{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1946 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=13 July |Stadium=White City Stadium |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1945 |Next=1947 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1946 WAAA Championships''' were the 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=18 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=18 December 2024 }}</ref>
The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 13 July 1946.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19460715/054/0003 |title=Women's Titles Change Hands |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=15 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19460714/008/0001 |title=The Champ had to mind the bairns |work=Sunday Post |date=14 July 1946 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 December 2024 }}</ref> {{clear}} == Results == thumb|right|200px|Ethel Davies (left) (née Raby) won her sixth WAAA long jump title {| 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 |- |60 metres | Irene Royse ||8.1 | Rosa Hibberd|| | Betty Witts|| |- |100 metres | Maureen Gardner ||12.6 | Winifred Jordan ||12.8e | Joyce Judd|| |- |200 metres | Sylvia Cheeseman ||25.7 | Winifred Jordan|| | Joyce Judd|| |- |400 metres | Margaret Walker ||59.3 | Phyllis Richards|| | Lillian Chalmers|| |- |800 metres | Phyllis Richards|| 2:21.0 | Brenda Harris|| | Joyce Heath|| |- |1 mile |Brenda Harris ||5:33.6 |Dorothy Daniels|| | Helen Wright|| |- |80 metres hurdles | Bertha Crowther|| 12.8 | Zoe Hancock|| | {{flagicon|SCO}} Doris M. C. Young|| |- |High jump | Dora Gardner ||1.549 | Doris Endruweit ||1.524 | Bertha Crowther ||1.524 |- |Long jump | Ethel Davies ||5.05 | Kathleen Duffy ||4.94 | Doreen Clutton ||4.86 |- |Shot put | Kathleen Dyer ||10.19 | 25px Margaret Lasbrey ||9.45 | P. Evans ||8.78 |- |Discus throw | 25px Margaret Lasbrey ||28.36 | Doris Endruweit ||28.04 | Kathleen Dyer ||26.57 |- |Javelin | 25px Margaret Lasbrey||34.44 | Doris Endruweit ||26.37 | Vera Wheeler ||23.64 |- |1600 metres walk | Doris Hart ||8:38.6 | Beryl Day|| | Betty Sankey|| |}
== See also == *1946 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1946 WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London Category:July 1946 sports events in the United Kingdom