1931 WAAA Championships

1931 WAAA Championships
Dates11 July
Host cityLondon
VenueStamford Bridge
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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The 1931 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

The event was held at Stamford Bridge, London, on 11 July 1931. Nellie Halstead and Constance Mason both set up new world records, repeating their feat from the previous year and Elsie Green set a new world record in the 80 metres hurdles event.[3][4]

Results

Nellie Halstead (far right) won three titles
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Nellie Halstead11.4 Ivy Walker11.6e Gwendoline Porter11.6e
220 yards Nellie Halstead25.5 Ivy Walker5 yards Eileen Hiscock3 yards
440 yards Nellie Halstead58.8 WR Dorothy Butterfieldeasily Vera Rudd
880 yards Gladys Lunn2:22.4 Ruth Christmas20 yards Dorothy Butterfield10 yards
80 metres hurdles Elsie Green12.0 WR Kathleen Tiffen1 yard Muriel Cornell12.3e
High jump Marjorie O'Kell1.499 E. Hooper1.499 Hilda Thorogood1.473
Long jump Muriel Cornell5.51 Mary Seary5.32 Ethel Slaughter5.10
Shot put Irene Phillips9.69 NR Elsie Otway8.80 Nellie Purvey8.44
Discus throw Irene Phillips29.79 Ada Holland27.02 Louise Fawcett26.58
Javelin Louise Fawcett29.26 Edith Halstead27.20 Maud Scorah26.22
1 mile walk Constance Mason7:45.6 WR Lucy Howes E. Gutteridge
440-yard relay London Olympiades AC3.51.1/5 Middlesex Ladies6 yd Manchester ACinches

See also

References

  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. ↑ "Women Set Up new Records". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 July 1931. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Sunday Pictorial". Sunday Mirror. 12 July 1931. Retrieved 16 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.