1962 AAA Championships

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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

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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.

File:Blaine Lindgren 1964.jpg
Blaine Lindgren won two titles including the last ever 220 yards hurdles event
File:Jay Silvester.jpg
Jay Silvester won both the discus and shot

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards File:Flag of Kenya (1921–1963).svg Seraphino Antao 9.8 Peter Radford 9.9 Wales Berwyn Jones 9.9
220 yards File:Flag of Kenya (1921–1963).svg Seraphino Antao 21.1 David Jones 21.4 Len Carter 21.8
440 yards Robbie Brightwell 45.9 ER South Africa Brian Davis 46.5 Ken Wilcock 47.2
880 yards United States Cary Weisiger 1:50.1 Sid Purkis 1:50.3 Wales Tony Harris 1:50.4
1 mile Stan Taylor 4:04.8 Brian Hall 4:05.0 Ken Smith 4:05.2
3 miles Bruce Tulloh 13:16.0 Canada Bruce Kidd 13:17.0 Derek Ibbotson 13:23.4
6 miles Roy Fowler 27:49.8 NR Mike Bullivant 27:49.8 =NR Martin Hyman 27:52.0
10 miles United States Buddy Edelen 48:31.8 Mel Batty 48:38.0 Gerry North 48:38.2
marathon Brian Kilby 2:26:15 Scotland Alastair Wood 2:26:35 Mel Batty 2:28:10
steeplechase Maurice Herriott 8:43.8 Dave Chapman 8:46.4 Ernie Pomfret 8:54.0
120y hurdles United States Blaine Lindgren 14.2 Laurie Taitt 14.3 Nigeria Alfred Belleh 14.7
220y hurdles United States Blaine Lindgren 23.9 United States Russ Rogers 24.5 Raymond Barnes 25.1
440y hurdles United States Russ Rogers 51.0 Finland Jussi Rintamäki 51.1 South Africa Neil MacDonald 51.9
2 miles walk Ken Matthews 13:59.0 Colin Williams 14:26.2 John Northcott 14:32.0
7 miles walk Colin Williams 52:15.0 Arthur Thomson 52:47.2 Ray Middleton 53:50.4
high jump Japan Kuniyoshi Sugioka 2.096 Australia Colin Ridgway 2.032 Scotland Crawford Fairbrother 2.007
pole vault Finland Pentti Nikula 4.65 United States Dave Tork 4.57 Trevor Burton 4.21
long jump Finland Jorma Valkama 7.65 John Howell 7.54 Japan Takayuki Okazaki 7.52
triple jump Japan Tomio Ota 15.66 Japan Koji Sakurai 15.65 Mike Ralph 15.56
shot put United States Jay Silvester 18.18 Martyn Lucking 17.55 South Africa Hannes Botha 17.28
discus throw United States Jay Silvester 60.85 South Africa Elfranco Malan 56.71 Finland Carol Lindroos 55.73
hammer throw Japan Noboru Okamoto 62.19 Howard Payne 61.24 Peter Allday 57.57
javelin throw John McSorley 79.25 NR Clive Loveland 71.97 John Kitching 69.74
decathlon Australia Zlatko Sumich 6237 Scotland George McLachlan 6184 NR Australia John Montgomery 5792

See also

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References

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