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1937 WAAA Championships

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1937 WAAA Championships
Dates7 August
Host cityLondon
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1936
1938


The 1937 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 7 August 1937.[3][4]

Results

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Dorothy Odam (right) won the second of her eight WAAA high jump titles
Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres Betty Lock7.8 Dorothy Marshall1½ yards Olive Moores1 foot
100 metres Winifred Jeffrey12.2 South Africa Barbara Burke12.2 Lillian Chalmers12.2
200 metres Lillian Chalmers24.9 Kathleen Stokes5 feet South Africa Barbara Burkeinches
400 metres Nellie Halstead60.1 Vera Rudd5 yards Constance Furneaux4 yards
800 metres Gladys Lunn2:18.5 Nellie Halstead10 yards Dorothy Bruty20 yards
1 mile Gladys Lunn5:17.0 WR Evelyne Forster5:33.0 Doris Roden40 yards
80 metres hurdles South Africa Barbara Burke12.1 Kathleen Tiffen1 yard Kate Robertsoninches
High jump Dorothy Odam1.635 Dora Gardner1.600 Dorothy Cosnett1.549
Long jump Ethel Raby5.79 Vedder Schenck5.41 Mary Holloway5.29
Shot put Kathleen Tilley10.59 Irene Phillips9.36 Muriel Smith8.83
Discus throw Irene Phillips32.61 Kathleen Tilley29.20 Ada Holland29.15
Javelin Gladys Lunn32.98 Dorothy Hewitt31.91 Edith Halstead31.39
1600 metres walk Florence Pengelly8:36.5 Doris Roden N. Gardner

See also

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References

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  1. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. "Miss Gladys Lunn's Triple Success". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 8 August 1937. Retrieved 16 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Women's Championships". The Scotsman. 9 August 1937. Retrieved 16 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.