1962 AAA Championships

1962 AAA Championships
Dates13–14 July 1962
Host cityLondon, England
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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AAA Championships

The 1962 AAA Championships was the 1962 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1962 at White City Stadium in London, England.[1][2]

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Welwyn Garden City and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough. The 220 yards hurdles was held for the last time.

Blaine Lindgren won two titles including the last ever 220 yards hurdles event
Jay Silvester won both the discus and shot

Results

[3][4]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Seraphino Antao9.8 Peter Radford9.9 Wales Berwyn Jones9.9
220 yards Seraphino Antao21.1 David Jones21.4 Len Carter21.8
440 yards Robbie Brightwell45.9 ER South Africa Brian Davis46.5 Ken Wilcock47.2
880 yards United States Cary Weisiger1:50.1 Sid Purkis1:50.3 Wales Tony Harris1:50.4
1 mile Stan Taylor4:04.8 Brian Hall4:05.0 Ken Smith4:05.2
3 miles Bruce Tulloh13:16.0 Canada Bruce Kidd13:17.0 Derek Ibbotson13:23.4
6 miles Roy Fowler27:49.8 NR Mike Bullivant27:49.8 =NR Martin Hyman27:52.0
10 miles United States Buddy Edelen48:31.8 Mel Batty48:38.0 Gerry North48:38.2
marathon Brian Kilby2:26:15 Scotland Alastair Wood2:26:35 Mel Batty2:28:10
steeplechase Maurice Herriott8:43.8 Dave Chapman8:46.4 Ernie Pomfret8:54.0
120y hurdles United States Blaine Lindgren14.2 Laurie Taitt14.3 Nigeria Alfred Belleh14.7
220y hurdles United States Blaine Lindgren23.9 United States Russ Rogers 24.5 Raymond Barnes25.1
440y hurdles United States Russ Rogers51.0 Finland Jussi Rintamäki51.1 South Africa Neil MacDonald51.9
2 miles walk Ken Matthews13:59.0 Colin Williams14:26.2 John Northcott14:32.0
7 miles walk Colin Williams52:15.0 Arthur Thomson52:47.2 Ray Middleton53:50.4
high jump Japan Kuniyoshi Sugioka2.096 Australia Colin Ridgway2.032 Scotland Crawford Fairbrother2.007
pole vault Finland Pentti Nikula4.65 United States Dave Tork4.57 Trevor Burton4.21
long jump Finland Jorma Valkama7.65 John Howell7.54 Japan Takayuki Okazaki7.52
triple jump Japan Tomio Ota15.66 Japan Koji Sakurai15.65 Mike Ralph15.56
shot put United States Jay Silvester18.18 Martyn Lucking17.55 South Africa Hannes Botha17.28
discus throw United States Jay Silvester60.85 South Africa Elfranco Malan56.71 Finland Carol Lindroos55.73
hammer throw Japan Noboru Okamoto62.19 Howard Payne61.24 Peter Allday57.57
javelin throw John McSorley79.25 NR Clive Loveland71.97 John Kitching69.74
decathlon Australia Zlatko Sumich6237 Scotland George McLachlan6184 NR Australia John Montgomery5792

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Brightwell runs race of his life in super 440". Star Green 'un. 14 July 1962. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Tulloch the Triumphant". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 15 July 1962. 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 - First Day". Daily Mirror. 14 July 1962. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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