{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1953 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=4 July |Stadium=White City Stadium |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1952 |Next=1954 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1953 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=21 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=21 December 2024 }}</ref>
The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 4 July 1953.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19530705/312/0010 |title=Enid nears 5-minute mile |work=Sunday Express |date=5 July 1953 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19530705/016/0016 |title=Only one Midland success |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=5 July 1953 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2024 }}</ref> {{clear}} == Results == {| 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 | Anne Pashley ||11.0 | Shirley Burgess ||11.1 | Jean Scrivens ||11.2 |- |220 yards | Ann Johnson ||25.0 | Anne Pashley ||25.2 | Jean Newboult ||25.5 |- |440 yards | Valerie Winn (Ball)||57.6 | Betty Loakes ||57.8 | Dorothy Saunders <!-- D F Saunders, Mitcham AC athlete, not the pre war sprinter--> ||59.9 |- |880 yards | Anne Oliver ||2:15.0 | Norah Smalley|| 2:17.8 | Diane Leather ||2:18.2 |- |1 mile |Enid Harding ||5:09.8 WR |Phyllis Green ||5:14.8 |Dilys Williams|| 5:17.3 |- |80 metres hurdles | Jean Desforges|| 11.5 | Iris Pond ||11.6 | Sheila Sewell || 11.6 |- |High jump | Sheila Lerwill ||1.651 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Thelma Hopkins ||1.651 | Dorothy Tyler ||1.600 |- |Long jump | Jean Desforges|| 5.76 | Sheila Sewell|| 5.47 | Shirley Cawley ||5.47 |- |Shot put | Joan Linsell ||12.11 | Suzanne Farmer ||12.04 | Maya Giri ||10.51 |- |Discus throw | Suzanne Farmer|| 40.01 |Maya Giri ||37.85 | Pamela Jones ||37.54 |- |Javelin | Anne Collins ||36.56 | Joy Evans ||35.99 | Jean Elliott ||35.36 |- |Pentathlon + | Jean Desforges ||3221 (3997 NR) | Joan Linsell|| 2931 (3815) | Betty Lovell ||2903 (3761) |- |1 mile walk | Beryl Randle ||7:48.2 | Sheila Jennings (Martin) ||7:49.8 | Sheila Irwin ||8:16.8 |}
+ Held on 12 September at Birmingham
== See also == *1953 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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