1983 AAA Championships

1983 AAA Championships
Dates	23–24 July 1983
Host city	London, England
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1983 AAA Championships sponsored by (Robinsons Barley Water) was the 1983 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 23 to 24 July 1983 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition.

From 1983 the London Marathon would determine the marathon AAA champion.

Main article: 1983 London Marathon

The decathlon was held in Birmingham on 9 & 10 July 1983.

Calvin Smith won the 100 metres

William Wuycke (left) won an AAA title for Venezuela

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Calvin Smith	10.30	Allan Wells	10.34	Paul Narracott	10.43
200m	Mel Lattany	20.61	Donovan Reid	21.00	Cameron Sharp	21.04
400m	Darren Clark	45.05	Eddie Carey	45.52	Walter McCoy	45.56
800m	William Wuyke	1:45.44	Peter Elliott	1:45.64	Chris McGeorge	1:46.57
1,500m	Steve Cram	3:41.69	Eamonn Martin	3:44.03	Roger Hackney	3:44.05
5,000m	Steve Harris	13:38.63	Dave Clarke	13:41.07	Steve Binns	13:42.36
10,000m	Charlie Spedding	28:08.12	Geoff Smith	28:11.37	Allister Hutton	28:13.96
marathon	Mike Gratton	2:09:43	Gerry Helme	2:10:12	Jim Dingwall	2:11:44
3000m steeplechase	Colin Reitz	8:28.42	Eddie Wedderburn	8:30.02	David Lewis	8:32.79
110m hurdles	Tonie Campbell	13.41	Sam Turner	13.50	Marcus Allen	13.86
400m hurdles	David Lee	49.18	Steve Sole	49.95	Ahmed Hamada	50.23
3,000m walk	Dave Smith	11:36.04	Phil Vesty	11:48.03	Roger Mills	12:03.58
10,000m walk	Steve Barry	40:54.7 NR	Phil Vesty	43:00.1	Roy Sheppard	43:18.3
high jump	Leo Williams	2.29	Jim Howard	2.29	Takao Sakamoto	2.26
pole vault	Jeff Gutteridge	5.35	Keith Stock	5.20	Tomomi Takahashi	5.20
long jump	Mike Conley	7.82	Fred Salle	7.56	Derrick Brown	7.52
triple jump	Mike Conley	16.49	Eric McCalla	16.10	Vernon Samuels	15.85
shot put	Mike Carter	20.80	Mike Winch	18.02	Nick Tabor	17.73
discus throw	Bob Weir	59.76	Richard Slaney	58.18	Peter Gordon	58.14
hammer throw	Chris Black	75.40 NR	Matt Mileham	75.02	Bob Weir	72.48
javelin throw	Mike O'Rourke	84.88	David Ottley	78.80	Peter Yates	77.90
decathlon	Kevin Atkinson	7353	Ken Hayford	7317	Kevan Lobb	7094

See also

• 1983 WAAA Championships

References

1. "Chris Black's hammer record" . Sunday Post. 24 July 1983. Retrieved 18 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Athletics" . Daily Mirror. 25 July 1983. Retrieved 18 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.