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1923 WAAA Championships
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The 1923 WAAA Championships were the first national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4][5] The tournament was held on 18 August 1923, at the Oxo Sport Grounds in Downham, Lewisham in South London.[1][6][7][8]
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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 and that year several national women's track meets were held.[2][1]
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1923 Inaugural Championship meeting
The athletes competed in 11 events: 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.[10][11]
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