The 1987 WAAA Championships sponsored by the Trustee Savings Bank, were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.
The event was held at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, from 24 to 25 July 1987.
The Championships were the last WAAA Championships because as from 1988 the AAA Championships would hold both men's and women's events.
Results EventGoldSilverBronze100 metres Paula Dunn 11.28 Eleanor Cohen 11.59 Sallyanne Short 11.69200 metres Joan Baptiste 23.24 Louise Stuart 23.37 Pippa Windle 23.52400 metres Linda Keough 53.17 Loreen Hall 53.69 Carol Finlay 53.84800 metres Diane Edwards 2:03.59 Anne Purvis 2:04.40 Helen Thorpe 2:04.611,500 metresBev Nicholson 4:14.28Shireen Bailey 4:14.52Christina Cahill 4:18.103,000 metresWendy Sly 9:04.83Christine Benning 9:11.35Melissa Watson 9:11.535,000 metres Catherine Newman 16:14.62Marina Samy 16:25.38Sally Lynch 16:34.6010,000 metresSue Crehan 33:22.28Jill Clarke 33:38.40Lynn Everington 33:52.21marathon+Priscilla Welch 2:26:51Véronique Marot 2:30:15Paula Fudge 2:32:28100 metres hurdles Sally Gunnell 13.01 Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.18 Wendy Jeal 13.42400 metres hurdles Sally Fleming 57.62 Elaine McLaughlin 58.69 Lorraine Hanson 59.41High jump Hanne Haugland 1.88 Sharon McPeake 1.85 Michelle Wheeler 1.85Long jump Mary Berkeley 6.52 Kim Hagger 6.47 Joyce Oladapo 6.42Shot put Judy Oakes 18.44 Myrtle Augee 17.22 Yvonne Hanson-Nortey 16.03Discus throw Ellen Mulvihill 52.56 Kathryn Farr 51.60 Karen Pugh 51.04Javelin Fatima Whitbread 72.96 Sharon Gibson 57.60 Julie Abel 55.36Heptathlon ++ Anne Brit Skjæveland5358 Charmaine Johnson 5136 Debbie Woolgar 50995,000 metres walk Lisa Langford 22:35.04 Nicola Jackson 23:57.32Sarah Brown 24:15.5910,000 metres walk Sarah Brown 51:48.7 Susan Gibson 53:05.1 Betty Sworowski 53:31.6
+ 1987 London Marathon (Best placed British athletes) ++ Held on 30 & 31 May at Stoke-on-Trent
See also 1987 AAA Championships
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