1962 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.

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.

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Seraphino Antao 9.8 Peter Radford 9.9 Berwyn Jones 9.9220 yards Seraphino Antao 21.1 David Jones 21.4 Len Carter 21.8440 yards Robbie Brightwell 45.9 ER Brian Davis 46.5 Ken Wilcock 47.2880 yards Cary Weisiger 1:50.1 Sid Purkis 1:50.3 Tony Harris 1:50.41 mile Stan Taylor 4:04.8 Brian Hall 4:05.0 Ken Smith 4:05.23 miles Bruce Tulloh 13:16.0 Bruce Kidd 13:17.0 Derek Ibbotson 13:23.46 miles Roy Fowler 27:49.8 NR Mike Bullivant 27:49.8 =NR Martin Hyman 27:52.010 miles Buddy Edelen 48:31.8 Mel Batty 48:38.0 Gerry North 48:38.2marathon Brian Kilby 2:26:15 Alastair Wood 2:26:35 Mel Batty 2:28:10steeplechase Maurice Herriott 8:43.8 Dave Chapman8:46.4 Ernie Pomfret 8:54.0120y hurdles Blaine Lindgren 14.2 Laurie Taitt 14.3 Alfred Belleh 14.7220y hurdles Blaine Lindgren 23.9 Russ Rogers 24.5 Raymond Barnes 25.1440y hurdles Russ Rogers 51.0 Jussi Rintamäki 51.1 Neil MacDonald 51.92 miles walk Ken Matthews 13:59.0 Colin Williams 14:26.2 John Northcott 14:32.07 miles walk Colin Williams 52:15.0 Arthur Thomson 52:47.2 Ray Middleton 53:50.4high jump Kuniyoshi Sugioka 2.096 Colin Ridgway 2.032 Crawford Fairbrother 2.007pole vault Pentti Nikula 4.65 Dave Tork 4.57 Trevor Burton 4.21long jump Jorma Valkama 7.65 John Howell 7.54 Takayuki Okazaki 7.52triple jump Tomio Ota 15.66 Koji Sakurai 15.65 Mike Ralph 15.56shot put Jay Silvester 18.18 Martyn Lucking 17.55 Hannes Botha 17.28discus throw Jay Silvester 60.85 Elfranco Malan 56.71 Carol Lindroos 55.73hammer throw Noboru Okamoto 62.19 Howard Payne 61.24 Peter Allday 57.57javelin throw John McSorley 79.25 NR Clive Loveland 71.97 John Kitching 69.74decathlon Zlatko Sumich 6237 George McLachlan 6184 NR John Montgomery 5792

See also 1962 WAAA Championships

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