1937 WAAA Championships

The 1937 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.

The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 7 August 1937.

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze60 metres Betty Lock 7.8 Dorothy Marshall 1½ yards Olive Moores 1 foot100 metres Winifred Jeffrey 12.2 Barbara Burke 12.2 Lillian Chalmers 12.2200 metres Lillian Chalmers 24.9 Kathleen Stokes 5 feet Barbara Burke inches400 metres Nellie Halstead 60.1 Vera Rudd 5 yards Constance Furneaux 4 yards800 metres Gladys Lunn 2:18.5 Nellie Halstead 10 yards Dorothy Bruty 20 yards1 mileGladys Lunn 5:17.0 WREvelyne Forster 5:33.0Doris Roden 40 yards80 metres hurdles Barbara Burke 12.1 Kathleen Tiffen 1 yard Kate Robertson inchesHigh jump Dorothy Odam1.635 Dora Gardner 1.600 Dorothy Cosnett 1.549Long jump Ethel Raby 5.79 Vedder Schenck 5.41 Mary Holloway 5.29Shot put Kathleen Tilley 10.59 Irene Phillips 9.36 Muriel Smith 8.83Discus throw Irene Phillips 32.61Kathleen Tilley29.20 Ada Holland29.15Javelin Gladys Lunn 32.98 Dorothy Hewitt 31.91 Edith Halstead 31.391600 metres walk Florence Pengelly 8:36.5 Doris Roden N. Gardner

See also 1937 AAA Championships

References