International athletics championship event
1923 WAAA Championships Dates 18 August Host city London , Great Britain Venue Oxo Sports Ground Level Senior Type Outdoor
The 1923 WAAA Championships were the first national track and field championships for women in the UK.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] The tournament was held on 18 August[ 6] 1923 [ 7] at the Oxo Sport Grounds[ 8] in London , United Kingdom .
Background
After the successful first 1922 Women's World Games in Paris and the three Women's Olympiads (1921 Women's Olympiad , 1922 Women's Olympiad and 1923 Women's World Games ) in Monaco the interest for women's sports also grew internationally. In 1922 the "Women's Amateur Athletic Association " (WAAA) was founded[ 2] in the UK, that year several[ 1] ”national” women’s track meet were held.
In 1923 [ 6] the WAAA[ 3] [ 8] now organised the first official[ 1] British women championships[ 2] in track and field (WAAA[ 5] Championships[ 7] ). In the US the "Amateur Athletic Union " (AAU) sponsored the first national championship for women in track and field on 29 September 1923 .
Events
The meet was held on 18 August[ 3] at the Oxo Sport Grounds[ 8] [ 1] in Downham ,[ 2] Bromley [ 5] [ 6] in South London .
The athletes[ 2] competed[ 1] in 11 events:[ 5] [ 8] running 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, relay race 660 yards, hurdling 120 yards, high jump , long jump , shot put , javelin and track walk [ 4] 880 yards. 3 unofficial world records[ 3] [ 6] were set:[ 7] Mary Lines in running 440 yards and hurdles 120 yards and Edith Trickey in track walk 880 yards. The tournament was a huge promotion for women's sports.
Results
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Many of the participating athletes also competed in the 1924 Women's Olympiad at Stamford Bridge .
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