1958 WAAA Championships

{{Short description|British athletics event}}

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{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name=1958 WAAA Championships

|Host city=London

|Dates=7 June

|Stadium=Motspur Park

|Stadium image=

|Level=Senior

|Type=Outdoor

|Events=

|Previous=1957

|Next=1959

|Games=WAAA Championships

}}

The 1958 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=24 December 2024 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=24 December 2024 }}

The event was held at Motspur Park, London, on 7 June 1958.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19580608/220/0012 |title=England's Girl Athletes Can Hold Australians |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=8 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 December 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19580609/609/0032 |title=New Title Winners Shatter Records |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=9 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 December 2024 }}

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Results

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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 yards

| Madeleine Weston

10.6w

| Heather Young

10.7w

| June Paul

10.7w
220 yards

| Heather Young

24.5

| June Paul

24.6

| Marianne Dew

24.7
440 yards

| Shirley Pirie

56.4 =WR

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Lesley Mackinnnon

57.5

| Pam Piercy

57.6
880 yards

| Joy Jordan

2:13.3

| Diane Leather

2:13.4

| Maureen Smith

2:14.9
1 mile

|Maureen Smith

5:02.6

|Roma Ashby

5:02.7

|Madeleine Ibbotson

5:02.8
80 metres hurdles

| Carole Quinton

10.9w

| Pat Nutting

11.6w

| Kathleen Degg

11.6w
High jump

| Mary Bignal

1.651

| Audrey Bennett

1.626

| Thelma Hopkins

1.600
Long jump

| Sheila Hoskin

5.96

| Mary Bignal

5.88

| Jean Whitehead

5.79
Shot put

| Suzanne Allday

13.80

| Josephine Cook

13.60

| Iris Mouzer

12.10
Discus throw

| Suzanne Allday

47.70 NR

| Maya Giri

42.20

| Sylvia Needham

42.18
Javelin

| Averil Williams

43.49

| Mary Tadd

42.72

| Sue Platt

41.33
Pentathlon +

| Janet Gaunt

3887

| Jean Adamson

3661

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Maeve Kyle

3655
1 mile walk

| Betty Franklin

8:09.4

| Helen Vincent

8:17.4

| Beryl Randle

8:22.8

+ Held on 13 September at Stoke-on-Trent

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