
Javelin Louise Fawcett 29.26 Edith Halstead 27.20 Maud Scorah 26.22
1 mile walk Constance Mason 7:45.6 WR Lucy Howes E. Gutteridge
440-yard relay London Olympiad 3.51.1/5 Middlesex Ladies 6 yd Manchester AC inches

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Women Set Up new Records". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 July 1931. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Sunday Pictorial". Sunday Mirror. 12 July 1931. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.