1966 AAA Championships

1966 AAA Championships
Dates	8–9 July 1966
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1966 AAA Championships was the 1966 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 8 to 9 July 1966 at White City Stadium in London, England. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Chiswick and the decathlon event was held in Welwyn Garden City.

Action during the 1966 Championships

Gyula Zsivótzky won the hammer again

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Paul Nash	9.62	Wiesław Maniak	9.70	Barrie Kelly	9.74
220 yards	Paul Nash	21.18	Menzies Campbell	21.60	David Dear	21.66
440 yards	Wendell Mottley	45.93	Tim Graham	47.07	John Adey	47.40
880 yards	Noel Carroll	1:47.98	Chris Carter	1:48.37	John Boulter	1:48.40
1 mile	John Camien	4:01.16	Walter Wilkinson	4:01.48	Alan Simpson	4:01.54
3 miles	Ron Clarke	12:58.20	Henk Altmann	13:15.83	Dick Taylor	13:17.53
6 miles	Mohamed Gammoudi	27:23.38	Bruce Tulloh	27:23.78 NR	Lajos Mecser	27:23.82
10 miles	Ron Hill	50:04.0	Cyril Leigh	50:51.6	James Frost	51:27.8
marathon	Graham Taylor	2:19:04	Jim Hogan	2:19:2	Ron Hill	2:20:55
steeplechase	Maurice Herriott	8:37.0	Ernie Pomfret	8:39.0	Lachie Stewart	8:44.8
120y hurdles	Dave Hemery	14.0	Laurie Taitt	14.1	Cornelius Uys	14.2
440y hurdles	John Sherwood	51.10 =NR	Peter Warden	51.50	Geoff Vanderstock	51.52
2 miles walk	Ron Wallwork	13:35.0	Malcolm Tolley	13:46.4	John Webb	13:54.6
7 miles walk	Paul Nihill	50:52.0	Ron Wallwork	51:02.0	Roy Hart	51:58.0
high jump	Joseph Kadiri	1.981	Gordon Miller	1.956	Crawford Fairbrother	1.956
pole vault	Mike Bull	4.57	Neal Willson	4.34	Martin Higdon	4.34
long jump	Lynn Davies	8.06	Rainer Stenius	7.91	Hamish Robertson	7.23
triple jump	Józef Szmidt	15.99	Fred Alsop	15.30	Pertti Pousi	15.23
shot put	Hannes Botha	17.14	Mike Lindsay	16.62	Jeff Teale	16.56
discus throw	Bill Tancred	51.76	Barry King	50.12	Mike Lindsay	49.58
hammer throw	Gyula Zsivótzky	66.04	Howard Payne	61.58	John Lawlor	60.98
javelin throw	Jorma Kinnunen	83.22	John FitzSimons	77.14	Dave Travis	70.04
decathlon	Derek Clarke	7001	David Gaskin	6866	Norman Foster	6592

See also

• 1966 WAAA Championships

References

1. "Gamoudi holds off Tulloch in six miles" . Western Daily Press. 9 July 1966. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Hurdler Dave flies in for Britain" . The People. 10 July 1966. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.