1956 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1956 WAAA Championships London 11 August White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 1955 1957 WAAA Championships The 1956 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 24 December 2024 http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm AAA Championships (women) GBR Athletics 24 December 2024 The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 11 August 1956.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19560812/285/0012 Girl of 19 beats world record Sunday Express 12 August 1956 British Newspaper Archive subscription 24 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19560812/174/0012 Sprinting Mother Smashes World 220 Record Weekly Dispatch (London) 12 August 1956 British Newspaper Archive subscription 24 December 2024 Results thumb|right|150px|Dorothy Tyler won her 8th high jump title (her first was 20 years previous back in 1936) EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards June Paul 10.6w Anne Pashley 10.7w Heather Armitage 10.7w220 yards June Paul23.8w Jean Scrivens 24.0w Shirley Hampton 24.5w440 yards Janet Ruff 56.5 WR Janice Bonner 57.0 Joy Buckmaster 57.6880 yards Phyllis Perkins 2:13.2 Betty Loakes 2:15.7 Madeleine Ibbotson 2:16.11 mileDiane Leather 5:01.0June Bridgland 5:03.2Anne Oliver 5:06.480 metres hurdles Pamela Elliott 11.1w Iris Pond 11.2w Pauline Wainwright 11.2wHigh jump Dorothy Tyler 1.600 Mary Bignal 1.600 Jean Pearce 1.600Long jump Sheila Hoskin 5.65 Jean Whitehead 5.64 Christina Cops 5.59Shot put Suzanne Allday 13.39 Josephine Cook 12.16 Mary Nusser 11.12Discus throw Suzanne Allday 47.02 NR Sylvia Needham 41.29 Maya Giri 40.73Javelin GER Doris Orphall 40.82 Monica Podmore 40.62 Averil Williams 39.61Pentathlon + Margaret Rowley 3812 NIR Mary Peters 3679 Alma Osborne 36561 mile walk Dilys Williams 7:47.6 Beryl Randle 7:58.2 Rita Phillips 8:13.4 + Held on 15 September at Birmingham University See also 1956 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1956 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London