1962 AAA Championships

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1962 AAA Championships
Dates13–14 July 1962
Host cityLondon, England
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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AAA Championships

The 1962 AAA Championships was the 1962 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1962 at White City Stadium in London, England.[1][2]

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Welwyn Garden City and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough. The 220 yards hurdles was held for the last time.

Results

[3]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Seraphino Antao KEN 9.8 Peter Radford 9.9 Berwyn Jones 9.9
220 yards Seraphino Antao KEN 21.1 David Jones 21.4 Len Carter 21.8
440 yards Robbie Brightwell 45.9 ER Brian Davis RSA 46.5 Kenneth Wilcock 47.2
880 yards Cary Weisiger USA 1:50.1 Sid Purkis 1:50.3 Tony Harris 1:50.4
1 mile Stan Taylor 4:04.8 Brian Hall 4:05.0 Ken Smith 4:05.2
3 miles Bruce Tulloh 13:16.0 Bruce Kidd CAN 13:17.0 Derek Ibbotson 13:23.4
6 miles Roy Fowler 27:49.8 NR Mike Bullivant 27:49.8 =NR Martin Hyman 27:52.0
10 miles Leonard "Buddy" Edelen USA 48:31.8 Mel Batty 48:38.0 Gerry North 48:38.2
marathon Brian Kilby 2:26:15 Alastair Wood 2:26:35 Mel Batty 2:28:10
steeplechase Maurice Herriott 8:43.8 David Chapman 8:46.4 Ernie Pomfret 8:54.0
120y hurdles Blaine Lindgren USA 14.2 Laurie Taitt 14.3 Alfred Belleh NGR 14.7
220y hurdles Blaine Lindgren USA 23.9 Russ Rogers USA 24.5 Raymond Barnes 25.1
440y hurdles Russ Rogers USA 51.0 Jussi Rintamäki FIN 51.1 Neil MacDonald RSA 51.9
2 miles walk Ken Matthews 13:59.0 Colin Williams 14:26.2 John Northcott 14:32.0
7 miles walk Colin Williams 52:15.0 Arthur Thomson 52:47.2 Ray Middleton 53:50.4
high jump Kuniyoshi Sugioka JPN 2.096 Colin Ridgway AUS 2.032 Crawford Fairbrother 2.007
pole vault Pentti Nikula FIN 4.65 Dave Tork USA 4.57 Trevor Burton 4.21
long jump Jorma Valkama FIN 7.65 John Howell 7.54 akayuki Okazaki JPN 7.52
triple jump Tomio Ota JPN 15.66 Koji Sakurai JPN 15.65 Mike Ralph 15.56
shot put Jay Silvester USA 18.18 Martyn Lucking 17.55 Hannes Botha RSA 17.28
discus throw Jay Silvester USA 60.85 Elfranco Malan RSA 56.71 Carol Lindroos FIN 55.73
hammer throw Noboru Okamoto JPN 62.19 Howard Payne 61.24 Peter Allday 57.57
javelin throw John McSorley 79.25 NR Clive Loveland 71.97 John Kitching 69.74
decathlon Zlatko Sumich AUS 6237 George McLachlan 6184 NR John Montgomery AUS 5792

References

  1. ^ "Brightwell runs race of his life in super 440". Star Green 'un. 14 July 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Tulloch the Triumphant". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 15 July 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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