{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1966 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=1–2 July |Stadium=White City Stadium |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1965 |Next=1967 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1966 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 1966.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19660703/799/0027 |title=Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look |work=Sunday Express |date=3 July 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19660702/001/0001 |title=Wpmen's AAA Championships |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=2 July 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 December 2024 }}</ref> {{clear}} == Results == thumb|right|150px|Anne Smith (no 56, pictured at the Olympics in 1964) won the 880 yards WAAA title thumb|right|150px|Hilde Slaman won the 440 yards {| 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 | Daphne Slater ||10.5 | Jill Hall ||10.5 | Maureen Tranter ||10.6 |- |220 yards | Janet Simpson|| 24.1 | Maureen Tranter|| 24.2 | Daphne Slater|| 24.2 |- |440 yards | {{flagicon|NED}} Hilde Slaman ||54.7 | Joy Grieveson ||54.9 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Rosemary Stirling ||55.1 |- |880 yards | Anne Smith ||2:04.2 NR | {{flagicon|NED}} Ilja Laman ||2:05.4 | Pam Piercy ||2:06.7 |- |1 mile |Rita Lincoln ||4:47.9 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Marie Ingrová || 4:48.8 |Joyce Smith ||4:55.2 |- |80 metres hurdles | {{flagicon|POL}} Danuta Straszyńska ||10.9 | Pat Pryce ||11.0 | Maxine Botley ||11.0 |- |100 metres hurdles | Christine Perera ||13.5 NR | Susan Mills ||14.2 | Liz Toulalan ||14.3 |- |200 metres hurdles | Pat Jones ||27.7 NR | Susan Mills ||28.8 | Sandra Dyson ||29.2 |- |High jump | Dorothy Shirley ||1.702 | Frances Slaap ||1.651 | Mary Rand|| 1.651 |- |Long jump | {{flagicon|NOR}} Berit Berthelsen ||6.30 | Mary Rand ||6.13 | {{flagicon|NED}} Corrie Bakker|| 6.10 |- |Shot put | Brenda Bedford ||14.52 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Moira Kerr ||13.15 | Kathryn Duckett ||12.63 |- |Discus throw | {{flagicon|SCO}} Rosemary Payne ||49.88 | Brenda Bedford|| 44.12 | Gail Smith ||41.78 |- |Javelin | Sue Platt|| 45.18 | Barbara Nicholls ||44.40 | Margaret Whitbread|| 44.20 |- |Pentathlon + | {{flagicon|NIR}} Mary Peters ||4625 | Gwenda Hurst|| 4151 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Alix Jamieson|| 4070 |- |1½ mile walk | Judy Farr ||12:09.2 | Sheila Jennings ||12:16.8 | Audrey Hackett ||12:53.0 |}
+ Held on 28 May at Birmingham University
== See also == *1966 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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