1966 WAAA Championships

1966 WAAA Championships
1966 WAAA Championships
Dates	1–2 July
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1965 1967 → ; WAAA Championships

The 1966 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, from 1 to 2 July 1966.^[3]^[4]

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Daphne Slater	10.5	Jill Hall	10.5	Maureen Tranter	10.6
220 yards	Janet Simpson	24.1	Maureen Tranter	24.2	Daphne Slater	24.2
440 yards	Hilde Slaman NED	54.7	Joy Grieveson	54.9	Rosemary Stirling	55.1
880 yards	Anne Smith	2:04.2 NR	Ilja Laman NED	2:05.4	Pam Piercy	2:06.7
1 mile	Rita Lincoln	4:47.9	Marie Ingrová TCH	4:48.8	Joyce Smith	4:55.2
80 metres hurdles	Danuta Straszynska POL	10.9	Pat Pryce	11.0	Maxine Botley	11.0
100 metres hurdles	Christine Perera	13.5 NR	Susan Hayward (Mills)	14.2	Liz Toulalan	14.3
200 metres hurdles	Pat Jones	27.7 NR	Susan Mills	28.8	Sandra Dyson	29.2
High jump	Dorothy Shirley	1.702	Frances Slaap	1.651	Mary Rand	1.651
Long jump	Berit Berthelsen	6.30	Mary Rand	6.13	Corrie Bakker NED	6.10
Shot put	Brenda Bedford	14.52	Moira Kerr	13.15	Kathryn Duckett	12.63
Discus throw	Rosemary Payne	49.88	Brenda Bedford	44.12	Gail Smith	41.78
Javelin	Sue Platt	45.18	Barbara Nicholls	44.40	Margaret Whitbread (Callender)	44.20
Pentathlon +	Mary Peters	4625	Gwenda Hurst (Matthews)	4151	Alix Jamieson	4070
1½ mile walk	Judy Farr	12:09.2	Sheila Jennings	12:16.8	Audrey Hackett	12:53.0

+ Held on 28 May at Birmingham University

References

^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
^ "Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look". Sunday Express. 3 July 1966. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Wpmen's AAA Championships". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 2 July 1966. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[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] "Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look". Sunday Express. 3 July 1966. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Wpmen's AAA Championships". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 2 July 1966. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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