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1951 WAAA Championships

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1951 WAAA Championships
Dates7 July
Host cityLondon
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1950
1952


The 1951 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 7 July 1951.[3][4]

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres June Foulds 12.3 Muriel Pletts 12.5 Anne Pashley 12.5
200 metres Sylvia Cheeseman 25.0 Dorothy Hall 25.2 Muriel Pletts 26.3
400 metres Valerie Ball 58.2 Margaret Taylor 59.5 Maureen Attwater 60.6
800 metres Nellie Batson 2:18.4 Enid Harding 2:20.2 Margaret Richards 2:24.2
1 mile Hazel Needham 5:23.4 Joan Dryden 5:24.3 Avery Gibson 5:24.6
80 metres hurdles Maureen Dyson (Gardner) 11.7 Jean Desforges 11.8e Sheila Pratt
High jump Sheila Lerwill (Alexander) 1.718 WR Dorothy Tyler 1.600 Ursula Hynes 1.524
Long jump Dorothy Tyler 5.58 Shirley Cawley 5.50 Margaret Erskine 5.40
Shot put Bevis Shergold (Reid) 11.78 Joan Linsell 11.49 Suzanne Farmer 10.43
Discus throw Bevis Shergold (Reid) 39.88 NR Suzanne Farmer 35.80 Joan Linsell 35.63
Javelin Diane Coates 38.03 Ann Dukes 33.42 Chreena MacDonald 32.38
Pentathlon + Dorothy Tyler 3224 NR Bertha Crowther 2948 (3810) Marie Bridgford 2877 (3768)
1600 metres walk Joyce Heath 7:50.0 Leila Deas 7:59.0 Brenda Stevenson

+ Held on 9 September at Ilford

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  2. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  3. ^ "High Jump record is Britain's again". Weekly Dispatch (London). 8 July 1951. Retrieved 21 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Its a World Record". The People. 8 July 1951. Retrieved 21 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.