1966 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1966 WAAA Championships London 1–2 July White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 1965 1967 WAAA Championships The 1966 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, from 1 to 2 July 1966.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19660703/799/0027 Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look Sunday Express 3 July 1966 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19660702/001/0001 Wpmen's AAA Championships Huddersfield Daily Examiner 2 July 1966 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 December 2024 Results thumb|right|150px|Anne Smith (no 56, pictured at the Olympics in 1964) won the 880 yards WAAA title thumb|right|150px|Hilde Slaman won the 440 yards EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Daphne Slater 10.5 Jill Hall 10.5 Maureen Tranter 10.6220 yards Janet Simpson 24.1 Maureen Tranter 24.2 Daphne Slater 24.2440 yards NED Hilde Slaman 54.7 Joy Grieveson 54.9 SCO Rosemary Stirling 55.1880 yards Anne Smith 2:04.2 NR NED Ilja Laman 2:05.4 Pam Piercy 2:06.71 mileRita Lincoln 4:47.9 TCH Marie Ingrová 4:48.8Joyce Smith 4:55.280 metres hurdles POL Danuta Straszyńska 10.9 Pat Pryce 11.0 Maxine Botley 11.0100 metres hurdles Christine Perera 13.5 NR Susan Mills 14.2 Liz Toulalan 14.3200 metres hurdles Pat Jones 27.7 NR Susan Mills 28.8 Sandra Dyson 29.2High jump Dorothy Shirley 1.702 Frances Slaap 1.651 Mary Rand 1.651Long jump NOR Berit Berthelsen 6.30 Mary Rand 6.13 NED Corrie Bakker 6.10Shot put Brenda Bedford 14.52 SCO Moira Kerr 13.15 Kathryn Duckett 12.63Discus throw SCO Rosemary Payne 49.88 Brenda Bedford 44.12 Gail Smith 41.78Javelin Sue Platt 45.18 Barbara Nicholls 44.40 Margaret Whitbread 44.20Pentathlon + NIR Mary Peters 4625 Gwenda Hurst 4151 SCO Alix Jamieson 40701½ mile walk Judy Farr 12:09.2 Sheila Jennings 12:16.8 Audrey Hackett 12:53.0 + Held on 28 May at Birmingham University See also 1966 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1966 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London