{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1965 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=3 July |Stadium=White City Stadium |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1964 |Next=1966 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1965 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, on 3 July 1965.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19650704/689/0024 |title=Results |work=Sunday Express |date=4 July 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19650704/036/0036 |title=Mary Rand Repeats Olympic Victory |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=4 July 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 December 2024 }}</ref> {{clear}} == Results == thumb|right|150px|Irena Kirszenstein thumb|right|150px|Elivia Ballotta {| 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 | {{flagicon|POL}} Irena Kirszenstein ||10.68 | Jill Hall ||10.77 | Liz Gill ||10.83 |- |220 yards | Janet Simpson ||24.06 | Maureen Tranter|| 24.16 | Daphne Arden ||24.36 |- |440 yards | Joy Grieveson ||55.11 | Deidre Watkinson ||55.15 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Gertrud Schmidt||56.02 |- |880 yards | Anne Smith ||2:07.5 | Pam Piercy ||2:09.4 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Anne McKenzie ||2:09.4 |- |1 mile |Joyce Smith ||4:53.46 |Rita Lincoln ||4:56.96 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Brenda Carr ||4:57.70 |- |80 metres hurdles | Pat Jones ||11.28 | {{flagicon|POL}} Teresa Ciepły ||11.30 | {{flagicon|POL}} Elżbieta Bednarek||11.33 |- |100 metres hurdles | Pat Jones ||13.8 | Susan Mills ||13.8 | Patricia Baileff ||14.1 |- |200 metres hurdles | Susan Mills ||28.14 | Susan Webb ||28.64 | Patricia Baileff ||29.10 |- |High jump | Frances Slaap ||1.702 | Linda Knowles ||1.676 | Rosemary Curtis ||1.626 |- |Long jump | Mary Rand ||6.40 | {{flagicon|POL}} Irena Kirszenstein||6.39 | {{flagicon|FRG}} Helga Hoffmann||6.14 |- |Shot put | {{flagicon|FRG}} Gertrud Schäfer ||14.81 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Mary Peters|| 14.06 | Kathryn Duckett|| 13.07 |- |Discus throw | {{flagicon|ITA}} Elivia Ballotta ||50.56 | {{flagicon|FRG}} Kriemhild Limberg ||50.10 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Rosemary Payne ||48.0 |- |Javelin | {{flagicon|FRG}} Ameli Koloska ||53.16 | Averil Williams ||43.09 | Mary Brown|| 42.51 |- |Pentathlon + | {{flagicon|NIR}} Mary Peters|| 4413 | Pat Jones|| 4083 | Gwenda Matthews ||3979 |- |1½ mile walk | Judy Farr|| 12:14.2 | Margaret Lewis ||12:33.8 | Joan Wallis|| 12:38.8 |}
+ Held on 8 May at Parliament Hill
== See also == *1965 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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