{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1924 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=28 June |Stadium=Woolwich Stadium |Stadium image= |Level=Senior|Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1923 |Next=1925 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1924 WAAA Championships''' were the second national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=8 December 2024 }}</ref>
The event was held at the Woolwich Stadium on Woolwich Common, London, on 28 June 1924. The athletes competed in 12 events; up one event from the previous year with the addition of the discus throw.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19240804/100/0006 |title=Safe Athletics for Women |work=London Daily Chronicle |date=4 August 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002498/19240502/058/0002 |title=Ladies! Be Fit! |work=Kensington Post |date=2 May 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19240630/038/0010 |title=Record Performances by Women |work=The Scotsman |date=30 June 1924 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 December 2024 }}</ref>
== Results == thumb|right|150px|Sophie Eliott-Lynn {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- !width=100|Event !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:gold;|Gold !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:silver;|Silver !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:#CD7F32;|Bronze |- |100 yards | Eileen Edwards || 11.3 | Rose Thompson || 1 yd | Mary Lines || inches |- |220 yards | Eileen Edwards || 27.6 | Vera Palmer || 2 yd | Rose Thompson || 2 yd |- |440 yards | Vera Palmer || 65.2 | Edith Trickey || 67.4 | Alice Cast || 3 yd |- |880 yards | Edith Trickey || 2:30.4 | Phyllis Hall || 2:41.8 | Ivy Wilson || 5 yd |- |120 yards hurdles | Mary Lines || 18.4 | Daisy Wright || 5 yd | Peggy Batt || 1 yd |- |High jump | Sophie Eliott-Lynn || 1.448 | Sylvia Stone || 1.410 | Ivy J. Lowman || 1.397 |- |Long jump | Mary Lines || 5.17 | Gladys Elliott || 5.12 | Sylvia Stone || 4.84 |- |Shot put | Mary Weston||16.17 | Beatrice Manton || 15.99 | Florence Birchenough || 15.61 |- |Discus throw | Florence Birchenough || 20.57 NR | Beatrice Manton || 20.11 | Sophie Eliott-Lynn || 19.60 |- |Two-Handed Javelin | Sophie Eliott-Lynn || 52.78 NR | Ivy Wilson || 38.52 | Beatrice Manton || 37.86 |- |880 yards walk | Edith Trickey || 4:17.4 | Betty Keeling || 15 yd | Florence Faulkner || 5 yd |- |660-yard relay | London Olympiad || 1.21.3/5 | || | || |}
== See also == *1924 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}} {{1924 in athletics}}
Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1924 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London Category:International sports competitions in London Category:August 1924 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1924 in British women's sport