{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1957 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=5–6 July |Stadium=White City Stadium |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1956 |Next=1958 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1957 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=24 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=24 December 2024 }}</ref> The Championships were held over two days for the first time.
The event was held at White City Stadium, London, from 5 to 6 July 1957.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19570707/213/0013 |title=Schoolgirls Jolt Olympic Jump Star |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=7 July 1957 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19570707/127/0014 |title=England women won't win much on this poor showing |work=The People |date=7 July 1957 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 December 2024 }}</ref> {{clear}} == Results == thumb|right|250px|Heather Young won both the 100 and 220 yards titles {| 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 | Heather Young ||10.9 | Madeleine Weston ||11.1 | Elizabeth Wheeler ||11.2 |- |220 yards | Heather Young ||24.2 NR | Moyra Hiscox ||24.6 | Jill Dudderidge ||25.0 |- |440 yards | Janet Ruff ||56.4 WR | Violet Murphy ||56.5 | Margaret Pickerill ||56.7 |- |880 yards | Diane Leather ||2:09.4 | Phyllis Perkins ||2:10.8 | Anne Oliver ||2:11.2 |- |1 mile | Diane Leather ||4:55.3 | Maureen Bonnano ||5:01.0 | Roma Ashby|| 5:03.5 |- |80 metres hurdles | {{flagicon|NIR}} Thelma Hopkins ||11.4 | Carole Quinton|| 11.5 | Carolyn Ivins ||11.6 |- |High jump | {{flagicon|NIR}} Thelma Hopkins ||1.651 | Susan Etherton ||1.651 | Mary Bignal ||1.626 |- |Long jump | Christina Persighetti || 5.87 | Jean Whitehead ||5.72 | Carole Hamby ||5.62 |- |Shot put | Josephine Cook||12.60 | Gwen Charman ||11.63 | Joan Linsell ||11.38 |- |Discus throw | Sylvia Needham ||40.22 | Maya Giri ||39.45 | Maureen Burtenshaw ||38.19 |- |Javelin | Averil Williams ||40.23 | Mary Tadd|| 38.27 | Margaret Callender ||37.42 |- |Pentathlon + | Margaret Rowley ||4183 | Joan Day ||3964 | Janet Pulfer ||3706 |- |1 mile walk | Dilys Williams ||8:08.4 | Helen Vincent ||8:08.8 | Betty Franklin ||8:23.0 |}
+ Held on 31 August at Birmingham University
== See also == *1957 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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