1923 WAAA Championships

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1923 WAAA Championships
Dates18 August
Host cityLondon
VenueOxo Sports Ground
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1924 →

WAAA Championships

The 1923 WAAA Championships were the first national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4][5] The tournament was held on 18 August 1923, at the Oxo Sport Grounds in Downham, Lewisham in South London.[1][6][7][8]

Background

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After the successful first 1922 Women's World Games in Paris and the three Women's Olympiads (1921 Women's Olympiad, 1922 Women's Olympiad and 1923 Women's World Games) in Monaco, the interest for women's sports also grew internationally. In 1922 the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (WAAA) was founded and that year several national women's track meets were held.[2][1]

1922 national champions

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File:Nora Callebout.jpg
Nora Callebout
Event Gold Silver Bronze venue & notes
100 yards Nora Callebout 12.2 Mary Lines 1 foot Ivy J. Lowman 1 yard Lyons Club, 3 June[9]
220 yards Mary Lines 26.8 WR Nora Callebout 3 yards Ivy J. Lowman inches
440 yards Mary Lines 64.4 WR Ivy J. Lowman 7 yards Alice Cast
880 yards Mary Lines 2:26.6 WR Jessie Brooks 5 yards Phyllis Hall 20 yards
120 yards hurdles Daisy Wright 20.4 Hilda Hatt inches E. Johnson 5 yards
high jump Sylvia Stone 1.384 Sophie Eliott-Lynn Hilda Hatt

+ world record

1923 Inaugural Championship meeting

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The athletes competed in 11 events: running 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, relay race 660 yards, hurdling 120 yards, high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin and track walk[4] 880 yards. 3 unofficial world records[3][6] were set:[7] Mary Lines in running 440 yards and hurdles 120 yards and Edith Trickey in track walk 880 yards. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports.[10][11]

Results

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File:Mary Lines 1921.jpg
Mary Lines
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Mary Lines
(London Olympiades)		 12.0 sec Rose Thompson
(Manor Park)		 Evelyn Harris
220 yards Eileen Edwards
(London Olympiades)		 27.0 sec Rose Thompson
(Manor Park)		 Vera Palmer
440 yards Mary Lines
(London Olympiades)		 62.4 sec WR Louise Low
(Manor Park)		 P Batt
(London Olympiades)
880 yards Edith Trickey
(NB and MSC)		 2:40.2 min Gladys Lane
 Phyllis Hall
660-yard relay London Olympiades "A"
Lines, A.M. Cust, Lowman, Edwards)		 1:22.6 min Manor Park Athletics Club
 London Olympiades "B"
120 yards hurdles Mary Lines
(London Olympiades)		 18.8 sec WR Sophie Eliott-Lynn
(Kensington LAC)		 Hilda Hatt
(London Olympiades)		 DQ
High jump Hilda Hatt
(London Olympiades)		 1.45 m Ivy J. Lowman
(London Olympiades)		 1.42 m Sylvia Stone
(Kensington LAC)		 1.40 m
Long jump Mary Lines
(London Olympiades)		 4.96 m Hilda Hatt
(London Olympiades)		 4.86 m Gladys Elliott
4.66 m
Shot put(8 lb) Florence Birchenough
(London Olympiades)		 16.17 (yds?) Beatrice Manton
16.00 Sophie Eliott-Lynn
(Kensington LAC)		 15.78
Two-handed javelin Sophie Eliott-Lynn
(Kensington LAC)		 35.76 (yds?) E Willis
 31.08 Sylvia Stone
(Kensington LAC)		 30.53
880-yard walk Edith Trickey
(NB and MSC)		 4:35.0 min WR Betty Keeling
 D Clark

See also

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References

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