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1969 WAAA Championships

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1969 WAAA Championships
Dates18–19 July
Host cityLondon
VenueCrystal Palace National Sports Centre
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1968
1970


The 1969 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 18 to 19 July 1969.[3][4] The 80 metres hurdles was discontinued.

Results

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Mia Gommers winner of the 1500 metres
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Chinese Taipei Chi Cheng 11.87 Dorothy Hyman 11.92 Anita Neil 12.10
200 metres Dorothy Hyman 23.7 Marilyn Neufville 24.3 Val Peat 24.3
400 metres Jennifer Pawsey 54.3 West Germany Christel Frese 54.3 West Germany Inge Eckhoff 54.5
800 metres Pat Lowe 2:03.3 Netherlands Ilja Keizer 2:03.5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vera Nikolić 2:04.2
1500 metres Netherlands Maria Gommers 4:16.0 Rita Ridley 4:25.4 Thelwyn Bateman 4:26.1
3000 metres Republic of Ireland Ann O'Brien 9:47.6 Barbara Banks 9:54.4 Madeleine Ibbotson 10:10.8
100 metres hurdles Chinese Taipei Chi Cheng 13.52 Poland Teresa Nowak 13.8 Poland Teresa Sukniewicz 14.0
200 metres hurdles Susan Hayward 28.5 Linda Robinson 28.5 Angela D'Arcy 29.3
High jump Barbara Inkpen 1.72 Dorothy Shirley 1.72 Frances Slaap 1.70
Long jump Sheila Sherwood 6.23 Anita Neil 6.20 Barbara-Anne Barrett 5.87
Shot put Brenda Bedford 15.22 Romania Lia Manoliu 14.30 Gay Porter 13.01
Discus throw Romania Lia Manoliu 55.58 Scotland Rosemary Payne 49.58 Netherlands Anneke de Bruin 48.50
Javelin Sue Platt 49.34 Shara Spragg 48.58 Averil Williams 46.82
Pentathlon + Scotland Moira Walls 459 Shirley Clelland 4279 Barbara Corbett 4222
2500 metres walk Judy Farr 12:45.8 Betty Jenkins 12:53.4 Barbara Fisk 13:02.4

+ Held on 2 August at Birmingham University

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  2. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Hyman Back In Glory". Sunday Mirror. 20 July 1969. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Pauline Attwood second in 400 metres". Bristol Evening Post. 19 July 1969. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.