1971 AAA Championships

1971 AAA Championships
Dates23–24 July 1971
Host cityLondon, England
VenueCrystal Palace National Sports Centre
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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AAA Championships

The 1971 AAA Championships was the 1971 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 23 to 24 July 1971 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.[1][2]

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Manchester and the decathlon event was held in Blackburn.

The championships were held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre for the first time.[3]

Paul Nihill won his 7th AAA title

Results

[4]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m Brian Green10.57 Scotland Les Piggot10.81 Scotland Don Halliday10.90
200m Alan Pascoe21.09 Martin Reynolds21.35 Ralph Banthorpe21.41
400m Scotland David Jenkins47.10 Len Walters47.21 Derek Price47.32
800m Peter Browne1:47.54 Dave Cropper1:48.28 Phil Lewis1:48.50
1,500m New Zealand Tony Polhill3:40.34 Scotland Peter Stewart3:40.37 Brendan Foster3:40.69
5,000m Mike Baxter13:39.63 Alan Blinston13:46.22 Adrian Weatherhead13:47.28
10,000m Dave Bedford27:47.0 ER Jack Lane28:39.6 France Noël Tijou28:44.2
10 miles Trevor Wright46:51.6 Ron Grove48:05.8 Keith Angus48:24.8
marathon Ron Hill2:12:39 Trevor Wright2:13:27 East Germany Jürgen Busch2:14:03
3000m steeplechase Andy Holden8:37.96 David Camp8:42.38 Steve Hollings8:45.80
110m hurdles Alan Pascoe14.49 Berwyn Price14.63 Graham Gower14.72
400m hurdles John Sherwood51.38 Dave Schärer51.78 Bob Roberts52.09
3,000m walk Paul Nihill12:08.4 Phil Embleton12:30.2 Scotland Bill Sutherland12:52.0
10,000m walk Phil Embleton45:26.2 Carl Lawton46:31.4 Alan Smallwood48:04.6
high jump Michael Campbell2.04 David Livesey2.02 Colin Boreham2.00
pole vault Mike Bull5.05 Brian Hooper4.81 Australia Ed Johnson4.81
long jump United States Henry Hines8.01 Alan Lerwill7.98 Wales Lynn Davies7.77
triple jump Tony Wadhams15.16 David Johnson15.12 Tony Ababio15.03
shot put New Zealand Les Mills19.27 Geoff Capes18.30 Jeff Teale17.91
discus throw New Zealand Les Mills58.62 John Watts57.88 NR Bill Tancred55.20
hammer throw Howard Payne66.44 Barry Williams62.14 Bruce Fraser59.64
javelin throw Dave Travis77.00 Mladen Gavrilovic74.94 John McSorley72.88
decathlon Scotland David Kidner6691 Mike Corden6195 Barbados Clifford Brooks6064

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sprint stars dazzled by green flash". Liverpool Echo. 24 July 1971. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Bedford Cracks". Sunday Post. 25 July 1971. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Leicester in running for top event". Nottingham Evening Post. 20 November 1970. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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