WAAA and National Championships Medallists - 880 yards and 800 metres

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WAAA Championships

880 Yards
880 Yards
1922Mary Lines2:26.6 WRJessie Brooks5 yardsPhyllis Hall20 yards
1923Edith Trickey2:40.2Gladys Lane½ yardPhyllis Hall30 yards
1924Edith Trickey2:30.4Phyllis Hall2:41.8Ivy Wilson5 yards
1925Edith Trickey2:26.6 =WRGladys Lane5 yardsKathleen Harris3 yards
1926Edith Trickey2:28.0Gladys Lane4 yardsLilian Styles6 yards
1927Edith Trickey2:32.4Alice Williams20 yardsLilian Styles6 yards
1928Ivy Barber2:27.6Lilian Styles4 yardsMary Firmin15 yards
1929Violet Streater2:25.8Ruth ChristmasinchesLilian Styles5 yards
1930Gladys Lunn2:18.2 WRRuth Christmas2:20.4Lilian Styles20 yards
1931Gladys Lunn2:22.4Ruth Christmas20 yardsDorothy Butterfield10 yards
1932Gladys Lunn2:20.4Constance Johnson2:21.8Dorothy Butterfield2:28.5e
800 Metres (except 1945)
1933Ruth Christmas2:23.0Violet Humphries2 yardsDorothy Butterfield15 yards
1934Gladys Lunn2:18.3Ida Jones2:21.0eDorothy Butterfield2:22.9e
1935Nellie Halstead2:15.6 NRDorothy Bruty2:17.2Constance Furneaux2:19.3
1936Olive Hall2:20.2Evelyne Forster2:24.8eMary French2 yards
1937Gladys Lunn2:18.5Nellie Halstead10 yardsDorothy Bruty20 yards
1938Nellie Halstead2:20.4Olive Hall1 yardDoris Harris (Roden)15 yards
1939Olive Hall2:21.0Doris Harris2:25.5Miriam Clarke2:27.4
1940-1944 Championships not held
1945880yPhyllis Richards2:26.7Pat SandallJoyce Heath
1946Phyllis Richards2:21.0Brenda HarrisJoyce Heath
1947Nellie Batson2:23.1Joyce Heath2:24.5Phyllis Richards2:25.8
1948Nellie Batson2:20.3Dorothy Born2:22.4Eileen Garritt2:24.0
1949Hazel Spears2:19.4Audrey Stanley2:20.6Mary Webster
1950Margaret Hume2:20.5Mary Webster2:21.6Enid Harding2:21.8
1951Nellie Batson2:18.4Enid Harding2:20.2Margaret Richards2:24.2
880 Yards
1952Margaret Taylor2:17.5Enid Harding2:17.6Phyllis Green2:17.8
1953Anne Oliver2:15.0Norah Smalley2:17.8Diane Leather2:18.2
1954Diane Leather2:09.0 WRAnne Oliver2:11.4Valerie Winn2:11.7
1955Diane Leather2:09.7Anne Dawson2:14.9Madeleine Wooller2:15.0
1956Phyllis Perkins (Green)2:13.2 Betty Loakes2:15.7 Madeleine Ibbotson (Wooller)2:16.1
1957Diane Leather2:09.4Phyllis Perkins2:10.8Anne Oliver2:11.2
1958Joy Jordan (Buckmaster)2:13.3Diane Leather2:13.4Maureen Smith2:14.9
1959Joy Jordan2:09.5Phyllis Perkins2:10.8Betty Loakes2:11.6
1960Joy Jordan2:09.1Phyllis Perkins2:09.6Diane Charles (Leather)2:10.6
1961Joy Jordan2:11.0Anne Oliver2:13.0Sallie Newell2:13.8
1962Joy Jordan2:08.0Phyllis Perkins2:09.4Anita Wörner FRG2:09.8
1963Phyllis Perkins2:12.2Joy Catling2:13.2Anne Smith2:13.2
1964Anne Smith2:08.0Anita Webb2:10.5Abby Hoffman CAN2:12.0
1965Anne Smith2:07.5Pam Piercy2:09.4Anne McKenzie RSA2:09.4
1966Anne Smith2:04.2 NRIlja Laman NED2:05.4Pam Piercy2:06.7
1967Anne Smith2:04.8Anne McKenzie RSA2:07.4Pam Piercy2:07.4

