1965 AAA Championships

1965 AAA Championships
1965 AAA Championships
Dates	9–10 July 1965
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1964 1966 → ; AAA Championships

The 1965 AAA Championships was the 1965 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 9 to 10 July 1965 at White City Stadium in London, England.^[1]^[2]

Summary

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

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Enrique Figuerola CUB	9.64	Barrie Kelly	9.84	Menzies Campbell	9.96
220 yards	Pat Morrison	21.84	Menzies Campbell	21.92	Laszlo Mihalyfi HUN	22.00
440 yards	Mike Larrabee USA	47.60	John Adey	47.64	Mike Fitzgerald	47.78
880 yards	Tom Farrell USA	1:49.54	Chris Carter	1:49.94	John Boulter	1:50.00
1 mile	Alan Simpson	4:01.94	Andy Green	4:02.54	Walter Wilkinson	4:02.88
3 miles	Ron Clarke AUS	12:52.26 WR	Gerry Lindgren USA	13:04.0	Lajos Mecser HUN	13:07.54
6 miles	Mohamed Gammoudi TUN	27:38.12	Ron Hill	27:40.90	Mike Bullivant	27:43.76
10 miles	Ron Hill	48:56.0	Jim Alder	48:56.0	Gerry North	50:09.8
marathon	Bill Adcocks	2:16:50	Brian Kilby	2:17:34	Juan Taylor	2:18:57
steeplechase	Maurice Herriott	8:41.0	Ernie Pomfret	8:48.0	John May	8:51.4
120y hurdles	Laurie Taitt	14.3	Rodney Morrod	14.3	Mike Parker	14.3
440y hurdles	Rex Cawley USA	50.92	John Cooper	51.45	John Sherwood	51.47
2 miles walk	Paul Nihill	13:20.0	Malcolm Tolley	13:50.0	Ron Wallwork	13:54.6
7 miles walk	Paul Nihill	51:54.4	Ron Wallwork	52:42.0	Peter Fullager	53:18.0
high jump	Kjell-Ake Nilsson SWE	2.032	Stig Pettersson SWE	2.032	Joseph Kadiri NGR	1.981
pole vault	Paul Wilson USA	4.72	apio Mertanen SWE	4.57	Trevor Burton	4.27
long jump	Fred Alsop	7.38	Andrew Mollett	7.31	Geoffrey Beales	7.27
triple jump	Fred Alsop	15.88	Martin Jensen NOR	15.42	Kjell Arthur Paulsen NOR	15.10
shot put	Vilmos Varju HUN	19.02	Bjørn Bang Andersen NOR	17.45	Alan Carter	17.43
discus throw	Lars Haglund SWE	53.94	Mike Lindsay	51.98	Bill Tancred	48.63
hammer throw	Gyula Zsivotsky HUN	68.14	Klaus Winter AUT	59.63	Howard Payne	59.55
javelin throw	David Travis	73.76	John McSorley	71.26	Clive Loveland	71.17
decathlon	Norman Foster	6840 NR	Derek Clarke	6817	Dave Travis	6791 NR

References

^ "Records To Go?". Daily Mirror. 9 July 1965. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Ron shatters the 3-mile barrier". Daily Post. 11 July 1965. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[1] "Records To Go?". Daily Mirror. 9 July 1965. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Ron shatters the 3-mile barrier". Daily Post. 11 July 1965. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

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