1963 AAA Championships

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1963 AAA Championships
Dates12–13 July 1963
Host cityLondon, England
Venue White City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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AAA Championships

The 1963 AAA Championships was the 1963 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 12 to 13 July 1963 at White City Stadium in London, England. [1] [2]

Contents

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Coventry and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough. The 220 yards hurdles was discontinued.

Results

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EventGoldSilverBronze
100 yards Berwyn Jones9.71Larry Questad USA9.74Ron Jones9.76
220 yards David Jones21.26Larry Questad USA21.29Peter Radford21.56
440 yards Adrian Metcalfe47.22Ron Freeman USA47.26Barry Jackson47.46
880 yards Noel Carroll IRL1:50.26Derek McCleane IRL1:50.86Greg Pelster USA1:50.99
1 mile Alan Simpson4:04.83Peter Keeling4:05.11Colin Shillington4:05.31
3 miles Bruce Tulloh13:23.89Tom O'Riordan IRL13:26.81Don Taylor13:27.57
6 miles Ron Hill27:49.90 NRJim Hogan IRL27:54.12Ron Gomez27:59.50
10 miles Mel Batty48:13.4Leonard "Buddy" Edelen USA48:28.0Don Taylor49:00.0
marathon Brian Kilby2:16:45Basil Heatley2:19:56Brian Woolford2:23:46
steeplechase Maurice Herriott8:47.8Ernie Pomfret8:56.2George Howard8:58.0
120y hurdles Laurie Taitt14.1 =NRMike Parker14.2Steve Cortright USA14.2
440y hurdles Willie Atterberry USA51.07John Cooper51.65Robin Woodland52.20
2 miles walk Ken Matthews13:18.2Abdon Pamich ITA13:41.4Paul Nihill14:03.8
7 miles walk Ken Matthews49:52.8Vaughan Thomas53:42.0John Godbeer53:50.0
high jump Kuniyoshi Sugioka JPN2.032 Flag of Scotland.svg Crawford Fairbrother1.981Joseph Kadiri NGR1.956
pole vault John Pennel USA5.10 WRJohn Rose USA
John Cramer USA		4.57n/a
long jump Fred Alsop7.52Lynn Davies7.50Takayuki Okazaki JPN7.35
triple jump Koji Sakurai JPN15.63Mike Ralph15.34Fred Alsop15.28
shot put Flag of Scotland.svg Mike Lindsay17.64Martyn Lucking16.39David Harrison15.83
discus throw David Weill USA53.90 Flag of Scotland.svg Mike Lindsay52.93Robert Baxter USA46.24
hammer throw Takeo Sugawara JPN65.56Noboru Okamoto JPN62.52Howard Payne61.98
javelin throw Colin Smith72.47Richard Miller70.55John Greasley69.90
decathlon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zlatko Sumich6538 Flag of New Zealand.svg Roy Williams6150 Flag of Scotland.svg John Jones5895

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References

  1. ↑ "Carroll sprints in" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 13 July 1963. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Few Stars" . Daily Mirror. 15 July 1963. 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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