1952 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1952 WAAA Championships London 14 June White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 1951 1953 WAAA Championships The 1952 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 21 December 2024 http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm AAA Championships (women) GBR Athletics 21 December 2024 The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 14 June 1952.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19520615/272/0010 Dorothy Tyler changes style and shocks world champion Sunday Express 15 June 1952 British Newspaper Archive subscription 21 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19520615/135/0010 Heather Led The Olympic Women Record-Breakers The People 15 June 1952 British Newspaper Archive subscription 21 December 2024 Results EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Heather Armitage 10.9w SCO Quita Shivas 11.1w June Foulds 11.1w220 yards Sylvia Cheeseman 25.0 Shirley Hampton 25.4 Ann Johnson 25.6440 yards Valerie Ball 59.3 Betty Loakes 59.5 Margaret Taylor 60.0880 yards Margaret Taylor 2:17.5 Enid Harding 2:17.6 Phyllis Green 2:17.81 mileAnne Oliver 5:11.0 WRHazel Needham 5:12.6Iris Williams 5:28.880 metres hurdles Jean Desforges 11.4 Pamela Seaborne 11.5 Dorothy Harper 11.7High jump Dorothy Tyler 1.651 Sheila Lerwill 1.626 NIR Thelma Hopkins 1.626Long jump Shirley Cawley 5.61 Constance Willoughby 5.42 Dorothy Tyler 5.23Shot put Joan Linsell 12.10 Bevis Shergold 12.01 Suzanne Farmer 11.35Discus throw Suzanne Farmer 39.33Bevis Shergold 38.50 Maya Giri 36.93Javelin Diane Coates 45.30 NR Ann Dukes 33.04 Muriel Hosking 32.87Pentathlon + Sheila Sewell (Pratt) 2544 (3514) Marie Bridgford 2420 (3445) Brenda Murfitt 2323 (3399)1 mile walk Beryl Day 7:58.2 Sheila Martin 8:05.7 Joyce Heath 8:26.0 + Held on 6 September at Ilford See also 1952 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1952 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London