{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1969 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=18–19 July |Stadium=Crystal Palace National Sports Centre |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1968 |Next=1970 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1969 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 the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 18 to 19 July 1969.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19690720/327/0035 |title=Hyman Back In Glory |work=Sunday Mirror |date=20 July 1969 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19690719/033/0033 |title=Pauline Attwood second in 400 metres |work=Bristol Evening Post |date=19 July 1969 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 December 2024 }}</ref> The 80 metres hurdles was discontinued. {{clear}} == Results == thumb|right|150px|Mia Gommers winner of the 1500 metres {| 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 metres | {{flagicon|TPE}} Chi Cheng || 11.87 | Dorothy Hyman|| 11.92 | Anita Neil ||12.10 |- |200 metres | Dorothy Hyman ||23.7 | Marilyn Neufville ||24.3 | Val Peat ||24.3 |- |400 metres | Jennifer Pawsey ||54.3 | Pauline Attwood ||55.2 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Barbara Lyall ||54.6 |- |800 metres | Pat Lowe ||2:03.3 | {{flagicon|NED}} Ilja Keizer ||2:03.5 | {{flagicon|YUG}} Vera Nikolić ||2:04.2 |- |1500 metres | {{flagicon|NED}} Maria Gommers ||4:16.0 | Rita Ridley ||4:25.4 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Thelwyn Bateman ||4:26.1 |- |3000 metres | {{flagicon|IRE}} Ann O'Brien ||9:47.6 | Barbara Banks ||9:54.4 | Madeleine Ibbotson ||10:10.8 |- |100 metres hurdles | {{flagicon|TPE}} Chi Cheng ||13.52 | {{flagicon|POL}} Teresa Nowak ||13.8 | {{flagicon|POL}} Teresa Sukniewicz ||14.0 |- |200 metres hurdles | Susan Hayward||28.5 | Linda Robinson|| 28.5 | Angela D'Arcy|| 29.3 |- |High jump | Barbara Inkpen|| 1.72 | Dorothy Shirley|| 1.72 | Frances Slaap|| 1.70 |- |Long jump | Sheila Sherwood|| 6.23 | Anita Neil ||6.20 | Barbara-Anne Barrett ||5.87 |- |Shot put | Brenda Bedford ||15.22 | {{flagicon|ROM}} Lia Manoliu ||14.30 | Gay Porter ||13.01 |- |Discus throw | {{flagicon|ROM}} Lia Manoliu ||55.58 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Rosemary Payne ||49.58 | {{flagicon|NED}} Anneke de Bruin ||48.50 |- |Javelin | Sue Platt|| 49.34 | Shara Spragg ||48.58 | Averil Williams ||46.82 |- |Pentathlon + | {{flagicon|SCO}} Moira Walls ||459 | Shirley Clelland||4279 | Barbara Corbett ||4222 |- |2500 metres walk | Judy Farr ||12:45.8 | Betty Jenkins ||12:53.4 | Barbara Fisk ||13:02.4 |}
+ Held on 2 August at Birmingham University
== See also == *1969 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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