1946 WAAA Championships

1946 WAAA Championships
Dates13 July
Host cityLondon
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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WAAA Championships

The 1946 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 13 July 1946.[3][4]

Results

Ethel Davies (left) (née Raby) won her sixth WAAA long jump title
Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres Irene Royse 8.1 Rosa Hibberd Betty Witts
100 metres Maureen Gardner 12.6 Winifred Jordan 12.8e Joyce Judd
200 metres Sylvia Cheeseman 25.7 Winifred Jordan Joyce Judd
400 metres Margaret Walker 59.3 Phyllis Richards Lillian Chalmers
800 metres Phyllis Richards 2:21.0 Brenda Harris Joyce Heath
1 mile Brenda Harris 5:33.6 Dorothy Daniels Helen Wright
80 metres hurdles Bertha Crowther 12.8 Zoe Hancock Scotland Doris M. C. Young
High jump Dora Gardner 1.549 Doris Endruweit 1.524 Bertha Crowther 1.524
Long jump Ethel Davies 5.05 Kathleen Duffy 4.94 Doreen Clutton 4.86
Shot put Kathleen Dyer 10.19 Margaret Lasbrey 9.45 P. Evans 8.78
Discus throw Margaret Lasbrey 28.36 Doris Endruweit 28.04 Kathleen Dyer 26.57
Javelin Margaret Lasbrey 34.44 Doris Endruweit 26.37 Vera Wheeler 23.64
1600 metres walk Doris Hart 8:38.6 Beryl Day Betty Sankey

See also

References

  1. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's Titles Change Hands". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 15 July 1946. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "The Champ had to mind the bairns". Sunday Post. 14 July 1946. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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