1938 WAAA Championships

1938 WAAA Championships
1938 WAAA Championships
Dates	2 July
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1937 1939 → ; WAAA Championships

The 1938 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 1938.^[3]^[4]

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Betty Lock	7.6	Marjorie Smith	2½ yards	Dorothy Marshall	1 yard
100 metres	Betty Lock	12.2	Dorothy Saunders	1 yard	Audrey Brown	2 yards
200 metres	Dorothy Saunders	25.0	Lillian Chalmers	2 yards	Audrey Brown	3 yards
400 metres	Olive Hall	60.0	Betty Walters	6 yards	Marie Sole	4 yard
880 metres	Nellie Halstead	2:20.4	Olive Hall	1 yard	Doris Harris (Roden)	15 yards
1 mile	Doris Harris (Roden)	5:29.4	Miriam Clarke	20 yards	Nellie Halstead	30 yards
80 metres hurdles	Kate Robertson	12.2	Evelyn Matthews	1 yard	Linda Whitman	1½ yards
High jump	Dorothy Odam	1.575	Dora Gardner	1.575	Dorothy Cosnett	1.549
Long jump	Ethel Raby	5.40	Vedder Schenck	5.25	Alice Flack	5.17
Shot put	Bevis Reid	11.60 NR	Kathleen Tilley	10.63	Muriel Smith	9.66
Discus throw	Bevis Reid	35.42 NR	Kathleen Tilley	30.66	Katharine Connal	29.70
Javelin	Katharine Connal	34.69	Bevis Reid	30.92	Dorothy Hewitt	30.64
1600 metres	Evelyn Webb	8:39.0	Mary Harrington		D. Cooper

References

^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
^ "records by Women". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1938. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Records Broken in Women's A.A.A Championships". Western Mail. 4 July 1938. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[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] "records by Women". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1938. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Records Broken in Women's A.A.A Championships". Western Mail. 4 July 1938. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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