1962 WAAA Championships

The 1962 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 July 1962.

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Dorothy Hyman 10.6 =NR Daphne Arden 10.7 Betty Moore 10.7220 yards Dorothy Hyman 23.8 Jutta Heine 24.1 Daphne Arden 24.5440 yards Jean Sorrell55.1 NR Joy Grieveson 55.3 Maeve Kyle 55.4880 yards Joy Jordan 2:08.0 Phyllis Perkins 2:09.4 Anita Wörner 2:09.81 mile Joan Beretta 4:57.0Madeleine Ibbotson 5:00.4 Helen Cherry 5:02.580 metres hurdles Betty Moore 10.7 Erika Fisch 10.7 Denise Guénard 11.0200 metres hurdles Pat Nutting 28.9 Susan Mills 29.0 Maxine Botley 29.3High jump Iolanda Balaș 1.829 Frances Slaap 1.702 Thelma Hopkins 1.676Long jump Joke Bijleveld 6.21 Ingrid Becker 6.02 Thelma Hopkins 5.97Shot put Suzanne Allday 13.88 Mary Peters 13.04 Valerie Woods 12.55Discus throw Loesje Boling 47.28Suzanne Allday 46.09 Ann Duckham 42.36Javelin Sue Platt 50.72 Rosemary Morgan 47.98 Barbara Nicholls 45.46Pentathlon + Mary Peters 4190 Brenda Gill 3891 Christine Lilleyman 37621½ mile walk Judy Farr (Woodsford) 12:20.0 Sheila Jennings 12:33.8 Maureen Eyre 12:50.2

+ Held on 12 May at Chiswick

See also 1962 AAA Championships

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