1985 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1985 WAAA Championships Birmingham 26–27 July Alexander Stadium Senior Outdoor 1984 1986 WAAA Championships The 1985 WAAA Championships sponsored by the Trustee Savings Bank, 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 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham for the first time since switching from Crystal Palace. The competition took place from 26 to 27 July 1985.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19850728/055/0055 No-one to touch Zola the champ! Birmingham Weekly Mercury 28 July 1985 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19850728/615/0031 Athletics Sunday Express 28 July 1985 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 December 2024 Results EventGoldSilverBronze100 metres Heather Oakes 11.37 Kathy Cook 11.41 Pippa Windle 11.60200 metres Kathy Cook 23.39 Georgina Oladapo 23.74 Pat Beckford 23.74400 metres AUS Maree Chapman 51.51 Linda Keough 52.52 Tracy Lawton 52.95800 metres Christina Boxer 2:00.60 SCO Anne Purvis 2:02.41 Suzanne Morley 2:02.791,500 metresJulie-Ann Laughton 4:15.08IRE Mary McKenna 4:16.13Kathryn Carter 4:16.553,000 metresZola Budd 8:50.50Carole Bradford 9:06.30Jill Clarke 9:19.205,000 metresIRE Monica Joyce 16:16.58Alison Hollington 16:19.97Sally Ellis 16:24.1610,000 metresSue Crehan 33:53.3 Sally Ellis 34:50.5SCO Karen MacLeod 35:57.7marathon+Sarah Rowell 2:28:06Sally-Ann Hales 2:28:38Ann Ford 2:31:19100 metres hurdles AUS Glynis Nunn 13.27 Kim Hagger 13.35 Wendy Jeal 13.38400 metres hurdles Yvette Wray 57.86 Aileen Mills 58.69 Carol Dawkins 58.84High jump Diana Davies 1.89 SCO Jayne Barnetson Kim Hagger 1.801.80 n/aLong jump Joyce Oladapo 6.56 Sharon Bowie 6.11 Mary Berkeley 6.10Shot put Judy Oakes 17.57 Myrtle Augee 16.96 Yvonne Hanson-Nortey 15.16Discus throw Julia Avis 50.82 Karen Pugh 49.48 Judy Oakes 48.70Javelin Tessa Sanderson 66.38 SCO Diane Royle 61.86 Anna Lockton 52.38Heptathlon ++ AUS Ann Turnbull 5289 Charmaine Johnson 5177 SCO Valerie Walsh 51745,000 metres walk Virginia Birch 23:53.47 Helen Elleker 24:25.81 Lisa Langford 24:53.0410,000 metres walk Helen Elleker 51:22.3 Lisa Langford 52:02.9 Karen Nipper 52:57.4 + 1985 London Marathon (Best placed British athletes) ++ Held on 20 & 21 July at Bournemouth See also 1985 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1985 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:1985 in women's sport of athletics