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British athletics event

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1968 WAAA Championships
Dates	19–20 July
Host city	London
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1967 1969 → WAAA Championships

The 1968 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.

The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 19 to 20 July 1968. The 3,000 metres event was held for the first time at the Championships.

It was the first time that the Championships were held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Val Peat	11.5	Anita Neil	11.5	Della James	11.7
200 metres	Val Peat	23.6	Maureen Tranter	23.8	Della James	24.0
400 metres	Myrna van der Hoeven NED	53.6	Janet Simpson	53.9	Mary Green	54.3
800 metres	Vera Nikolic YUG	2:00.5 WR	Lillian Board	2:02.0	Doris Brown USA	2:02.2
1500 metres	Rita Lincoln	4:25.3	Ann O'Brien IRL	4:29.7	Carol Firth	4:30.6
3000 metres	Carol Firth	10:06.4 NR	Pam Davies	10:19.2	Gabrielle Carpenter	10:28.6
100 metres hurdles	Christine Perera	13.5 NR	Susan Hayward (Mills)	14.2	Liz Toulalan	14.3
200 metres hurdles	Christine Perera	27.8	Sheila Garnett	28.0	Susan Hayward (Mills)	29.0
High jump	Dorothy Shirley	1.715 jo	Barbara Inkpen	1.676	Leonie Esdaile	1.676
Long jump	Sheila Sherwood (Parkin)	6.42	Maureen Barton	6.25	Ann Wilson	6.22
Shot put	Margitta Gummel GDR	16.99	Els van Noorduyn NED	15.87	Brenda Bedford	14.71
Discus throw	Karin Illgen GDR	57.22	Christine Spielberg GDR	56.64	Anneke de Bruin NED	50.52
Javelin	Sue Platt	53.26	Anne Farquhar	47.80	Pru French	44.86
Pentathlon +	Mary Peters	4723	Sue Scott	4622	Sue Hayward	4326
1½ mile walk	Judy Farr	12:39.0	Betty Jenkins	12:44.2	Barbara Fisk	12:54.6

+ Held from 9 to 10 July at Crystal Palace

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.
"World-Beater Vera". Sunday Post. 21 July 1968. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Sport Summary". Daily Mirror. 20 July 1968. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Women's athletics: new venue, date". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 25 October 1967. Retrieved 26 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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