1959 AAA Championships

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1959 AAA Championships
Dates10–11 July 1959
Host cityLondon, England
Venue White City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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AAA Championships

The 1959 AAA Championships was the 1959 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England (AAA). It was held from 10 to 11 July 1959 at White City Stadium in London, England. [1] [2]

Contents

Summary

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

Results

[3]

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 yards Peter Radford9.7wJames Omagbemi NGR9.7wRon Jones9.9w
220 yards David Jones21.7David Segal21.7Peter Radford21.9
440 yards John Wrighton47.5Malcolm Yardley47.8Peter Higgins48.4
880 yards Brian Hewson1:52.0Mike Rawson1:52.3Derek Johnson1:52.5
1 mile Ken Wood4:08.1John Anderson4:08.5Brian Kent-Smith4:08.6
3 miles Bruce Tulloh13:31.2Kevin Gilligan13:36.4Stan Eldon13:38.6
6 miles Stan Eldon28:12.4John Merriman28:15.8Mike Bullivant28:25.0
10 miles Fred Norris48:32.4 NRBasil Heatley48:58.4Ivor Edmonds51:51.0
marathon Christopher Fleming-Smith2:30:11.6Colin Kemball2:33:50Len Jones2:36:13
steeplechase Maurice Herriott8:52.8David Stearns8:55.6Eddie Ellis8:58.4
120y hurdles Vic Matthews14.5wGhulam Raziq PAK14.5wLaurie Taitt14.5w
220y hurdles John Metcalf23.8Fred Alsop23.9Ken Wilmshurst24.2
440y hurdles Chris Goudge52.7John Metcalf53.2Tom Bryan53.2
2 miles walk Ken Matthews13:19.4Stan Vickers13:47.1George Williams14:00.4
7 miles walk Ken Matthews50:28.8Stan Vickers51:08.6Eric Hall53:04.2
high jump Flag of Scotland.svg Crawford Fairbrother2.007Gordon Miller1.981Robert Kotei GHA1.956
pole vault Allah Ditta PAK4.11Hermund Hogheim NOR
Paul Coppejans BEL
Rex Porter		3.96n/a
long jump Flag of Scotland.svg David Whyte7.24David Brigden7.03John Whall7.00
triple jump John Whall15.00Mike Ralph14.75David Field14.46
shot put Arthur Rowe17.95 Flag of Scotland.svg Mike Lindsay17.26Martyn Lucking16.58
discus throw Flag of Scotland.svg Mike Lindsay53.53Eric Cleaver51.02Otto Feldmanis46.47
hammer throw Mike Ellis61.28Muhammad Iqbal PAK58.82Howard Payne55.48
javelin throw Colin Smith69.90Peter Cullen68.94Jalal Khan PAK66.92
decathlon Colin Andrews5517Hywel Williams5486Seamus McKinney5185

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References

  1. ↑ "Athletics" . Daily Mirror. 11 July 1959. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Barefooted Bruce kicks out stars" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 July 1959. 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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