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International athletics championship event

1956 WAAA Championships
Dates	11 August
Host city	London
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1955 1957 → WAAA Championships

The 1956 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.

The event was held at White City Stadium, London, on 11 August 1956.

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	June Paul (Foulds)	10.6w	Anne Pashley	10.7w	Heather Armitage	10.7w
220 yards	June Paul (Foulds)	23.8w	Jean Scrivens	24.0w	Shirley Pirie (Hampton)	24.5w
440 yards	Janet Ruff	56.5 WR	Janice Bonner	57.0	Joy Buckmaster	57.6
880 yards	Phyllis Perkins (Green)	2:13.2	Betty Loakes	2:15.7	Madeleine Ibbotson (Wooller)	2:16.1
1 mile	Diane Leather	5:01.0	June Bridgland	5:03.2	Anne Oliver	5:06.4
80 metres hurdles	Pamela Elliott (Seaborne)	11.1w	Iris Pond	11.2w	Pauline Wainwright	11.2w
High jump	Dorothy Tyler	1.600	Mary Bignal	1.600	Jean Pearce	1.600
Long jump	Sheila Hoskin	5.65	Jean Whitehead	5.64	Christina Cops	5.59
Shot put	Suzanne Allday	13.39	Josephine Cook (Page)	12.16	Mary Nusser	11.12
Discus throw	Suzanne Allday (Farmer)	47.02 NR	Sylvia Needham	41.29	Maya Giri	40.73
Javelin	Diane Orphall	40.82	Monica Podmore	40.62	Averil Williams	39.61
Pentathlon +	Margaret Rowley	3812	Mary Peters	3679	Alma Osborne	3656
1 mile walk	Dilys Williams	7:47.6	Beryl Randle	7:58.2	Rita Phillips	8:13.4

+ Held on 15 September at Birmingham University

References

"AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
"AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
"Girl of 19 beats world record". Sunday Express. 12 August 1956. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Sprinting Mother Smashes World 220 Record". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 August 1956. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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