1923 WAAA Championships | |
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Dates | 18 August |
Host city | London, Great Britain |
Venue | Oxo Sports Ground |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
1924 → |
The 1923 WAAA Championships were the first national track and field championships for women in the UK. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The tournament was held on 18 August [6] 1923 [7] at the Oxo Sport Grounds [8] in London, United Kingdom.
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 [2] in the UK, that year several [1] ”national” women’s track meet were held.
In 1923 [6] the WAAA [3] [8] now organised the first official [1] British women championships [2] in track and field (WAAA [5] Championships [7]). In the US the " Amateur Athletic Union" (AAU) sponsored the first national championship for women in track and field on 29 September 1923.
The meet was held on 18 August [3] at the Oxo Sport Grounds [8] [1] in Downham, [2] Bromley [5] [6] in South London.
The athletes [2] competed [1] in 11 events: [5] [8] 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.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100-yard run | Mary Lines (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 12.0 sec | Rose Thompson | Evelyn Harris | ||
220-yard run | Eileen Edwards | 27.0 sec | Rose Thompson | Vera Palmer | ||
440-yard run | Mary Lines (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 62.4 sec WR | Louise Low | P Batt | ||
880-yard run | Edith Trickey (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 2:40.2 min | Gladys Lane | Phyllis Hall | ||
660-yard relay | London Olympiades "A" | 1:22.6 min | Manor Park Athletics Club | London Olympiades "B" | ||
120-yard hurdles | Mary Lines (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 18.8 sec WR | Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | Hilda Hatt (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | DQ | |
High jump | Hilda Hatt (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 4 ft 9 inches / 1.45 m | Ivy Lowman | 4 feet 8 inches / 1.42 m | Sylvia Stone | 4 feet 7 inches / 1.40 m |
Long jump | Mary Lines (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 16 ft 3.5 inches / 4.96 m | Hilda Hatt (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 15 ft 11.5 inches / 4.86 m | Gladys Elliott | 15 ft 7 inches / 4.66 m |
Shot put(8 lb) | Florence Birchenough (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 16.17 (yds?) | Beatrice Manton | 16.00 | Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 15.78 |
Two-handed javelin | Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 35.76 (yds?) | E Willis | 31.08 | Sylvia Stone | 30.53 |
880-yard track walk | Edith Trickey | 4:35.0 min WR | Betty Keeling | D Clark |
Many of the participating athletes also competed in the 1924 Women's Olympiad at Stamford Bridge.
1923 WAAA Championships | |
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Dates | 18 August |
Host city | London, Great Britain |
Venue | Oxo Sports Ground |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
1924 → |
The 1923 WAAA Championships were the first national track and field championships for women in the UK. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The tournament was held on 18 August [6] 1923 [7] at the Oxo Sport Grounds [8] in London, United Kingdom.
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 [2] in the UK, that year several [1] ”national” women’s track meet were held.
In 1923 [6] the WAAA [3] [8] now organised the first official [1] British women championships [2] in track and field (WAAA [5] Championships [7]). In the US the " Amateur Athletic Union" (AAU) sponsored the first national championship for women in track and field on 29 September 1923.
The meet was held on 18 August [3] at the Oxo Sport Grounds [8] [1] in Downham, [2] Bromley [5] [6] in South London.
The athletes [2] competed [1] in 11 events: [5] [8] 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.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100-yard run | Mary Lines (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 12.0 sec | Rose Thompson | Evelyn Harris | ||
220-yard run | Eileen Edwards | 27.0 sec | Rose Thompson | Vera Palmer | ||
440-yard run | Mary Lines (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 62.4 sec WR | Louise Low | P Batt | ||
880-yard run | Edith Trickey (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 2:40.2 min | Gladys Lane | Phyllis Hall | ||
660-yard relay | London Olympiades "A" | 1:22.6 min | Manor Park Athletics Club | London Olympiades "B" | ||
120-yard hurdles | Mary Lines (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 18.8 sec WR | Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | Hilda Hatt (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | DQ | |
High jump | Hilda Hatt (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 4 ft 9 inches / 1.45 m | Ivy Lowman | 4 feet 8 inches / 1.42 m | Sylvia Stone | 4 feet 7 inches / 1.40 m |
Long jump | Mary Lines (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 16 ft 3.5 inches / 4.96 m | Hilda Hatt (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 15 ft 11.5 inches / 4.86 m | Gladys Elliott | 15 ft 7 inches / 4.66 m |
Shot put(8 lb) | Florence Birchenough (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 16.17 (yds?) | Beatrice Manton | 16.00 | Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 15.78 |
Two-handed javelin | Sophie Eliott-Lynn (Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club) | 35.76 (yds?) | E Willis | 31.08 | Sylvia Stone | 30.53 |
880-yard track walk | Edith Trickey | 4:35.0 min WR | Betty Keeling | D Clark |
Many of the participating athletes also competed in the 1924 Women's Olympiad at Stamford Bridge.