1980 WAAA Championships

1980 WAAA Championships
Dates	15–16 August
Host city	London
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1979 1981 → WAAA Championships

The 1980 WAAA Championships sponsored by Sunsilk, were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.^[1][2]

The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 15 to 16 August 1980.^[3][4]

The 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres events were introduced to the Championships for the first time, although they were considered non-Championship events in 1980.

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Kathy Smallwood	11.45	Bev Goddard	11.51	Heather Hunte	11.59
200 metres	Kathy Smallwood	23.14	Patricia Amond IRL	23.82	Rosalee Wilson	23.94
400 metres	Michelle Probert	51.94	Joslyn Hoyte-Smith	51.98	Verona Elder	53.05
800 metres	Anne Clarkson	2:01.89	Jane Finch	2:04.15	Julie Asgill	2:05.79
1,500 metres	Gillian Dainty	4:14.02	Bernadette Madigan	4:15.40	Sandra Arthurton	4:15.74
3,000 metres	Regina Joyce	9:13.82	Vera Duffy IRL	9:25.08	Shireen Samy	9:32.85
5,000 metres	Sue Hutton	16:13.7	Susan Simpkin	17:19.1	Janette Board	17:33.2
10,000 metres	Christine Readdy	34:32.0	Alison Blake	35:27.0	Bronwen Smith	36:36.0
marathon+	Joyce Smith	2:41:22	Gillian Adams	2:42:14	Carol Gould	2:43:50
100 metres hurdles	Shirley Strong	13.57	Yvette Wray	13.70	Judy Livermore	13.86
400 metres hurdles	Sue Morley	58.76	Val Lemoignan	59.38	Deborah Skerritt	59.72
High jump	Ann-Marie Devally	1.88	Moira Maguire (Walls)	1.82	Diana Elliott Sarah Rowe	1.79 1.79
Long jump	Sue Reeve	6.55	Sue Hearnshaw	6.39	Carol Earlington	6.37
Shot put	Judy Oakes	16.85	Venissa Head	16.78	Vanessa Redford	13.89
Discus throw	Lesley Mallin	51.24	Venissa Head	50.64	Gwen Bird	47.56
Javelin	Tessa Sanderson	64.08	Fatima Whitbread	56.24	Jeanette Rose	53.74
Pentathlon ++	Sue Longden	4409 NR	Yvette Wray	4278	Judy Livermore	4259
5,000 metres walk	Irene Bateman	24:09.0	Siw Gustavsson	24:27.6	Britt Holmqvist	24:49.6
10,000 metres walk	Carol Tyson	49:30.4	Irene Bateman	50:38.8	Karen Eden	53:46.8

• + Held on 3 August at London
• ++ Held on 24 May at the Alexander Stadium

See also

• 1980 AAA Championships

References

1. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
2. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
3. "Athletics". Sunday Express. 17 August 1980. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Sanderson out on high note". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 17 August 1980. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.