# 1953 WAAA Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1953_WAAA_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1953_WAAA_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_WAAA_Championships > Source revision: 1318674047 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/White_City_Stadium) |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=[1952](/source/1952_WAAA_Championships) |Next=[1954](/source/1954_WAAA_Championships) |Games=[WAAA Championships](/source/WAAA_Championships) }} The '''1953 [WAAA Championships](/source/WAAA_Championships)''' were the national [track and field](/source/track_and_field) championships for women in the United Kingdom.{{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 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=21 December 2024 }} The event was held at [White City Stadium](/source/White_City_Stadium), London, on 4 July 1953.{{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 }}{{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 }} {{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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_100_metres) | [Anne Pashley](/source/Anne_Pashley) ||11.0 | [Shirley Burgess](/source/Shirley_Burgess) ||11.1 | [Jean Scrivens](/source/Jean_Scrivens) ||11.2 |- |[220 yards](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_200_metres) | [Ann Johnson](/source/Ann_Johnson_(athlete)) ||25.0 | [Anne Pashley](/source/Anne_Pashley) ||25.2 | Jean Newboult ||25.5 |- |[440 yards](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_400_metres) | [Valerie Winn](/source/Valerie_Winn) (Ball)||57.6 | Betty Loakes ||57.8 | Dorothy Saunders ||59.9 |- |[880 yards](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_800_metres) | [Anne Oliver](/source/Anne_Oliver) ||2:15.0 | Norah Smalley|| 2:17.8 | [Diane Leather](/source/Diane_Leather) ||2:18.2 |- |[1 mile](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_1500_metres) |[Enid Harding](/source/Enid_Harding) ||5:09.8 WR |[Phyllis Green](/source/Phyllis_Perkins) ||5:14.8 |Dilys Williams|| 5:17.3 |- |[80 metres hurdles](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_sprint_hurdles) | [Jean Desforges](/source/Jean_Desforges)|| 11.5 | Iris Pond ||11.6 | [Sheila Sewell](/source/Sheila_Sewell) || 11.6 |- |[High jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_high_jump) | [Sheila Lerwill](/source/Sheila_Lerwill) ||1.651 | {{flagicon|NIR}} [Thelma Hopkins](/source/Thelma_Hopkins_(athlete)) ||1.651 | [Dorothy Tyler](/source/Dorothy_Tyler) ||1.600 |- |[Long jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_long_jump) | [Jean Desforges](/source/Jean_Desforges)|| 5.76 | [Sheila Sewell](/source/Sheila_Sewell)|| 5.47 | [Shirley Cawley](/source/Shirley_Cawley) ||5.47 |- |[Shot put](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_shot_put) | [Joan Linsell](/source/Joan_Linsell) ||12.11 | [Suzanne Farmer](/source/Suzanne_Farmer) ||12.04 | [Maya Giri](/source/Maya_Giri) ||10.51 |- |[Discus throw](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_discus_throw) | [Suzanne Farmer](/source/Suzanne_Farmer)|| 40.01 |[Maya Giri](/source/Maya_Giri) ||37.85 | Pamela Jones ||37.54 |- |[Javelin](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_javelin_throw) | [Anne Collins](/source/Anne_Collins_(athlete)) ||36.56 | Joy Evans ||35.99 | Jean Elliott ||35.36 |- |[Pentathlon](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_decathlon%2Fheptathlon) + | [Jean Desforges](/source/Jean_Desforges) ||3221 (3997 NR) | [Joan Linsell](/source/Joan_Linsell)|| 2931 (3815) | Betty Lovell ||2903 (3761) |- |[1 mile walk](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres_walk) | [Beryl Randle](/source/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](/source/1953_AAA_Championships) == References == {{Reflist}} {{British championships in athletics}} Category:WAAA Championships WAAA 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