1937 WAAA Championships

1937 WAAA Championships
Dates7 August
Host cityLondon
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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WAAA Championships

The 1937 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 August 1937.[3][4]

Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres Betty Lock 7.8 Dorothy Marshall 1½ yards Olive Moores 1 foot
100 metres Winifred Jeffrey 12.2 Barbara Burke RSA 12.2 Lillian Chalmers 12.2
200 metres Lillian Chalmers 24.9 Kathleen Stokes 5 feet Barbara Burke RSA inches
400 metres Nellie Halstead 60.1 Vera Rudd 5 yards Constance Furneaux 4 yards
800 metres Gladys Lunn 2:18.5 Nellie Halstead 10 yards Dorothy Bruty 20 yards
1 mile Gladys Lunn 5:17.0 WR Evelyne Forster 5:33.0 Doris Roden 40 yards
80 metres hurdles Barbara Burke RSA 12.1 Kathleen Tiffen 1 yard Kate Robertson inches
High jump Dorothy Odam 1.635 Dora Gardner 1.600 Dorothy Cosnett 1.549
Long jump Ethel Raby 5.79 Vedder Schenck 5.41 Mary Holloway 5.29
Shot put Kathleen Tilley 10.59 Irene Phillips 9.36 Muriel Smith 8.83
Discus throw Irene Phillips 32.61 Kathleen Tilley 29.20 Ada Holland 29.15
Javelin Gladys Lunn 32.98 Dorothy Hewitt 31.91 Edith Halstead 31.39
1600 metres walk Florence Pengelly 8:36.5 Doris Roden N. Gardner

See also

References

  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. ^ "Miss Gladys Lunn's Triple Success". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 8 August 1937. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Women's Championships". The Scotsman. 9 August 1937. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.