{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1960 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=1–2 July |Stadium=White City Stadium |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1959 |Next=1961 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1960 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=26 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=26 December 2024 }}</ref>
The event was held at White City Stadium, London, from 1 to 2 July 1960.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19600703/246/0015 |title=Susan has her fling - it's a record |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=3 July 1960 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19600703/963/0024 |title=Girls shine amid the bungling |work=Sunday Express |date=3 July 1960 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 December 2024 }}</ref> {{clear}} == Results == thumb|right|150px|Dorothy Shirley won the high jump {| 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 | Dorothy Hyman ||11.7 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Jennifer Smart ||11.7 | Elizabeth Wheeler ||12.0 |- |220 yards | Dorothy Hyman ||24.0 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Jennifer Smart ||24.0 | Jean Hiscock ||24.7 |- |440 yards | Pam Piercy ||57.2 | Lesley Davis ||57.5 | Jean Dunbar ||58.0 |- |880 yards | Joy Jordan ||2:09.1 | Phyllis Perkins ||2:09.6 | Diane Charles ||2:10.6 |- |1 mile |Roma Ashby ||4:54.2 |Diane Charles ||4:58.2 |Joan Briggs ||5:04.2 |- |80 metres hurdles | Carole Quinton ||10.8w | {{flagicon|AUS}} Betty R. Moore ||11.0w | Pat Nutting ||11.2w |- |High jump | Dorothy Shirley ||1.676 | Janet Gaunt ||1.676 | Iris Pegley ||1.651 |- |Long jump | Ann Packer ||5.68 | Marion Needham ||5.67 | Barbara Brooks ||5.61 |- |Shot put | Suzanne Allday ||14.30 | Iris Mouzer ||13.10 | Ann Duckham|| 12.38 |- |Discus throw | Suzanne Allday ||45.25 | Betty Smith ||40.80 | Sylvia Needham ||40.66 |- |Javelin | Sue Platt ||50.83 | Averil Williams ||45.17 | Monica Podmore ||43.58 |- |Pentathlon + | Mary Bignal ||4568 | Janet Gaunt ||4261 | Pat Nutting ||4051 |- |1½ mile walk | Judy Woodsford ||12:31.2 | Joan Wallis ||12:32.0 | Sheila Jennings ||12:38.6 |}
+ Held on 4 June at Birmingham University
== See also == *1960 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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