1972 WAAA Championships

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name=1972 WAAA Championships

|Host city=London

|Dates=7–8 July

|Stadium=Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

|Stadium image=

|Level=Senior

|Type=Outdoor

|Events=

|Previous=1971

|Next=1973

|Games=WAAA Championships

}}

The 1972 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=27 December 2024 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 December 2024 }}

The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 7 to 8 July 1972.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19720709/340/0038 |title=Women's AAA Champions |work=Sunday Mirror |date=9 July 1972 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19720709/036/0036 |title=The Crystal Palace Results |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=9 July 1972 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }}

Results

File:Ellen Tittel 1972 (cropped).jpg

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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 metres \| Della Pascoe	11.86 \| Sonia Lannaman	11.88 \| Andrea Lynch	11.97
200 metres \| Donna Murray	23.98 \| Della Pascoe	24.28 \| Judy Vernon	24.28
400 metres \| Verona Bernard	53.20 \| Maureen Tranter	54.06 \| {{flagicon\|NED}} Hilda Kooy	54.34
800 metres \| {{flagicon\|IRE}} Mary Tracey	2:02.98 \| Pat Cropper	2:03.68 \| Margaret Coomber	2:04.06
1500 metres \|{{flagicon\|FRG}} Ellen Tittel	4:17.15 \| Joyce Smith	4:17.60 \|{{flagicon\|NED}} Ilja Keizer	4:17.68
3000 metres \|Paula Yeoman	9:30.70 \|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Ann Barrass	9:34.34 \|{{flagicon\|SCO}} Wanda Sosinka	9:37.42
100 metres hurdles \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Pam Ryan	13.48 \| Judy Vernon	13.86 \| Pat Pryce	14.00
200 metres hurdles \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Pam Ryan	26.82 \| {{flagicon\|NGR}} Nnenna Njoku	29.26 \| Julie Wood	29.87
High jump \| Ros Few	1.74 \| {{flagicon\|NIR}} Mary Peters	1.74 \| Barbara Inkpen	1.74
Long jump \| Sheila Sherwood	6.37 \| Maureen Chitty	6.29 \| {{flagicon\|WAL}} Ruth Martin-Jones	6.27
Shot put \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jean Roberts	15.34 \| Brenda Bedford	14.72 \| {{flagicon\|SCO}} Heather Stuart	14.20
Discus throw \| {{flagicon\|SCO}} Rosemary Payne	53.78 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jean Roberts	51.66 \| Brenda Bedford	45.84
Javelin \| Pru French	51.00 \| Angela King	46.54 \| Sharon Corbett	45.28
Pentathlon + \| Ann Wilson	4292 \| {{flagicon\|WAL}} Ruth Martin-Jones	4206 \| Janet Honour	4005
2500 metres walk \| Betty Jenkins	12:31.2 \| Brenda Cook	12:49.0 \| Virginia Lovell	12:58.8

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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

11.86

11.88

11.97