1954 WAAA Championships

1954 WAAA Championships
1954 WAAA Championships
Dates	19 June
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1953 1955 → ; WAAA Championships

The 1954 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.^[1]^[2]

The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 19 June 1954.^[3]^[4]

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Anne Pashley	11.1	Patricia Devine	11.1	Heather Armitage	11.3
220 yards	Ann Johnson	25.1	Shirley Hampton	25.2	Margaret Brian	25.3
440 yards	Gloria Goldsborough	57.1	Janet Ruff	57.4	Madeleine Wooller	59.2
880 yards	Diane Leather	2:09.0 WR	Anne Oliver	2:11.4	Valerie Winn	2:11.7
1 mile	Phyllis Green	5:09.6	Helen Vincent	5:11.4	Anne Drummond	5:12.9
80 metres hurdles	Jean Desforges	11.4	Pamela Seaborne	11.5	Thelma Hopkins	11.7
High jump	Sheila Lerwill	1.651	Dorothy Tyler	1.626	Thelma Hopkins	1.575
Long jump	Jean Desforges	5.83	Shirley Cawley	5.73	Jean Whitehead	5.43
Shot put	Suzanne Allday (Farmer)	12.52	Josephine Cook (Page)	11.40	Maya Giri	10.41
Discus throw	Maya Giri	39.42	Suzanne Allday (Farmer)	39.09	Sylvia Needham	36.32
Javelin	Ann Dukes	39.55	Anne Collins	38.20	Jacqueline Ogden	36.27
Pentathlon +	Jean Desforges	3170 (3973)	Pamela French	2983 (3854)	Betty Lovell	2695 (3639)
1 mile walk	Beryl Randle	7:38.4	Patricia Grant	8:07.2	Rita Phillips	8:18.0

+ Held on 4 September at Paddington

References

^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ "Diane is a Real Smasher". Sunday Mirror. 20 June 1954. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Our Girls Beat Record". he People. 20 June 1954. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 24 December 2024.

[2] "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 December 2024.

[3] "Diane is a Real Smasher". Sunday Mirror. 20 June 1954. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Our Girls Beat Record". he People. 20 June 1954. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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