1948 AAA Championships

1948 AAA Championships
Dates	2–3 July 1948
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1948 AAA Championships was the 1948 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 2 to 3 July 1948 at White City Stadium in London, England. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Chiswick and the decathlon event was held in Chiswick.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	John Treloar AUS	9.8	Alistair McCorquodale	1 yd	McDonald Bailey GBR/TRI	2ft
220 yards	Alistair McCorquodale	22.2	John Fairgrieve	2 yd	John Bartram AUS	1 yd
440 yards	Morris Curotta AUS	48.2	Jim Reardon IRL	48.6	Bill Roberts	48.8
880 yards	John Parlett	1:52.2	Douglas Harris NZL	1:52.5	Arthur Wint GBR/JAM	1:54.0
1 mile	Bill Nankeville	4:14.2	Josy Barthel LUX	4:15.4	Frits de Ruyter NED	4:16.0
3 miles	Wim Slijkhuis NED	14:07.0	Alec Olney	14:15.4	Bill Lucas	14:21
6 miles	Stan Cox	30:08.4	Jim Peters	30:16.0	Steven McCooke	30:27.6
marathon	Jack Holden	2:36:44.6	Tom Richards	2:38:03	Stan Jones	2:40:49
steeplechase	Peter Curry	10:31.8	Geoffrey Tudor	10:34.8	Rene Howell	10:37.8
120y hurdles	Joe Birrell	15.1	Peter Gardner AUS	1 yd	Charles Green AUS	1 yd
440y hurdles	Harry Whittle	54.9	John Holland NZL	1 yd	Werner Christen SUI	8 yds
2 miles walk	Harry Churcher	13:49.0	Jim Morris	13:57.0	Ron West	14:27.0
7 miles walk	Harry Churcher	52:23.0	Jim Morris	53:14.0	Ron West	53:23.0
high jump	John Winter AUS	1.930	Alan Paterson	1.880	Adegboyega Adedoyin NGR	1.880
pole vault	Richard Webster	3.73	James Redpath	3.58	Tim Anderson	3.50
long jump	Theodore Bruce AUS	7.25	Adegboyega Adedoyin NGR	7.00	Sylvanus Williams NGR	7.00
triple jump	George Avery AUS	14.15	Allan Lindsay	14.02	Sidney Cross	13.76
shot put	David Guiney IRL	14.41	Harold Moody	14.18	John Giles	13.89
discus throw	Cummin Clancy IRL	42.21	Jack Brewer	41.97	Laurence Reavell-Carter	41.95
hammer throw	Norman Drake	49.24	Duncan Clark	47.54	Ewan Douglas	46.42
javelin throw	Jan Stendzenieks LAT	66.68	Malcolm Dalrymple	57.39	Morville Chote	57.02
decathlon	Hans Moesgaard-Kjeldsen DEN	5794	Hans Wyss SUI	5673	Baldev Singh IND	5599

See also

• 1948 WAAA Championships

References

1. "Mac Bailey Runs Two Fast 220's" . Daily News (London). 3 July 1948. Retrieved 15 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Won AAA titles" . Daily Herald. 5 July 1948. Retrieved 15 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 July 2024.