1983 WAAA Championships

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name=1983 WAAA Championships

|Host city=London

|Dates=29–30 July

|Stadium=Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

|Stadium image=

|Level=Senior

|Type=Outdoor

|Events=

|Previous=1982

|Next=1984

|Games=WAAA Championships

}}

The 1983 WAAA Championships sponsored by the Trustee Savings Bank, 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 29 to 30 July 1983.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19830731/479/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Sunday Express |date=31 July 1983 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19830801/037/0037 |title=Shirley locks up her record |work=Manchester Evening News |date=1 August 1983 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2024 }}

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 metres \| Kathy Cook	11.26 \| Heather Oakes	11.37 \| Bev Callender	11.44
200 metres \| {{flagicon\|WAL}} Michelle Scutt	23.17 \| Helen Barnett	23.26 \| Jane Parry	23.54
400 metres \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Denise Boyd	51.62 \| Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	52.98 \| Gladys Taylor	53.35
800 metres \| Shireen Bailey	2:00.58 \| {{flagicon\|SCO}} Anne Purvis	2:00.74 \| Christina Boxer	2:00.91
1,500 metres \|Gillian Green	4:12.53 \|Kathryn Carter	4:13.93 \|Debbie Peel	4:14.00
3,000 metres \|Debbie Peel	9:11.34 \|Lynne Harvey	9:15.10 \|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Susan Tooby	9:17.56
5,000 metres \|Paula Fudge	16:23.06 \|Marina Samy	16:32.30 \|Sally McDiarmid	16:36.97
10,000 metres \|Barbara King	35:19.86 \|Sally McDiarmid	35:40.80 \|Jane Holmes	36:43.33
marathon+ \|Glynis Penny	2:36:21 \|Kathryn Binns	2:38:11 \|Sarah Rowell	2:39:11
100 metres hurdles \| Shirley Strong	12.95 NR \| Lorna Boothe	13.17 \| {{flagicon\|SCO}} Pat Rollo	13.35
400 metres hurdles \| Yvette Wray	57.82 \| {{flagicon\|IRE}} Mary Barnwell	58.50 \| Diane Fryar	58.77
High jump \| Gillian Evans	1.91 \| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Megumi Sato	1.88 \| {{flagicon\|NIR}} Janet Boyle	1.85
Long jump \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Robyn Lorraway	6.74 \| Joyce Oladapo	6.55 \| Kim Hagger	6.38
Shot put \| Judy Oakes	17.61 \| {{flagicon\|IRE}} Marita Walton	15.41 \| Myrtle Augee	14.44
Discus throw \| Lynda Whiteley	53.88 \|{{flagicon\|IRE}} Patricia Walsh	52.22 \| Julia Avis	50.62
Javelin \| Fatima Whitbread	65.24 \| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Emi Matsui	55.88 \| Sharon Gibson	53.60
Heptathlon ++ \| Judy Livermore	5940 \| Kim Hagger	5842 \| Kathy Warren	5509
5,000 metres walk \| {{flagicon\|CAN}} Ann Peel	24:26.04 \| Jill Barrett	25:20.73 \| Helen Elleker	25:54.62
10,000 metres walk \| Irene Bateman	48:52.5 \| Jill Barrett	50:11.2 \| Brenda Lupton	51:13.1

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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

11.26

11.37

11.44