1924 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1924 WAAA Championships London 28 June Woolwich Stadium Senior Outdoor 1923 1925 WAAA Championships The 1924 WAAA Championships were the second 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 8 December 2024 The event was held at the Woolwich Stadium on Woolwich Common, London, on 28 June 1924. The athletes competed in 12 events; up one event from the previous year with the addition of the discus throw.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19240804/100/0006 Safe Athletics for Women London Daily Chronicle 4 August 1924 British Newspaper Archive subscription 8 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002498/19240502/058/0002 Ladies! Be Fit! Kensington Post 2 May 1924 British Newspaper Archive subscription 8 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19240630/038/0010 Record Performances by Women The Scotsman 30 June 1924 British Newspaper Archive subscription 8 December 2024 Results thumb|right|150px|Sophie Eliott-Lynn EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Eileen Edwards 11.3 Rose Thompson 1 yd Mary Lines inches220 yards Eileen Edwards 27.6 Vera Palmer 2 yd Rose Thompson 2 yd440 yards Vera Palmer 65.2 Edith Trickey 67.4 Alice Cast 3 yd 880 yards Edith Trickey 2:30.4 Phyllis Hall 2:41.8 Ivy Wilson 5 yd120 yards hurdles Mary Lines 18.4 Daisy Wright 5 yd Peggy Batt 1 ydHigh jump Sophie Eliott-Lynn 1.448 Sylvia Stone 1.410 Ivy J. Lowman 1.397Long jump Mary Lines 5.17 Gladys Elliott 5.12 Sylvia Stone 4.84Shot put Mary Weston16.17 Beatrice Manton 15.99 Florence Birchenough 15.61Discus throw Florence Birchenough 20.57 NR Beatrice Manton 20.11 Sophie Eliott-Lynn 19.60Two-Handed Javelin Sophie Eliott-Lynn 52.78 NR Ivy Wilson 38.52 Beatrice Manton 37.86880 yards walk Edith Trickey 4:17.4 Betty Keeling 15 yd Florence Faulkner 5 yd660-yard relay London Olympiad 1.21.3/5 See also 1924 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1924 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London Category:International sports competitions in London Category:August 1924 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1924 in British women's sport