1972 WAAA Championships

1972 WAAA Championships
1972 WAAA Championships
Dates	7–8 July
Host city	London
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1971 1973 → ; WAAA Championships

The 1972 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.^[1]^[2]

The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 7 to 8 July 1972.^[3]^[4]

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Della Pascoe	11.86	Sonia Lannaman	11.88	Andrea Lynch	11.97
200 metres	Donna Murray	23.98	Della Pascoe (James)	24.28	Judy Vernon	24.28
400 metres	Verona Bernard	53.20	Maureen Tranter	54.06	Hilda Kooy NED	54.34
800 metres	Mary Tracey IRL	2:02.98	Pat Cropper (Lowe)	2:03.68	Margaret Coomber	2:04.06
1500 metres	Ellen Tittel	4:17.15	Joyce Smith	4:17.60	Ilja Keizer	4:17.68
3000 metres	Paula Yeoman	9:30.70	Ann Barrass	9:34.34	Wanda Sosinka	9:37.42
100 metres hurdles	Pam Ryan AUS	13.48	Judy Vernon	13.86	Pat Pryce	14.00
200 metres hurdles	Pam Ryan AUS	26.82	Nnenna Njoku NGR	29.26	Julie Wood	29.87
High jump	Ros Few	1.74	Mary Peters	1.74	Barbara Inkpen	1.74
Long jump	Sheila Sherwood	6.37	Maureen Chitty (Barton)	6.29	Ruth Martin-Jones	6.27
Shot put	Jean Roberts AUS	15.34	Brenda Bedford	14.72	Heather Stuart	14.20
Discus throw	Rosemary Payne	53.78	Jean Roberts AUS	51.66	Brenda Bedford	45.84
Javelin	Pru French	51.00	Angela King	46.54	Sharon Corbett	45.28
Pentathlon +	Ann Wilson	4292	Ruth Martin-Jones	4206	Janet Honour	4005
2500 metres walk	Betty Jenkins	12:31.2	Brenda Cook	12:49.0	Virginia Lovell	12:58.8

+ Held on 1 July at Birmingham University

References

^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
^ "Women's AAA Champions". Sunday Mirror. 9 July 1972. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Crystal Palace Results". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 9 July 1972. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[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] "Women's AAA Champions". Sunday Mirror. 9 July 1972. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "The Crystal Palace Results". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 9 July 1972. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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