1966 AAA Championships

1966 AAA Championships
1966 AAA Championships
Dates	8–9 July 1966
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1965 1967 → ; AAA Championships

The 1966 AAA Championships was the 1966 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 8 to 9 July 1966 at White City Stadium in London, England.^[1]^[2]

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Chiswick and the decathlon event was held in Welwyn Garden City.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Paul Nash RSA	9.62	Wieslaw Maniak POL	9.70	Barrie Kelly	9.74
220 yards	Paul Nash RSA	21.18	Menzies Campbell	21.60	David Dear	21.66
440 yards	Wendell Mottley TRI	45.93	Tim Graham	47.07	John Adey	47.40
880 yards	Noel Carroll IRL	1:47.98	Chris Carter	1:48.37	John Boulter	1:48.40
1 mile	John Camien USA	4:01.16	Walter Wilkinson	4:01.48	Alan Simpson	4:01.54
3 miles	Ron Clarke AUS	12:58.20	Henk Altmann RSA	13:15.83	Dick Taylor	13:17.53
6 miles	Mohamed Gammoudi TUN	27:23.38	Bruce Tulloh	27:23.78 NR	Lajos Mecser HUN	27:23.82
10 miles	Ron Hill	50:04.0	Cyril Leigh	50:51.6	James Frost	51:27.8
marathon	Graham Taylor	2:19:04	Jim Hogan	2:19:2	Ron Hill	2:20:55
steeplechase	Maurice Herriott	8:37.0	Ernie Pomfret	8:39.0	Lachie Stewart	8:44.8
120y hurdles	Laurie Taitt	14.3	Rodney Morrod	14.3	Mike Parker	14.3
440y hurdles	John Sherwood	51.10 =NR	Peter Warden	51.50	Geoff Vanderstock USA	51.52
2 miles walk	Ron Wallwork	13:35.0	Malcolm Tolley	13:46.4	John Webb	13:54.6
7 miles walk	Paul Nihill	50:52.0	Ron Wallwork	51:02.0	Roy Hart	51:58.0
high jump	Joseph Kadiri NGR	1.981	Gordon Miller	1.956	Crawford Fairbrother	1.956
pole vault	Mike Bull	4.57	Neal Willson	4.34	Martin Higdon	4.34
long jump	Lynn Davies	8.06	Rainer Stenius FIN	7.91	Hamish Robertson	7.23
triple jump	Józef Schmidt POL	15.99	Fred Alsop	15.30	Pertti Pousi FIN	15.23
shot put	Hannes Botha RSA	17.14	Mike Lindsay	16.62	Jeff Teale	16.56
discus throw	Bill Tancred	51.76	Barry King	50.12	Mike Lindsay	49.58
hammer throw	Gyula Zsivotsky HUN	66.04	Howard Payne	61.58	John Lawlor IRL	60.98
javelin throw	Jorma Kinnunen FIN	83.22	John FitzSimons	77.14	David Travis	70.04
decathlon	Derek Clarke	7001	David Gaskin	6866	Norman Foster	6592

References

^ "Gamoudi holds off Tulloch in six miles". Western Daily Press. 9 July 1966. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Hurdler Dave flies in for Britain". The People. 10 July 1966. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[1] "Gamoudi holds off Tulloch in six miles". Western Daily Press. 9 July 1966. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Hurdler Dave flies in for Britain". The People. 10 July 1966. 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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