1971 AAA Championships

1971 AAA Championships
1971 AAA Championships
Dates	23–24 July 1971
Host city	London, England
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1970 1972 → ; AAA Championships

The 1971 AAA Championships was the 1971 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 23 to 24 July 1971 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.^[1]^[2]

Summary

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

The championships were held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre for the first time.^[3]

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Brian Green	10.57	Les Piggot	10.81	Don Halliday	10.90
200m	Alan Pascoe	21.09	Martin Reynolds	21.35	Ralph Banthorpe	21.41
400m	David Jenkins	47.10	Len Walters	47.21	Derek Price	47.32
800m	Peter Browne	1:47.54	David Cropper	1:48.28	Phil Lewis	1:48.50
1,500m	Tony Polhill NZL	3:40.34	Peter Stewart	3:40.37	Brendan Foster	3:40.69
5,000m	Mike Baxter	13:39.63	Alan Blinston	13:46.22	Adrian Weatherhead	13:47.28
10,000m	Dave Bedford	27:47.0 ER	Jack Lane	28:39.6	Noël Tijou FRA	28:44.2
10 miles	Trevor Wright	46:51.6	Ron Grove	48:05.8	Keith Angus	48:24.8
marathon	Ron Hill	2:12:39	Trevor Wright	2:13:27	Jürgen Busch GDR	2:14:03
3000m steeplechase	Andy Holden	8:37.96	David Camp	8:42.38	Steve Hollings	8:45.80
110m hurdles	Alan Pascoe	14.49	Berwyn Price	14.63	Graham Gower	14.72
400m hurdles	John Sherwood	51.38	Dave Schärer	51.78	Bob Roberts	52.09
3,000m walk	Paul Nihill	12:08.4	Phil Embleton	12:30.2	Bill Sutherland	12:52.0
10,000m walk	Phil Embleton	45:26.2	Carl Lawton	46:31.4	Alan Smallwood	48:04.6
high jump	Michael Campbell	2.04	David Livesey	2.02	Colin Boreham	2.00
pole vault	Mike Bull	5.05	Brian Hooper	4.81	Ed Johnson AUS	4.81
long jump	Henry Hines USA	8.01	Alan Lerwill	7.98	Lynn Davies	7.77
triple jump	Tony Wadhams	15.16	David Johnson	15.12	Tony Ababio	15.03
shot put	Les Mills NZL	19.27	Geoff Capes	18.30	Jeff Teale	17.91
discus throw	Les Mills NZL	58.62	John Watts	57.88 NR	Bill Tancred	55.20
hammer throw	Howard Payne	66.44	Barry Williams	62.14	Bruce Fraser	59.64
javelin throw	David Travis	77.00	Mladen Gavrilovic	74.94	John McSorley	72.88
decathlon	David Kidner	6691	Mike Corden	6195	Clifford Brooks BAR	6064

References

^ "Sprint stars dazzled by green flash". Liverpool Echo. 24 July 1971. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Bedford Cracks". Sunday Post. 25 July 1971. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Leicester in running for top event". Nottingham Evening Post. 20 November 1970. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[1] "Sprint stars dazzled by green flash". Liverpool Echo. 24 July 1971. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Bedford Cracks". Sunday Post. 25 July 1971. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "Leicester in running for top event". Nottingham Evening Post. 20 November 1970. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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