{{Short description|British athletics event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1984 WAAA Championships |Host city=London |Dates=15–16 June |Stadium=Crystal Palace National Sports Centre |Stadium image= |Level=Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1983 |Next=1985 |Games=WAAA Championships }}
The '''1984 WAAA Championships''' sponsored by the Trustee Savings Bank, 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 15 to 16 June 1984.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19840617/545/0031 |title=Plucky Win for Fatima |work=Sunday Express |date=17 June 1984 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19840617/250/0045 |title=Sorry to do it, Sis |work=Sunday Mirror |date=17 June 1984 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }}</ref> {{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 | Kathy Cook ||11.44 | Jayne Andrews ||11.55 | Sue Hearnshaw ||11.66 |- |200 metres | Kathy Cook ||22.77 | Bev Callender ||23.18 | Helen Barnett|| 23.25 |- |400 metres | Tracy Lawton ||52.74 | Linda Keough ||53.73 | Carol Finlay ||53.76 |- |800 metres | {{flagicon|AUS}} Heather Barralet ||2:02.37 | Christina Boxer ||2:02.66 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Anne Purvis ||2:02.98 |- |1,500 metres |Christine Benning ||4:07.27 |Gillian Green ||4:07.90 |Ruth Smeeth ||4:10.76 |- |3,000 metres |Debbie Peel ||9:15.0 |Carole Bradford || 9:20.9 |Shireen Samy ||9:23.8 |- |5,000 metres |Shireen Samy|| 16:10.10 |Carol Haigh|| 16:21.83 |Sue Crehan ||16:26.58 |- |10,000 metres |Priscilla Welch|| 34:00.5 |Caroline Horne ||35:15.9 |Sue Crehan ||35:48.3 |- |marathon+ |Priscilla Welch ||2:30:06 |Sarah Rowell ||2:31:28 |Véronique Marot ||2:33:52 |- |100 metres hurdles | Shirley Strong ||12.96 | Sally Gunnell ||13.30 | Lorna Boothe ||13.31 |- |400 metres hurdles | Gladys Taylor ||56.78 | Maureen Prendergast|| 57.49 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Margaret Southerden|| 58.07 |- |High jump | Diana Elliott ||1.86 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Vanessa Browne ||1.86 | Louise Manning ||1.83 |- |Long jump | Sue Hearnshaw ||6.79 | Georgina Oladapo|| 6.52 | Joyce Oladapo ||6.40 |- |Shot put | Judy Oakes ||18.01 | Myrtle Augee|| 17.10 | Yvonne Hanson-Nortey|| 13.77 |- |Discus throw | Lynda Whiteley ||57.32 | Karen Pugh ||49.98 | Janette Picton ||47.20 |- |Javelin | Fatima Whitbread ||65.76 | Sharon Gibson ||60.58 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Diane Royle ||59.92 |- |Heptathlon ++ | Sarah Owen ||5150 | Madeleine Cropper ||5099 | Charmaine Johnson|| 4963 |- |5,000 metres walk | Jill Barrett ||23:51.63 | Virginia Birch ||24:09.96 | Helen Elleker ||24:28.76 |- |10,000 metres walk |Helen Elleker ||49:52.3 | Brenda Lupton|| 50:10.2 | Helen Ringshaw ||51:31.2 |}
*+ 1984 London Marathon (Best placed British athletes) *++ Held on 8 & 9 September at Hendon
== See also == *1984 AAA Championships
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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