1964 AAA Championships

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1964 AAA Championships
Dates10–11 July 1964
Host cityLondon, England
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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AAA Championships

The 1964 AAA Championships was the 1964 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 10 to 11 July 1964 at White City Stadium in London, England.[1][2]

Summary

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

Welshman Lynn Davies won the long jump and would go on to win Olympic Gold later that year

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Cuba Enrique Figuerola 9.66 Wales Lynn Davies 9.7 Kenya Seraphino Antao 9.7
220 yards Scotland Menzies Campbell 21.1 Kenya Seraphino Antao 21.3 Len Carter 21.7
440 yards Robbie Brightwell 47.5 Jamaica George Kerr 48.0 Tim Graham 48.3
880 yards Canada Bill Crothers 1:50.1 Republic of Ireland Noel Carroll :50.7 Republic of Ireland Derek McCleane 1:51.0
1 mile Alan Simpson 4:01.1 Mike Wiggs 4:01.6 United States Ben Tucker 4:02.3
3 miles Poland Lech Boguszewicz 13:24.42 Poland Witold Baran 13:26.77 Bruce Tulloh 13:28.05
6 miles Mike Bullivant 27:26.44 NR Ron Hill 27:27.01 Jim Hogan 27:35.03
10 miles Mel Batty 47:26.8 WR Scotland Fergus Murray 48:41.0 Terence Smith 50:56.0
marathon Brian Kilby 2:23:01 Jack Haslam 2:28:35 Robin Campbell 2:29:07
steeplechase Maurice Herriott 8:40.0 Ernie Pomfret 8:51.0 Tim Johnston 8:55.2
120y hurdles Mike Parker 14.2 Laurie Taitt 14.2 Bob Birrell 14.3
440y hurdles John Cooper 51.1 NR Peter Warden 51.4 United States Tom Wyatt 51.9
2 miles walk Ken Matthews 13:22.4 Colin Williams 14:44.8 Malcolm Tolley 14:49.2
7 miles walk Ken Matthews 48:23.0 NR Paul Nihill 51:20.0 Roy Hart 53:56.0
high jump Scotland Crawford Fairbrother 2.032 Gordon Miller 2.007 Scotland Sandy Kilpatrick 1.981
pole vault United States Fred Hansen 4.57 Trevor Burton 4.57 NR Scotland Dave Stevenson
Rex Porter		 4.27
4.27
long jump Wales Lynn Davies 7.95 John Morbey 7.79 Fred Alsop 7.61
triple jump Fred Alsop 15.92 Mike Ralph 15.59 Derek Boosey 15.45
shot put Hungary Vilmos Varjú 18.84 Martyn Lucking 17.96 Scotland Mike Lindsay 17.84
discus throw Roy Hollingsworth 54.81 Arthur McKenzie 48.04 Bill Tancred 47.13
hammer throw Howard Payne 59.88 Warwick Dixon 56.92 Republic of Ireland John Lawlor 56.30
javelin throw John FitzSimons 74.09 Roger Lane 72.52 John Greasley 72.33
decathlon Derek Clarke 6084 David Gaskin 5950 Wales Clive Longe 5809

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Six-mile Smasher". Daily Herald. 11 July 1964. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "White City round-up". The People. 12 July 1964. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.