1987 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1987 WAAA Championships Birmingham 24–25 July Alexander Stadium Senior Outdoor 1986 1988 WAAA Championships The 1987 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, from 24 to 25 July 1987.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19870726/536/0031 Athletics Sunday Express 26 July 1987 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19870726/052/0052 Midland Women's results Birmingham Weekly Mercury 26 July 1987 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 December 2024 The Championships were the last WAAA Championships because as from 1988 the AAA Championships would hold both men's and women's events. Results EventGoldSilverBronze100 metres Paula Dunn 11.28 Eleanor Cohen 11.59 WAL Sallyanne Short 11.69200 metres Joan Baptiste 23.24 Louise Stuart 23.37 Pippa Windle 23.52400 metres Linda Keough 53.17 Loreen Hall 53.69 Carol Finlay 53.84800 metres Diane Edwards 2:03.59 SCO Anne Purvis 2:04.40 Helen Thorpe 2:04.611,500 metresBev Nicholson 4:14.28Shireen Bailey 4:14.52Christina Cahill 4:18.103,000 metresWendy Sly 9:04.83Christine Benning 9:11.35Melissa Watson 9:11.535,000 metres Catherine Newman 16:14.62Marina Samy 16:25.38Sally Lynch 16:34.6010,000 metresSue Crehan 33:22.28Jill Clarke 33:38.40Lynn Everington 33:52.21marathon+Priscilla Welch 2:26:51Véronique Marot 2:30:15Paula Fudge 2:32:28100 metres hurdles Sally Gunnell 13.01 Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.18 Wendy Jeal 13.42400 metres hurdles AUS Sally Fleming 57.62 NIR Elaine McLaughlin 58.69 Lorraine Hanson 59.41High jump NOR Hanne Haugland 1.88 NIR Sharon McPeake 1.85 Michelle Wheeler 1.85Long jump Mary Berkeley 6.52 Kim Hagger 6.47 Joyce Oladapo 6.42Shot put Judy Oakes 18.44 Myrtle Augee 17.22 Yvonne Hanson-Nortey 16.03Discus throw Ellen Mulvihill 52.56 Kathryn Farr 51.60 Karen Pugh 51.04Javelin Fatima Whitbread 72.96 Sharon Gibson 57.60 Julie Abel 55.36Heptathlon ++ NOR Anne Brit Skjæveland5358 Charmaine Johnson 5136 Debbie Woolgar 50995,000 metres walk Lisa Langford 22:35.04 Nicola Jackson 23:57.32Sarah Brown 24:15.5910,000 metres walk Sarah Brown 51:48.7 Susan Gibson 53:05.1 Betty Sworowski 53:31.6 + 1987 London Marathon (Best placed British athletes) ++ Held on 30 & 31 May at Stoke-on-Trent See also 1987 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1987 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships