1979 AAA Championships

1979 AAA Championships
Dates	13–14 July 1979
Host city	London, England
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1979 AAA Championships sponsored by Nationwide was the 1979 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1979 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Coventry and the decathlon was held in Birmingham.

Ed Moses won the 400 metres hurdles

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Geoff Capes won 7th shot put title

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Clancy Edwards	10.35	Mike McFarlane	10.43	Eddie Cutting	10.46
200m	Clancy Edwards	20.77	Mike McFarlane	20.95	Ainsley Bennett	21.09
400m	Hassan El Kashief	45.82	Sebastian Coe	46.87	Roger Jenkins	47.01
800m	Steve Scott	1:47.29	John Walker	1:47.53	Garry Cook	1:47.54
1,500m	Steve Ovett	3:39.08	Graham Williamson	3:39.27	John Robson	3:39.55
5,000m	Eamonn Coghlan	13:23.54	Mike McLeod	13:24.25	Rod Dixon	13:24.61
10,000m	John Treacy	28:12.10	Alberto Salazar	28:12.39	Dave Murphy	28:12.42
marathon	Greg Hannon	2:13:06	Bernie Ford	2:14:15	Michalis Kousis	2:19:42
3000m steeplechase	Hillary Tuwei	8:23.67	Amos Korir	8:28.98	Julian Marsay	8:29.46
110m hurdles	Mark Holtom	13.78w	Wilbert Greaves	13.91w	David Wilson	14.13w
400m hurdles	Ed Moses	48.58	Peter Grant	50.07	Gary Oakes	50.37
3,000m walk	Roger Mills	12:09.07	Mike Parker	12:22.76	Carl Lawton	12:37.69
10,000m walk	Brian Adams	43:48.4	Graham Morris	44:09.2	Amos Seddon	45:25.6
high jump	Takao Sakamoto	2.15	Ossie Cham Tim Foulger	2.15	n/a
pole vault	Mike Tully	5.45	Patrick Desruelles	5.40	Ralph Haynie	5.30
long jump	Ronald Desruelles	7.95	Roy Mitchell	7.87	Junichi Usui	7.80
triple jump	Keith Connor	15.87	Masami Nakanishi	15.52	David Johnson	15.45
shot put	Geoff Capes	19.39	Mike Winch	17.29	Richard Slaney	16.67
discus throw	John Powell	61.50	Al Oerter	59.64	Richard Slaney	54.68
hammer throw	Peter Farmer	70.16	Matt Mileham	64.40	Paul Dickenson	64.16
javelin throw	Simon Osborne	81.68	David Ottley	80.82	Peter Yates	80.62
decathlon	Brad McStravick	7569	Colin Boreham	7114	Mike Corden	7063

See also

• 1979 WAAA Championships

References

1. "Sporting yesterdays" . Star Green 'un. 14 July 1979. Retrieved 18 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Fallen Idol" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 15 July 1979. Retrieved 18 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.