1961 AAA Championships explained

1961 AAA Championships
Host City:	London, England
Dates:	14–15 July 1961
Stadium:	White City Stadium
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Previous:	1960
Next:	1962
Games:	AAA Championships

The 1961 AAA Championships was the 1961 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 14 to 15 July 1961 at White City Stadium in London, England.^{[1] [2]}

Summary

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

Results

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width=100	Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Harry Jerome CAN	9.63	Seraphino Antao KEN	9.84	David Jones	9.89
220 yards	David Jones	21.46	Mike Hildrey	21.53	Abdul Karim Amu NGR	21.69
440 yards	Adrian Metcalfe	47.49	Barry Jackson	47.89	Kenneth Wilcock	48.13
880 yards	George Kerr JAM	1:51.59	Ron Delany IRL	1:51.87	Olavi Salonen FIN	1:51.90
1 mile	Michel Bernard FRA	4:05.82	Ken Wood	4:06.52	Stan Taylor	4:06.66
3 miles	Gordon Pirie	13:31.10	Brian Hill-Cottingham	13:39.91	Mike Bullivant	13:45.44
6 miles	David Power AUS	27:57.8	Basil Heatley	28:03.0	Stan Eldon	28:13.4
10 miles	Basil Heatley	47:47.0 WR	Job Mayatt	49:58.8	Terence Smith	50:19.0
marathon	Brian Kilby	2:24:37	Brian Cooke	2:26:03	Ron Franklin	2:28:50
steeplechase	Maurice Herriott	8:53.6	Michael Palmer	9:00.2	Ben Grubb	9:02.8
120y hurdles	Nereo Svara ITA	14.4	Bob Birrell	14.5	Jacobus Malan RSA	14.6
220y hurdles	Salvatore Morale ITA	23.9	Dave Prince AUS	24.3	Danie Burger RSA	24.4
440y hurdles	Jussi Rintamäki FIN	51.46	Chris Surety	52.30	John Cooper	53.24
2 miles walk	Ken Matthews	13:24.6	Giuseppe Dordoni ITA	13:45.0	Colin Williams	14:12.8
7 miles walk	Ken Matthews	49:43.6	Colin Williams	53:08.4	John Godbeer	53:20.0
high jump	Crawford Fairbrother	2.060 NR	Colin Ridgway AUS	2.007	Patrick Mackenzie	1.981
pole vault	Risto Ankio FIN	4.42	Rex Porter	3.96	Richard Malcolm	3.96
long jump	John Oladitan NGR	7.41	John Howell	7.31	Fred Alsop	7.24
triple jump	Fred Alsop	15.37	Mahoney Samuels JAM	15.02	John Eziashi NGR	14.72
shot put	Arthur Rowe	18.58	Vilmos Varju HUN	17.84	Martyn Lucking	17.21
discus throw	Elfranco Malan RSA	56.03	Kees Koch NED	55.16	Len Chinnery	50.08
hammer throw	John Lawlor IRL	61.37	Howard Payne	59.07	Robert Brown AUS	56.33
javelin throw	Michel Macquet FRA	77.12	Väinö Kuisma FIN	73.81	John Greasley	70.64
decathlon	Danie Burger RSA	6364	George McLachlan	5777	John Jones	5520

Notes and References

1. News: Last night at London's White City . Belfast Telegraph . 15 July 1961 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 July 2024.
2. News: Pirie shows way to 3-milers . Sunday Sun (Newcastle) . 16 July 1961 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 July 2024.
3. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 17 July 2024.