1978 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1978 WAAA Championships London 18–19 August Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Senior Outdoor 1977 1979 WAAA Championships The 1978 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 18 to 19 August 1978.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19780820/475/0026 Teacher Chris Hands Out A Lesson Sunday Express 20 August 1978 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19780820/266/0034 It's a Chris Cracker Sunday Mirror 20 August 1978 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 December 2024 The 10,000 walk event was introduced to the Championships for the first time and the marathon was also added as a WAAA title but as with the pentathlon was contested elsewhere. Results EventGoldSilverBronze100 metres Kathy Smallwood 11.66 Heather Hunte 11.79 Sharon Colyear 11.79200 metres Kathy Smallwood 23.24 Donna Hartley 23.42 Eleanor Thomas 23.79400 metres Joslyn Hoyte 52.66 Verona Elder 53.40 Linda McCurry 54.01800 metres Christina Boxer 2:03.10 Janet Prictoe 2:03.11 Denise Kiernan 2:05.861,500 metresCherry Hanson 4:11.62Glynis Penny 4:12.45Wendy Smith 4:13.403,000 metresChristine Benning8:52.33 NRAnn Ford 8:53.80NZL Alison Wright 9:14.72marathon+Margaret Lockley 2:55:08Margaret Thompson 3:16:15SCO Leslie Watson 3:18:46100 metres hurdles Sharon Colyear 13.51 Shirley Strong 13.68 Yvette Wray 14.03400 metres hurdles IRE Mary Appleby 57.46 SCO Liz Sutherland 58.36 Sue Smith 59.14High jump Carol Mathers 1.76 Diana Elliott 1.76 six–way tie^ 1.71Long jump Jill Davies 6.19 WAL Ruth Howell 6.18 Carol Earlington 6.17Shot put Angela Littlewood 15.97 Vanessa Redford 14.56 Janet Thompson 14.54Discus throw Janet Thompson 49.80IRE Patricia Walsh 47.28 Angela Littlewood 46.22Javelin Anne Farquhar 49.20 Jeanette Rose 48.30 Fatima Whitbread 47.54Pentathlon ++ Yvette Wray 4140 Sue Mapstone 4121 Gillian Evans 40705,000 metres walk Carol Tyson 24:08.2 Virginia Lovell 25:06.4 Karen Eden 25:46.610,000 metres walk Carol Tyson 49:59.0 NR Marion Fawkes 50:31.0 Judy Farr 50:46.0 + Held on 20 May at Ryde ++ Held on 18 June at the Alexander Stadium ^ Six–way tie between Karen Chaytors, Louise Miller, Tonia Philpots, Ann-Marie Devally, Deborah Grant & Alyson Thomson See also 1978 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1978 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London