1980 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1980 WAAA Championships London 15–16 August Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Senior Outdoor 1979 1981 WAAA Championships The 1980 WAAA Championships sponsored by Sunsilk, 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 27 December 2024 http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm AAA Championships (women) GBR Athletics 27 December 2024 The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 15 to 16 August 1980.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19800817/467/0027 Athletics Sunday Express 17 August 1980 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19800817/045/0045 Sanderson out on high note Birmingham Weekly Mercury 17 August 1980 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 December 2024 The 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres events were introduced to the Championships for the first time, although they were considered non-Championship events in 1980. Results EventGoldSilverBronze100 metres Kathy Smallwood 11.45 Bev Goddard 11.51 Heather Hunte 11.59200 metres Kathy Smallwood 23.14 IRE Patricia Amond 23.82 Rosalee Wilson 23.94400 metres Michelle Probert 51.94 Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 51.98 Verona Elder 53.05800 metresSCO Anne Clarkson 2:01.89Jane Finch 2:04.15Julie Asgill 2:05.791,500 metres Gillian Dainty 4:14.02 Bernadette Madigan 4:15.40 Sandra Arthurton 4:15.743,000 metresIRE Regina Joyce 9:13.82IRE Vera Duffy 9:25.08Shireen Samy 9:32.855,000 metresSue Hutton 16:13.7Susan Simpkin 17:19.1Janette Board 17:33.210,000 metresChristine Readdy 34:32.0Alison Blake 35:27.0Bronwen Smith 36:36.0marathon+Joyce Smith 2:41:22Gillian Adams 2:42:14Carol Gould 2:43:50100 metres hurdles Shirley Strong 13.57 Yvette Wray 13.70 Judy Livermore 13.86400 metres hurdles Sue Morley 58.76 Val Lemoignan 59.38 Deborah Skerritt 59.72High jump Ann-Marie Devally 1.88 SCO Moira Maguire 1.82 Diana ElliottSarah Rowe 1.791.79Long jump Sue Reeve 6.55 Sue Hearnshaw 6.39 Carol Earlington 6.37Shot put Judy Oakes 16.85 WAL Venissa Head 16.78 Vanessa Redford 13.89Discus throw Lesley Mallin 51.24 WAL Venissa Head 50.64 Gwen Bird 47.56Javelin Tessa Sanderson 64.08 Fatima Whitbread 56.24 Jeanette Rose 53.74Pentathlon ++ Sue Longden 4409 NR Yvette Wray 4278 Judy Livermore 42595,000 metres walk Irene Bateman 24:09.0 SWE Siw Gustavsson 24:27.6 SWE Britt Holmqvist 24:49.610,000 metres walk Carol Tyson 49:30.4 Irene Bateman 50:38.8 Karen Eden 53:46.8 + Held on 3 August at London ++ Held on 24 May at the Alexander Stadium See also 1980 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1980 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London