1961 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1961 WAAA Championships London 8 July White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 1960 1962 WAAA Championships The 1961 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 White City Stadium, London, on 8 July 1961.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19610709/027/0027 Britain find a stand-in for Carole - From Australia Birmingham Weekly Mercury 9 July 1961 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19610709/576/0023 Results Sunday Express 9 July 1961 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 December 2024 Results thumb|right|150px|Pat Nutting (seen on the right) finally won her first WAAA title and broke the world record in the 200 metres hurdles EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards SCO Jennifer Smart 10.7 Carole Carter 10.9 Daphne Arden 11.0220 yards SCO Jennifer Smart 24.0 Jennifer Taylor 24.9 Daphne Arden 25.0440 yards IRE Maeve Kyle 56.3 Jean Dunbar 56.9 Joy Grieveson 57.3880 yards Joy Jordan 2:11.0 Anne Oliver 2:13.0 Sallie Newell 2:13.81 mile Roma Ashby 5:01.8 Elizabeth Joyce 5:05.7 Joan Briggs 5:06.880 metres hurdles AUS Betty Moore 10.8w Ann Charlesworth 10.9w Pat Nutting 11.1w200 metres hurdles Pat Nutting 28.3 WR Ann Charlesworth 28.6 Anne Fordyce 28.6High jump Dorothy Shirley 1.702 Thelma Hopkins 1.676 Patricia Veals 1.651Long jump Mary Rand 5.95 Christina Persighetti 5.83 Lorraine Winfield 5.81Shot put Suzanne Allday 13.73 Iris Mouzer 12.51 NIR Mary Peters 12.24Discus throw Suzanne Allday 45.30 Wendy Thomas 39.98 Brenda Bedford 39.42Javelin Sue Platt 47.88 Rosemary Morgan 43.25 Monica Podmore 41.90Pentathlon + Carole Hamby 3986 Brenda Gill 3972 Janet Gaunt 39231½ mile walk Sheila Jennings 12:18.4 Judy Woodsford 12:29.6 Maureen Eyre 12:30.8 + Held on 29 July at Birmingham University See also 1961 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1961 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London