1968 WAAA Championships

British athletics event December 2024 December 2024 1968 WAAA Championships London 19–20 July Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Senior Outdoor 1967 1969 WAAA Championships The 1968 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 the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 19 to 20 July 1968.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19680721/100/0030 World-Beater Vera Sunday Post 21 July 1968 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 December 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19680720/297/0023 Sport Summary Daily Mirror 20 July 1968 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 December 2024 The 3,000 metres event was held for the first time at the Championships. It was the first time that the Championships were held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19671025/282/0023 Women's athletics: new venue, date Aberdeen Press and Journal 25 October 1967 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 December 2024 Results thumb|right|150px|The WAAA Championships were held at Crystal Palace for the first time thumb|right|150px|Vera Nikolić broke the world record in the 800 metres EventGoldSilverBronze100 metres Val Peat 11.5 Anita Neil 11.5 Della James 11.7200 metres Val Peat 23.6 Maureen Tranter 23.8 Della James 24.0400 metres NED Mirna van der Hoeven 53.6 Janet Simpson 53.9 Mary Green 54.3800 metres YUG Vera Nikolić 2:00.5 WR Lillian Board 2:02.0 USA Doris Brown 2:02.21500 metres Rita Lincoln 4:25.3 IRE Ann O'Brien 4:29.7 Carol Firth 4:30.63000 metres Carol Firth 10:06.4 NR Pam Davies 10:19.2 Gabrielle Carpenter 10:28.680 metres hurdles Pat Pryce 10.9 POL Teresa Sukniewicz 10.9 ITA Carla Panerai 11.0100 metres hurdles Christine Perera 13.5 NR Susan Hayward 14.2 SCO Liz Toulalan 14.3200 metres hurdles Christine Perera 27.8 Sheila Garnett 28.0 Susan Hayward 29.0High jump Dorothy Shirley 1.715 jo Barbara Inkpen 1.676 Leonie Esdaile 1.676Long jump Sheila Sherwood 6.42 Maureen Barton 6.25 Ann Wilson 6.22Shot put GDR Margitta Gummel 16.99 NED Els van Noorduyn 15.87 Brenda Bedford 14.71Discus throw GDR Karin Illgen 57.22 GDR Christine Spielberg 56.64 NED Anneke de Bruin 50.52Javelin Sue Platt 53.26 Anne Farquhar 47.80 Pru French 44.86Pentathlon + NIR Mary Peters 4723 Sue Scott 4622 Susan Hayward 43261½ mile walk Judy Farr 12:39.0 Betty Jenkins 12:44.2 Barbara Fisk 12:54.6 + Held from 9 to 10 July at Crystal Palace See also 1968 AAA Championships References Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1968 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London