1958 WAAA Championships
{{Short description|British athletics event}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{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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!colspan="2" width="280" style="background:gold;|Gold !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:silver;|Silver !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:#CD7F32;|Bronze | |||
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100 yards | 10.6w | 10.7w | 10.7w |
220 yards | 24.5 | 24.6 | 24.7 |
440 yards | 56.4 =WR
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Lesley Mackinnnon | 57.5 | 57.6 |
880 yards | 2:13.3 | 2:13.4 | 2:14.9 |
1 mile | 5:02.6 | 5:02.7
|Madeleine Ibbotson | 5:02.8 |
80 metres hurdles | 10.9w | 11.6w
| Kathleen Degg | 11.6w |
High jump | 1.651 | 1.626 | 1.600 |
Long jump | 5.96 | 5.88 | 5.79 |
Shot put | 13.80 | 13.60 | 12.10 |
Discus throw | 47.70 NR | 42.20 | 42.18 |
Javelin | 43.49 | 42.72 | 41.33 |
Pentathlon + | 3887
| Jean Adamson | 3661
| {{flagicon|IRE}} Maeve Kyle | 3655 |
1 mile walk
| Betty Franklin | 8:09.4
| Helen Vincent | 8:17.4 | 8:22.8 |
+ Held on 13 September at Stoke-on-Trent
See also
References
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{{British championships in athletics}}