1948 WAAA Championships

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name=1948 WAAA Championships

|Host city=Chiswick, London

|Dates=26 June

|Stadium=Polytechnic Stadium

|Stadium image=

|Level=Senior

|Type=Outdoor

|Events=

|Previous=1947

|Next=1949

|Games=WAAA Championships

}}

The 1948 WAAA Championships were the national 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=21 December 2024 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=21 December 2024 }}

The event was held at Polytechnic Stadium in Chiswick, London, on 26 June 1948.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19480627/096/0006 |title=Mrs Jordan keeps title |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=27 June 1948 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000653/19480626/003/0001 |title=Birmingham Rivals in Close Finish |work=Sports Argus |date=26 June 1948 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2024 }}

Results

File:British Favourite, Maureen Gardner. Olympic Games, London, 1948.jpg

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60 metres \| Doris Batter	9.1 \| Irene Robertson	9.2 \|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Quita Shivas	9.2
100 metres \| Winifred Jordan	12.6 \| Doris Batter	12.7 \| Muriel Pletts	12.7
200 metres \| Sylvia Cheeseman	25.7 \| Margaret Walker	25.7 \| Audrey Williamson	25.8
400 metres \| Valerie Ball	60.8 \| B. Kemp	61.3 \| Rose Eaton	61.8
800 metres \| Nellie Batson	2:20.3 \| Dorothy Born	2:22.4 \| Eileen Garritt	2:24.0
1 mile \|Nellie Batson	5:31.8 \|Eileen Garritt	5:37.5 \|Ivy Kibbler	5:38.3
80 metres hurdles \| Maureen Gardner	12.0 \| Joan Upton	12.4 \| Bertha Crowther	12.5
High jump \| Dorothy Tyler	1.626 \| Bertha Crowther	1.600 \| Gladys Young	1.524
Long jump \| Joan Shepherd	5.70 \| {{flagicon\|SCO}} Margaret Erskine	5.55 \| Lorna Lee	5.48
Shot put \| Bevis Reid	12.34 \| Margaret Lucas	10.67 \| P. Evans	10.00
Discus throw \| Bevis Reid	36.73 \| Elspeth Whyte	33.65 \| Margaret Lucas	32.25
Javelin \| Bevis Reid	31.10 \| Marian Long	31.00 \| Gladys Clarke	30.63
1600 metres walk \| Joyce Heath	8:17.8 \| Beryl Day	8:18.0 \| Gwen Thorne	8:20.0

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!colspan="2" width="280" style="background:silver;|Silver

!colspan="2" width="280" style="background:#CD7F32;|Bronze

60 metres

| Doris Batter

9.1

| Irene Robertson

9.2

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Quita Shivas

9.2