1959 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1959 WAAA Championships London 4 July Motspur Park Senior Outdoor 1958 1960 WAAA Championships The 1959 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 26 December 2024 http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm AAA Championships (women) GBR Athletics 26 December 2024 The event was held at Motspur Park, London, on 4 July 1959.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19590705/247/0012 Three girl athletes share six titles Weekly Dispatch (London) 5 July 1959 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19590705/264/0011 Dutch Rival Foils Mary's Treble Bid Sunday Express 5 July 1959 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 December 2024 Results thumb|right|150px|Nel Swier was one of several Dutch athletes to compete in the 1959 Championships EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Dorothy Hyman 10.8 NED Joke Bijleveld 10.8 Madeleine Weston 11.0220 yards Dorothy Hyman 24.5 Marianne Dew 25.1 IRE Maeve Kyle 25.3440 yards Margaret Pickerill 55.9 NED Ine ter Laak-Spijk 56.5 Ann Sissons 56.8880 yards Joy Jordan 2:09.5 Phyllis Perkins 2:10.8 Betty Loakes 2:11.61 mileJoan Briggs 5:02.2Anne Oliver 5:07.4Elizabeth Brade-Birks 5:07.480 metres hurdles Mary Bignal 11.3 Carole Quinton 11.3 Pat Nutting11.3High jump NED Nel Zwier 1.651 Mary Bignal 1.626 Jean Card 1.626Long jump Mary Bignal 6.04 Marion Needham 6.02 NED Wemmy Scholtmeyer 5.92Shot put Suzanne Allday 13.80 NED Diny Hobers 13.49 Maureen Costard 12.07Discus throw Suzanne Allday 45.21Brenda Hampton 42.18 Sylvia Needham 39.74Javelin Sue Platt 49.04 Averil Williams 48.02 Mary Tadd 42.37Pentathlon + Mary Bignal 4679 NR Jean Adamson 4092 Janet Gaunt 40271½ mile walk Betty Franklin 12:56.4 Joyce Heath 13:03.6 Nellie Loines 13:15.0 + Held on 8 August at Wolverhampton See also 1959 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1959 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London