1955 WAAA Championships

1955 WAAA Championships
1955 WAAA Championships
Dates	2 July
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1954 1956 → ; WAAA Championships

The 1955 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 2 July 1955.^[3]^[4]

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Margaret Francis	10.8w	Heather Armitage	11.0w	Shirley Hampton	11.1w
220 yards	Jean Scrivens	24.9	Shirley Hampton	25.3	Margaret Brian	25.6
440 yards	Janet Ruff	56.9	Anne Herman	58.4	Violet Murphy	58.4
880 yards	Diane Leather	2:09.7	Anne Dawson	2:14.9	Madeleine Wooller	2:15.0
1 mile	Phyllis Perkins (Green)	5:05.2	Leila Buckland	5:09.0	Roma Ashby	5:17.0
80 metres hurdles	Margaret Francis	11.3	Pauline Wainwright	11.4	Pamela Seaborne	11.4
High jump	Thelma Hopkins	1.651	Dorothy Tyler	1.626	Audrey Bennett	1.600
Long jump	Thelma Hopkins	5.76	Sheila Hoskin	5.64	Christina Cops	5.64
Shot put	Josephine Cook (Page)	11.90	Joan Balkwill	10.69	Gwen Charman (Buddle)	10.65
Discus throw	Maya Giri	41.68	Sylvia Needham	40.43	Gwen Charman (Buddle)	35.38
Javelin	Diane Coates	41.78	Anne Collins	40.62	Jacqueline Ogden	38.36
Pentathlon +	Margaret Rowley	3943	Carole Quinton	3786	Janis Long	3744
1 mile walk	Beryl Randle (Day)	7:59.4	Sheila Jennings (Martin)	8:08.6	Roma Phillips	8:13.2

+ Held on 17 September at Birmingham University

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.
^ "Margaret Doubles To It - Loses Record". The People. 3 July 1955. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Diane Keeps Her 880 Yards Title". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 3 July 1955. 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] "Margaret Doubles To It - Loses Record". The People. 3 July 1955. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Diane Keeps Her 880 Yards Title". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 3 July 1955. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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