1950 AAA Championships

1950 AAA Championships
Dates	14–15 July 1950
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1950 AAA Championships was the 1950 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 14 to 15 July 1950 at White City Stadium in London, England. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Reading and the decathlon event was held in Southampton.

Alan Paterson retained his high jump title

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	McDonald Bailey	9.9	John Wilkinson	10.2	Ian Grieve	10.3
220 yards	McDonald Bailey	21.8	John Wilkinson	22.0	Nick Stacey	22.2
440 yards	Leslie Lewis	48.2	Derek Pugh	48.5	Paul Dolan	49.1
880 yards	Arthur Wint	1:51.6	Roger Bannister	1:52.1	John Parlett	1:53.1
1 mile	Bill Nankeville	4:12.2	Len Eyre	4:13.2	Alan Parker	4:14.0
3 miles	Lucien Theys	14:09.0	Alec Olney	14:11.2	Andrew Ferguson	14:11.6
6 miles	Frank Aaron	29:33.6 NR	Marcel Vandewattyne	29:40.6	Franjo Mihalić	30:12.0
marathon	Jack Holden	2:31:03.4	Edward Denison	2:37:00.0	Harry Howard	2:37:15.0
steeplechase	Petar Šegedin	10:02.4	John Disley	10:05.4 NR	Robert Schoonjans	10:20.8
120y hurdles	Peter Hildreth	15.2	Ray Barkway	15.3	Pol Braekman	15.3
440y hurdles	Harry Whittle	55.2	Angus Scott	55.2	John Davis	56.8
7 miles walk	Roland Hardy	50:11.6 NR	Lol Allen	50:22.6	Axel Thuresson	53:42.2
high jump	Alan Paterson	1.930	Ron Pavitt	1.905	Charles Van Dyck	1.854
pole vault	Rudy Stjernild	3.96	Tim Anderson & Norman Gregor			both 3.81
long jump	Harry Askew	7.07	Roy Cruttenden	7.05	Meredith Gourdine	7.00
triple jump	Sidney Cross	14.26	File:Flag of the Gold Coast (1877–1957).svg William Laing	14.13	David Field	14.01
shot put	Petar Sarcevic	15.23	John Savidge	14.79	John Giles	14.18
discus throw	Raymond Kintziger	46.77	Harry Duguid	45.00	Andrew Jansons	43.92
hammer throw	Duncan Clark	54.36	Ivan Gubijan	52.86	Ewan Douglas	52.37
javelin throw	Michael Denley	58.53	Malcolm Dalrymple	57.16	Gordon Fisher	55.24
decathlon	Harry Whittle	6087 NR	Geoff Elliott	6005	Hans Sigg	5933

See also

• 1950 WAAA Championships

References

1. "Bailey's furlong record confirmed" . Daily Herald. 15 July 1950. Retrieved 15 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Won Arthur Wint equals half-mile record" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 16 July 1950. Retrieved 15 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 July 2024.