1923 WAAA Championships
| 1923 British Athletics Championships (AAA) | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 August |
| Host city | London, Great Britain |
| Venue | Oxo Sports Ground |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
← first (women) 1924 British Championships → | |
The 1923 AAA Championships (WAAA Championships) women's competition were the first[1] national[2] Track and Field[3] championships[4] for women[5] in the UK. The tournament was held on 18 August[6] 1923[7] at the Oxo Sport Grounds[8] in London, United Kingdom.
Background
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.
Events
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 i track walk 880 yards. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports.
Results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| running 100 yds |
Mary Lines Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
12,0 sec | Rose Thompson ? |
Evelyn Harris ? |
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| running 220 yds |
Eileen Edwards ? |
27,0 sec | Rose Thompson ? |
Vera Palmer ? |
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| running 440 yds |
Mary Lines Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
62,4 sec (WR) | Louise Low ? |
P Batt ? |
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| running 880 yds |
Edith Trickey Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
2.40,2 min | Gladys Lane ? |
Phyllis Hall ? |
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| relay 660 yds |
London Olympiades |
1.22,6 min | ? |
? |
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| hurdling 120 yds |
Mary Lines Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
18,8 sec (WR) | Sophie Eliott-Lynn Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
Hilda Hatt Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
dsq | |
| High jump | Hilda Hatt Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
1,45 metres | Ivy Lowman ? |
1,42 metres | Sylvia Stone `? |
1,40 metres |
| Long jump | Mary Lines Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
4,96 metres | Hilda Hatt Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
4,86 metres | Gladys Elliott ? |
4,66 metres |
| 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 |
| Javelin two-handed |
Sophie Eliott-Lynn Polytechnic Ladies Athletic Club |
35,76 (yds?) | E Willis ? |
31,08 | Sylvia Stone ? |
30,53 |
| Track walk 880 yards |
Edith Trickey ? |
4.35,0 min (WR) | Betty Keeling ? |
D Clark ? |
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Many of the participating athletes also competed in the 1924 Women's Olympiad at Stamford Bridge.
References
- ^ a b c d e "British Athletics Championships 1919-1939". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "The inaugural WAAA championships". Runner 500. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d "World records set in Britain". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Race walking". Race Walking Association. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Robinson, Lynne: Tripping Daintily Into The Arena" (PDF). University of Warwick, 1996 (Thesis), page 110-111. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d "British world record breakers". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Duval, Lynne: The Development of Women's Track and Field in England" (PDF). The Sports Historian May 2001, vol. 21, nr 1, p 10-11 (LA84.org). Retrieved 8 March 2018.
