# 1978 WAAA Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1978_WAAA_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1978_WAAA_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_WAAA_Championships > Source revision: 1309678869 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1978 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=18–19 August |Stadium=[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre](/source/Crystal_Palace_National_Sports_Centre) |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=[1977](/source/1977_WAAA_Championships) |Next=[1979](/source/1979_WAAA_Championships) |Games=[WAAA Championships](/source/WAAA_Championships) }} The '''1978 [WAAA Championships](/source/WAAA_Championships)''' sponsored by [Sunsilk](/source/Sunsilk) were the national [track and field](/source/track_and_field) championships for women in the United Kingdom.{{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=27 December 2024 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 December 2024 }} The event was held at the [Crystal Palace National Sports Centre](/source/Crystal_Palace_National_Sports_Centre), London, from 18 to 19 August 1978.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19780820/475/0026 |title=Teacher Chris Hands Out A Lesson |work=Sunday Express |date=20 August 1978 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19780820/266/0034 |title=It's a Chris Cracker |work=Sunday Mirror |date=20 August 1978 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }} The 10,000 walk event was introduced to the Championships for the first time and the marathon was also added as a WAAA title but as with the pentathlon was contested elsewhere. {{clear}} == Results == {| 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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_100_metres) | [Kathy Smallwood](/source/Kathy_Smallwood) ||11.66 | [Heather Hunte](/source/Heather_Hunte)|| 11.79 | [Sharon Colyear](/source/Sharon_Colyear) ||11.79 |- |[200 metres](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_200_metres) | [Kathy Smallwood](/source/Kathy_Smallwood) ||23.24 | [Donna Hartley](/source/Donna_Hartley) ||23.42 | Eleanor Thomas ||23.79 |- |[400 metres](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_400_metres) | [Joslyn Hoyte](/source/Joslyn_Hoyte) ||52.66 | [Verona Elder](/source/Verona_Elder) ||53.40 | Linda McCurry ||54.01 |- |[800 metres](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_800_metres) | [Christina Boxer](/source/Christina_Boxer) ||2:03.10 | [Janet Prictoe](/source/Janet_Prictoe) ||2:03.11 | Denise Kiernan ||2:05.86 |- |[1,500 metres](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_1500_metres) |[Cherry Hanson](/source/Cherry_Hanson) ||4:11.62 |[Glynis Penny](/source/Glynis_Penny) ||4:12.45 |[Wendy Smith](/source/Wendy_Smith_(athlete)) ||4:13.40 |- |[3,000 metres](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres) |[Christine Benning](/source/Christine_Benning)||8:52.33 NR |[Ann Ford](/source/Ann_Ford_(athlete)) ||8:53.80 |{{flagicon|NZL}} [Alison Wright](/source/Alison_Wright_(athlete)) ||9:14.72 |- |[marathon](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_marathon)+ |[Margaret Lockley](/source/Margaret_Lockley) ||2:55:08 |Margaret Thompson ||3:16:15 |{{flagicon|SCO}} [Leslie Watson](/source/Leslie_Watson_(runner)) ||3:18:46 |- |[100 metres hurdles](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_sprint_hurdles) | [Sharon Colyear](/source/Sharon_Colyear) ||13.51 | [Shirley Strong](/source/Shirley_Strong) ||13.68 | [Yvette Wray](/source/Yvette_Wray) ||14.03 |- |[400 metres hurdles](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_400_metres_hurdles) | {{flagicon|IRE}} [Mary Appleby](/source/Mary_Appleby_(athlete)) ||57.46 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [Liz Sutherland](/source/Liz_Sutherland) ||58.36 | [Sue Smith](/source/Sue_Howell) ||59.14 |- |[High jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_high_jump) | [Carol Mathers](/source/Carol_Mathers) ||1.76 | [Diana Elliott](/source/Diana_Elliott)|| 1.76 | six–way tie^ ||1.71 |- |[Long jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_long_jump) | [Jill Davies](/source/Jill_Davies) ||6.19 | {{flagicon|WAL}} [Ruth Howell](/source/Ruth_Howell) ||6.18 | Carol Earlington ||6.17 |- |[Shot put](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_shot_put) | [Angela Littlewood](/source/Angela_Littlewood) ||15.97 | Vanessa Redford ||14.56 | [Janet Thompson](/source/Janet_Thompson_(athlete)) ||14.54 |- |[Discus throw](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_discus_throw) | [Janet Thompson](/source/Janet_Thompson_(athlete)) ||49.80 |{{flagicon|IRE}} [Patricia Walsh](/source/Patricia_Walsh_(athlete)) ||47.28 | [Angela Littlewood](/source/Angela_Littlewood) ||46.22 |- |[Javelin](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_javelin_throw) | [Anne Farquhar](/source/Anne_Farquhar) ||49.20 | Jeanette Rose|| 48.30 | [Fatima Whitbread](/source/Fatima_Whitbread) ||47.54 |- |[Pentathlon](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_decathlon%2Fheptathlon) ++ | [Yvette Wray](/source/Yvette_Wray) ||4140 | [Sue Mapstone](/source/Sue_Mapstone) ||4121 | Gillian Evans ||4070 |- |[5,000 metres walk](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_5000_metres_walk) | [Carol Tyson](/source/Carol_Tyson) ||24:08.2 | [Virginia Lovell](/source/Virginia_Lovell) ||25:06.4 | Karen Eden ||25:46.6 |- |[10,000 metres walk](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_10%2C000_metres_walk) | [Carol Tyson](/source/Carol_Tyson) ||49:59.0 NR | [Marion Fawkes](/source/Marion_Fawkes) ||50:31.0 | [Judy Farr](/source/Judy_Farr_(racewalker)) ||50:46.0 |} *+ Held on 20 May at Ryde *++ Held on 18 June at the [Alexander Stadium](/source/Alexander_Stadium) ^ Six–way tie between Karen Chaytors, [Louise Miller](/source/Louise_Miller_(athlete)), Tonia Philpots, [Ann-Marie Devally](/source/Ann-Marie_Devally), Deborah Grant & Alyson Thomson == See also == *[1978 AAA Championships](/source/1978_AAA_Championships) == References == {{Reflist}} {{British championships in athletics}} Category:WAAA Championships WAAA Championships, 1978 WAAA Championships WAAA Championships WAAA Championships Category:Women's sport in London --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1978 WAAA Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_WAAA_Championships) by 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