1937 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1937 WAAA Championships London 7 August White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 1936 1938 WAAA Championships The 1937 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 7 August 1937.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19370808/017/0017 Miss Gladys Lunn's Triple Success Birmingham Weekly Mercury 8 August 1937 British Newspaper Archive subscription 16 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19370809/329/0005 Women's Championships The Scotsman 9 August 1937 British Newspaper Archive subscription 16 December 2024 Results thumb|right|150px|Dorothy Odam (right) won the second of her eight WAAA high jump titles EventGoldSilverBronze60 metres Betty Lock 7.8 Dorothy Marshall 1½ yards Olive Moores 1 foot100 metres Winifred Jeffrey 12.2 SAF 1928 Barbara Burke 12.2 Lillian Chalmers 12.2200 metres Lillian Chalmers 24.9 Kathleen Stokes 5 feet SAF 1928 Barbara Burke inches400 metres Nellie Halstead 60.1 Vera Rudd 5 yards Constance Furneaux 4 yards800 metres Gladys Lunn 2:18.5 Nellie Halstead 10 yards Dorothy Bruty 20 yards1 mileGladys Lunn 5:17.0 WREvelyne Forster 5:33.0Doris Roden 40 yards80 metres hurdles SAF 1928 Barbara Burke 12.1 Kathleen Tiffen 1 yard Kate Robertson inchesHigh jump Dorothy Odam1.635 Dora Gardner 1.600 Dorothy Cosnett 1.549Long jump Ethel Raby 5.79 Vedder Schenck 5.41 Mary Holloway 5.29Shot put Kathleen Tilley 10.59 Irene Phillips 9.36 Muriel Smith 8.83Discus throw Irene Phillips 32.61Kathleen Tilley29.20 Ada Holland29.15Javelin Gladys Lunn 32.98 Dorothy Hewitt 31.91 Edith Halstead 31.391600 metres walk Florence Pengelly 8:36.5 Doris Roden N. Gardner See also 1937 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1937 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London