1965 AAA Championships

1965 AAA Championships
Dates	9–10 July 1965
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1965 AAA Championships was the 1965 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 9 to 10 July 1965 at White City Stadium in London, England. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Port Talbot and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough. ^[3]

Enrique Figeurola retained his 100 yards title

Alan Simpson (left) won his 3rd AAA title

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Enrique Figuerola	9.64	Barrie Kelly	9.84	Menzies Campbell	9.96
220 yards	Pat Morrison	21.84	Menzies Campbell	21.92	László Mihályfi	22.00
440 yards	Mike Larrabee	47.60	John Adey	47.64	Mike Fitzgerald	47.78
880 yards	Tom Farrell	1:49.54	Chris Carter	1:49.94	John Boulter	1:50.00
1 mile	Alan Simpson	4:01.94	Andy Green	4:02.54	Walter Wilkinson	4:02.88
3 miles	Ron Clarke	12:52.26 WR	Gerry Lindgren	13:04.0	Lajos Mecser	13:07.54
6 miles	Mohamed Gammoudi	27:38.12	Ron Hill	27:40.90	Mike Bullivant	27:43.76
10 miles	Ron Hill	48:56.0	Jim Alder	48:56.0	Gerry North	50:09.8
marathon	Bill Adcocks	2:16:50	Brian Kilby	2:17:34	Juan Taylor	2:18:57
steeplechase	Maurice Herriott	8:41.0	Ernie Pomfret	8:48.0	John May	8:51.4
120y hurdles	Laurie Taitt	14.3	Rodney Morrod	14.3	Mike Parker	14.3
440y hurdles	Rex Cawley	50.92	John Cooper	51.45	John Sherwood	51.47
2 miles walk	Paul Nihill	13:20.0	Malcolm Tolley	13:50.0	Ron Wallwork	13:54.6
7 miles walk	Paul Nihill	51:54.4	Ron Wallwork	52:42.0	Peter Fullager	53:18.0
high jump	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	2.032	Stig Pettersson	2.032	Joseph Kadiri	1.981
pole vault	Paul Wilson	4.72	Tapio Mertanen	4.57	Trevor Burton	4.27
long jump	Fred Alsop	7.38	Andrew Mollett	7.31	Geoffrey Beales	7.27
triple jump	Fred Alsop	15.88	Martin Jensen	15.42	Kjell Arthur Paulsen	15.10
shot put	Vilmos Varjú	19.02	Bjørn Bang Andersen	17.45	Alan Carter	17.43
discus throw	Lars Haglund	53.94	Mike Lindsay	51.98	Bill Tancred	48.63
hammer throw	Gyula Zsivótzky	68.14	Klaus Winter	59.63	Howard Payne	59.55
javelin throw	Dave Travis	73.76	John McSorley	71.26	Clive Loveland	71.17
decathlon	Norman Foster	6840 NR	Derek Clarke	6817	Dave Travis	6791 NR

See also

• 1965 WAAA Championships

References

1. "Records To Go?" . Daily Mirror. 9 July 1965. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Ron shatters the 3-mile barrier" . Daily Post. 11 July 1965. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
4. "White City results" . Daily Mirror. 10 July 1965. Retrieved 8 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "White City Details" . Sunday Mirror. 11 July 1965. Retrieved 8 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.