1962 AAA Championships

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1962 AAA Championships
Dates13–14 July 1962
Host cityLondon, England
Venue White 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]

Contents

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]

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 yards Seraphino Antao KEN9.8Peter Radford9.9Berwyn Jones9.9
220 yards Seraphino Antao KEN21.1David Jones21.4Len Carter21.8
440 yards Robbie Brightwell45.9 ERBrian Davis RSA46.5Kenneth Wilcock47.2
880 yards Cary Weisiger USA1:50.1Sid Purkis1:50.3Tony Harris1:50.4
1 mile Stan Taylor4:04.8Brian Hall4:05.0Ken Smith4:05.2
3 miles Bruce Tulloh13:16.0Bruce Kidd CAN13:17.0Derek Ibbotson13:23.4
6 miles Roy Fowler27:49.8 NRMike Bullivant27:49.8 =NRMartin Hyman27:52.0
10 miles Leonard "Buddy" Edelen USA48:31.8Mel Batty48:38.0Gerry North48:38.2
marathon Brian Kilby2:26:15 Flag of Scotland.svg Alastair Wood2:26:35Mel Batty2:28:10
steeplechase Maurice Herriott8:43.8David Chapman8:46.4Ernie Pomfret8:54.0
120y hurdles Blaine Lindgren USA14.2Laurie Taitt14.3Alfred Belleh NGR14.7
220y hurdles Blaine Lindgren USA23.9Russ Rogers USA24.5Raymond Barnes25.1
440y hurdles Russ Rogers USA51.0Jussi Rintamäki FIN51.1Neil MacDonald RSA51.9
2 miles walk Ken Matthews13:59.0Colin Williams14:26.2John Northcott14:32.0
7 miles walk Colin Williams52:15.0Arthur Thomson52:47.2Ray Middleton53:50.4
high jump Kuniyoshi Sugioka JPN2.096Colin Ridgway AUS2.032 Flag of Scotland.svg Crawford Fairbrother2.007
pole vault Pentti Nikula FIN4.65Dave Tork USA4.57Trevor Burton4.21
long jump Jorma Valkama FIN7.65John Howell7.54akayuki Okazaki JPN7.52
triple jump Tomio Ota JPN15.66Koji Sakurai JPN15.65Mike Ralph15.56
shot put Jay Silvester USA18.18Martyn Lucking17.55Hannes Botha RSA17.28
discus throw Jay Silvester USA60.85Elfranco Malan RSA56.71Carol Lindroos FIN55.73
hammer throw Noboru Okamoto JPN62.19Howard Payne61.24Peter Allday57.57
javelin throw John McSorley79.25 NRClive Loveland71.97John Kitching69.74
decathlon Zlatko Sumich AUS6237 Flag of Scotland.svg George McLachlan6184 NRJohn Montgomery AUS5792

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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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