1939 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1939 WAAA Championships London 22 July White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 1938 1945 WAAA Championships The 1939 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 16 December 2024 http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm AAA Championships (women) GBR Athletics 16 December 2024 The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 22 July 1939. The Championships would not be held again until 1945 due to World War II.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19390723/018/0018 Women's A.A.A. Titles Birmingham Weekly Mercury 23 July 1939 British Newspaper Archive subscription 16 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19390723/556/0021 Miss Forster's Record Mile Sunday Express 23 July 1939 British Newspaper Archive subscription 16 December 2024 Results EventGoldSilverBronze60 metres Betty Lock 7.6 Dorothy Marshall 7.8 Muriel Turner100 metres Betty Lock 12.4 Mary Holloway ½ yard Dorothy Saunders 1 yard200 metres Lillian Chalmers 25.6w Marjorie Smith 2½ yards Dorothy Saunders 2 yards400 metres Lillian Chalmers 59.5 Olive Hall 15 yards Beryl Hill 2 yards800 metres Olive Hall 2:21.0 Doris Harris 2:25.5 Miriam Clarke 2:27.41 mileEvelyne Forster 5:15.3 WRDoris Harris 5:36.0Miriam Clarke 5:40.680 metres hurdles Kate Roberston 12.4 Dorothy Odam 4 feet Ethel Raby 1 yardHigh jump Dorothy Odam1.651 Dora Gardner 1.575 Barbara LovelockDorothy Cosnett1.5241.524Long jump Ethel Raby 5.64 Vedder Schenck 5.51 Helene Mayer 5.48Shot put Bevis Reid 11.42 Kathleen Tilley 10.37 Ruby Davis 9.54Discus throw Bevis Reid 33.85Kathleen Tilley 33.34 Katharine Connal 29.11Javelin Katharine Connal 34.98 Bevis Reid 33.65 Doris Endruweit 27.831600 metres walk Florence Pengelly 8:19.9 Mary Harrington 8:21.4 Betty Jones 8:34.2 See also 1939 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1939 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London