{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1979 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=27–28 July |Stadium=Crystal Palace National Sports Centre |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1978 |Next=1980 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1979 WAAA Championships''' sponsored by Sunsilk, 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=27 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 December 2024 }}</ref>
The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 27 to 28 July 1979.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19790729/495/0032 |title=Athletics Results |work=Sunday Express |date=29 July 1979 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19790729/335/0039 |title=Framed! |work=Sunday Mirror |date=29 July 1979 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }}</ref>
The marathon and 10,000 walk events were introduced to the Championships for the first time. {{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 | Heather Hunte ||11.58 | Kathy Smallwood ||11.58 | Bev Goddard ||11.64 |- |200 metres | Kathy Smallwood ||23.39 | Bev Goddard ||23.40 | Heather Hunte ||23.85 |- |400 metres | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith ||51.90 | Verona Elder|| 52.78 | Dianne Clarke|| 52.98 |- |800 metres | Christine Benning|| 2:01.24 | Janet Prictoe|| 2:01.66 | Liz Barnes ||2:02.84 |- |1,500 metres |Mary Stewart ||4:14.78 |Ruth Smeeth ||4:15.45 |Glynis Penny ||4:15.67 |- |3,000 metres | {{flagicon|IRE}} Deirdre Nagle ||9:13.24 | Kathryn Binns ||9:13.34 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Barbara Moore || 9:15.92 |- |marathon+ | Joyce Smith ||2:41:37 | Gillian Adams ||2:43:08 | Carol Gould ||2:44:30 |- |100 metres hurdles | Shirley Strong ||13.67 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Esther Rot ||13.71 | Lorna Boothe ||14.01 |- |400 metres hurdles | Christine Warden ||56.06 NR | {{flagicon|IRE}} Mary Appleby ||57.87 | Diane Heath ||58.35 |- |High jump | Barbara Simmonds ||1.81 | Ann-Marie Devally ||1.78 | three–way tie^ ||1.73 |- |Long jump | Sue Hearnshaw ||6.55 | Allison Manley|| 6.41 | Gladys Taylor || 6.24 |- |Shot put | Judy Oakes ||16.38 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Venissa Head ||16.35 | Angela Littlewood ||15.43 |- |Discus throw | Janet Thompson ||53.56 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Patricia Walsh || 51.12 | Lesley Mallin ||48.88 |- |Javelin | Tessa Sanderson ||61.82 | Fatima Whitbread|| 56.66 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Jacqueline Zaslona ||50.74 |- |Pentathlon ++ | Marcia Marriott ||3897 | Judy Livermore|| 3738 | Kim Hagger ||3683 |- |5,000 metres walk | Marion Fawkes ||23:31.5 NR | Carol Tyson ||23:57.0 | Irene Bateman ||24:21.9 |- |10,000 metres walk | Marion Fawkes ||48:37.6 NR | Irene Bateman ||49:05.0 | Judy Farr ||51:18.0 |}
*+ Held on 17 June at Sandbach *++ Held on 16 June at the Alexander Stadium ^ Three–way tie between Tonia Philpots, Lesley Chilton & Sharon McPeake
== See also == *1979 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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