1954 WAAA Championships

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1954 WAAA Championships
Dates19 June
Host cityLondon
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1953
1955


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

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Diane Leather set a world record when winning the 880 yards
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Anne Pashley 11.1 Scotland 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 Scotland Aileen Drummond 5:12.9
80 metres hurdles Jean Desforges 11.4 Pamela Seaborne 11.5 Northern Ireland Thelma Hopkins 11.7
High jump Sheila Lerwill 1.651 Dorothy Tyler 1.626 Northern Ireland Thelma Hopkins 1.575
Long jump Jean Desforges 5.83 Shirley Cawley 5.73 Jean Whitehead 5.43
Shot put Suzanne Allday 12.52 Josephine Cook 11.40 Maya Giri 10.41
Discus throw Maya Giri 39.42 Suzanne Allday 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

See also

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References

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