1984 AAA Championships

1984 AAA Championships
Dates	23–24 June 1984
Host city	Birmingham, England
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1984 AAA Championships sponsored by (U-Bix) was the 1984 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 23 to 24 June 1984 at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The Championships were held at the Alexander Stadium for the first time and covered two days of competition.

The 1984 London Marathon determined the marathon champion.

The decathlon was held in Hendon on 14 & 15 July 1984.

Steve Cram won another middle-distance title

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Donovan Reid	10.42	Linford Christie	10.48	Eddie Cutting	10.49
200m	Todd Bennett	20.79	Buster Watson	20.93	Lincoln Asquith	21.10
400m	Darren Clark	45.66	Gabriel Tiacoh	45.81	Mike Paul	45.88
800m	Steve Cram	1:46.84	Rob Harrison	1:46.90	James Mays	1:46.91
1,500m	Peter Elliott	3:39.66	Sebastian Coe	3:39.79	Eamonn Martin	3:41.00
5,000m	Ray Flynn	13:19.52	Nick Rose	13:22.00	Tim Hutchings	13:26.11
10,000m	Steve Jones	28:09.97	Mike McLeod	28:16.87	Julian Goater	28:17.62
marathon	Charlie Spedding	2:09:57	Kevin Forster	2:11:41	Dennis Fowles	2:12:12
3000m steeplechase	Domingo Ramón	8:23.12	Paul Davies-Hale	8:24.07	Graeme Fell	8:25.46
110m hurdles	Nigel Walker	13.78	Wilbert Greaves	14.03	Hughie Teape	14.17
400m hurdles	Martin Gillingham	50.24	Gary Oakes	50.47	Steve Sole	50.70
3,000m walk	Phil Vesty	11:42.94 NR	Tim Berrett	11:54.23	Roger Mills	12:13.56
10,000m walk	Ian McCombie	41:33.0	Martin Rush	42:54.3	Steve Johnson	43:38.6
high jump	Francisco Centelles	2.30	Javier Sotomayor	2.30	Jorge Alfaro	2.26
pole vault	Jeff Gutteridge	5.40	Brian Hooper	5.20	Keith Stock	5.20
long jump	Fred Salle	7.59	David Burgess	7.58	John Herbert	7.55
triple jump	Lázaro Betancourt	16.93	Lázaro Balcindes	16.80	Jorge Reyna	16.74
shot put	Mike Winch	18.39	Phil Nettle	16.93	Paul Quirke	16.92
discus throw	Bob Weir	62.50	Brad Cooper	60.60	Paul Nandapi	60.40
hammer throw	David Smith	72.40	Bob Weir	71.76	Paul Dickenson	70.24
javelin throw	David Ottley	81.34	Marcus Humphries	76.48	Peter Yates	76.24
decathlon	Kevin Atkinson	7451	Ken Hayford	7431	Brendan Curtin	7129

See also

• 1984 WAAA Championships

References

1. "Big Bob's Olympic blast-off" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 24 June 1984. Retrieved 18 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Only 5 Scots athletes certain of Olympic place" . The Scotsman. 25 June 1984. Retrieved 18 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.