1955 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1955 WAAA Championships London 2 July White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 1954 1956 WAAA Championships The 1955 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 24 December 2024 http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm AAA Championships (women) GBR Athletics 24 December 2024 The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 2 July 1955.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19550703/184/0016 Margaret Doubles To It - Loses Record The People 3 July 1955 British Newspaper Archive subscription 24 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19550703/021/0021 Diane Keeps Her 880 Yards Title Birmingham Weekly Mercury 3 July 1955 British Newspaper Archive subscription 24 December 2024 Results thumb|right|150px|Thelma Hopkins won both the high jump and long jump titles EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Margaret Francis 10.8w Heather Armitage 11.0w Shirley Hampton 11.1w220 yards Jean Scrivens 24.9 Shirley Hampton 25.3 Margaret Brian 25.6440 yards Janet Ruff 56.9 SCO Anne Herman 58.4 Violet Murphy 58.4880 yards Diane Leather 2:09.7 Anne Dawson 2:14.9 Madeleine Wooller 2:15.01 milePhyllis Perkins 5:05.2Leila Buckland 5:09.0Roma Ashby 5:17.080 metres hurdles Margaret Francis 11.3 Pauline Wainwright 11.4 Pamela Seaborne 11.4High jump NIR Thelma Hopkins 1.651 Dorothy Tyler 1.626 Audrey Bennett 1.600Long jump NIR Thelma Hopkins5.76 Sheila Hoskin 5.64 Christina Cops 5.64Shot put Josephine Cook 11.90 Joan Balkwill 10.69 Gwen Charman 10.65Discus throw Maya Giri 41.68Sylvia Needham 40.43 Gwen Charman 35.38Javelin Diane Coates 41.78 Anne Collins 40.62 Jacqueline Ogden 38.36Pentathlon + Margaret Rowley 3943 Carole Quinton 3786 Janis Long 37441 mile walk Beryl Randle 7:59.4 Sheila Jennings 8:08.6 Roma Phillips 8:13.2 + Held on 17 September at Birmingham University See also 1955 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1955 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London