800 Metres

1968Vera Nikolic YUG2:00.5 WRLillian Board2:02.0Doris Brown USA2:02.2
1969Pat Lowe2:03.3Ilja Keizer (Laman) NED2:03.5Vera Nikolic YUG2:04.2
1970Sheila Carey2:03.6Claire Walsh IRL2:04.9Lillian Board2:05.1
1971Abby Hoffman CAN2:04.04Rosemary Stirling2:04.30Pat Lowe2:05.22
1972Mary Tracey IRL2:02.98Pat Cropper (Lowe)2:03.68Margaret Coomber2:04.06
1973Mary Tracey IRL2:03.31Sue Haden NZL2:03.71Rosemary Wright (Stirling)2:05.05
1974Lesley Kiernan2:05.12Mary Purcell (Tracey) IRL2:09.75Margaret Coomber2:10.15
1975Angela Creamer2:05.14Abby Hoffman CAN2:06.67Pat O'Dwyer IRL2:07.74
1976Angela Creamer2:04.61Mary Stewart2:06.53Susan Smith2:06.65
1977Christina Boxer2:03.78Angela Creamer2:04.04Janet Prictoe2:04.88
1978Christina Boxer2:03.10Janet Prictoe2:03.11Denise Kiernan2:05.86
1979Christine Benning2:01.24Janet Prictoe2:01.66Liz Barnes2:02.84
1980Anne Clarkson2:01.89Jane Finch2:04.15Julie Asgill2:05.79
1981Anne Clarkson2:03.92Lorraine Baker2:04.21Kirsty McDermott2:05.63
1982Terri Cater AUS2:01.54Heather Barralet AUS2:01.67Lorraine Baker2:01.86
1983Shireen Bailey2:00.58Anne Purvis (Clarkson)2:00.74Christina Boxer2:00.91
1984Heather Barralet AUS2:02.37Christina Boxer2:02.66Anne Purvis2:02.98
1985Christina Boxer2:00.60Anne Purvis2:02.41Suzanne Morley2:02.79
1986Diane Edwards2:04.26Lorraine Baker2:04.93Helen Thorpe2:05.14
1987Diane Edwards2:03.59Anne Purvis2:04.40Helen Thorpe2:04.61
1988Kirsty Wade (McDermott)2:01.52Shireen Bailey2:02.49Helen Thorpe2:03.06
1989Diane Edwards2:01.24Ann Williams2:01.84Lorraine Baker2:02.23
1990Ann Williams2:03.45Aisling Molloy IRL2:03.85Lorraine Baker2:04.65
1991Paula Fryer2:02.19Lorraine Baker2:02.76Sue Bevan2:03.15
AAA Championships
1992Diane Edwards2:00.41Paula Fryer2:01.07Aisling Molloy IRL2:01.49
1993Kelly Holmes2:02.69Linda Keough2:03.93Lynn Gibson2:04.92
1994Diane Modahl (Edwards)2:01.35Dawn Gandy2:03.75Sonya Bowyer2:03.79
1995Kelly Holmes1:57.56Jill Stamison USA2:02.27Abigail Hunte2:02.47
1996Kelly Holmes1:57.84Diane Modahl1:59.87Natalie Tait2:02.76
1997BAFKelly Holmes1:58.59Hayley Parry2:02.20Claire Raven2:03.15
1997AAAAmanda Crowe2:04.66Claire Raven2:05.87Freda Davoren IRL2:06.00
1998Diane Modahl2:02.73Tanya Blake2:03.83Amanda Crowe2:05.40
1999Kelly Holmes1:59.86Tanya Blake2:04.04Ann Griffiths (Williams)2:04.41
2000Kelly Holmes2:02.08Claire Raven2:05.12Jo Fenn2:05.48
2001Kelly Holmes2:02.61Tanya Blake2:04.08Hayley Tullett2:04.67
2002Susan Scott2:03.89Jo Fenn2:04.12Emma Davies2:05.52
2003Lucy Vaughan2:03.70Susan Scott2:04.13Jennifer Ward2:04.65
2004Kelly Holmes1:59.39Jo Fenn2:01.28Susan Scott2:02.13
2005Susan Scott2:02.97Jemma Simpson2:03.34Jenny Meadows2:03.37
2006Rebecca Lyne2:00.31Jemma Simpson2:00.49Amanda Pritchard2:00.55
National Championships
2007Jemma Simpson2:00.91Marilyn Okoro2:01.53Jenny Meadows2:01.72
2008Marilyn Okoro1:59.81Jemma Simpson2:00.49Vicky Griffiths2:02.29
2009Jemma Simpson2:01.16Jenny Meadows2:01.62Marilyn Okoro2:02.94
2010Jemma Simpson2:01.50Vicky Griffiths2:02.37Marilyn Okoro2:02.44
2011Jenny Meadows2:02.28Emma Jackson2:02.48Marilyn Okoro2:03.55
2012Lynsey Sharp2:01.72Jemma Simpson2:02.29Jessica Judd2:02.30
2013Marilyn Okoro2:00.60Jessica Judd2:02.81Shelayna Oskan-Clarke2:03.59
2014Lynsey Sharp2:01.40Alison Leonard2:01.83Jenny Meadows2:02.18
2015Lynsey Sharp2:02.40Shelayna Oskan-Clarke2:02.80Alison Leonard2:03.26
2016Shelayna Oskan-Clarke2:01.99Lynsey Sharp2:02.14Alison Leonard2:02.45
2017Shelayna Oskan-Clarke2:01.54Adelle Tracey2:01.80Lynsey Sharp2:01.81
2018Laura Muir2:01.22Shelayna Oskan-Clarke2:01.94Adelle Tracey2:02.00
2019Shelayna Oskan-Clarke2:02.67Lynsey Sharp2:02.79Alexandra Bell2:02.87
2020Keely Hodgkinson2:03.24Isabelle Boffey2:04.73Ellie Baker2:04.80
2021Keely Hodgkinson1:59.61Jemma Reekie2:00.12Laura Muir2:00.24
2022Jemma Reekie2:06.03Ellie Baker2:06.26Isabelle Boffey2:06.59

Top Medallists
1st2nd3rdTotal MedalsYearsYear Span
Kelly Holmes881993-200411
Diane Edwards/Modahl6171986-199812
Jemma Simpson3472005-20127
Phyllis Green/Perkins24171952-196311
Lynsey Sharp32162012-20197
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke32162013-20196
Diane Leather/Charles31261953-19607
Anne Clarkson/Purvis23161980-19877
Marilyn Okoro21362007-20136
Lorraine Baker3361981-199110
Edith Trickey551923-19274
Gladys Lunn551930-19377
Joy Buckmaster/Jordan551958-19624
Anne Smith4151963-19674
Christina Boxer31151977-19858
Jenny Meadows11352005-20149
Lilian Styles1451926-19304
Other top winners and long spans
Nellie Batson331947-19514
Abby Hoffman CAN11131964-197511
Ann Williams/Griffiths11131989-199910

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