1965 WAAA Championships

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1965 WAAA Championships
Dates3 July
Host cityLondon
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1964
1966


The 1965 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 3 July 1965.[3][4]

Results

Irena Kirszenstein
Elivia Ballotta
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Poland Irena Kirszenstein10.68 Jill Hall10.77 Liz Gill10.83
220 yards Janet Simpson24.06 Maureen Tranter24.16 Daphne Arden24.36
440 yards Joy Grieveson55.11 Deidre Watkinson55.15 East Germany Gertrud Schmidt56.02
880 yards Anne Smith2:07.5 Pam Piercy2:09.4 South Africa Anne McKenzie2:09.4
1 mile Joyce Smith4:53.46 Rita Lincoln4:56.96 Australia Brenda Carr4:57.70
80 metres hurdles Pat Jones11.28 Poland Teresa Ciepły11.30 Poland Elżbieta Bednarek11.33
100 metres hurdles Pat Jones13.8 Susan Mills13.8 Patricia Baileff14.1
200 metres hurdles Susan Mills28.14 Susan Webb28.64 Patricia Baileff29.10
High jump Frances Slaap1.702 Linda Knowles1.676 Rosemary Curtis1.626
Long jump Mary Rand6.40 Poland Irena Kirszenstein6.39 West Germany Helga Hoffmann6.14
Shot put West Germany Gertrud Schäfer14.81 Northern Ireland Mary Peters14.06 Kathryn Duckett13.07
Discus throw Italy Elivia Ballotta50.56 West Germany Kriemhild Limberg50.10 Scotland Rosemary Payne48.0
Javelin West Germany Ameli Koloska53.16 Averil Williams43.09 Mary Brown42.51
Pentathlon + Northern Ireland Mary Peters4413 Pat Jones4083 Gwenda Matthews3979
1½ mile walk Judy Farr12:14.2 Margaret Lewis12:33.8 Joan Wallis12:38.8

+ Held on 8 May at Parliament Hill

See also

References

  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. "Results". Sunday Express. 4 July 1965. Retrieved 26 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Mary Rand Repeats Olympic Victory". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 4 July 1965. Retrieved 26 December 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.