1963 AAA Championships explained

1963 AAA Championships
Host City:	London, England
Dates:	12–13 July 1963
Stadium:	White City Stadium
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Previous:	1962
Next:	1964
Games:	AAA Championships

The 1963 AAA Championships was the 1963 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 12 to 13 July 1963 at White City Stadium in London, England.^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Coventry and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough. The 220 yards hurdles was discontinued.

Results

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width=100	Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Berwyn Jones	9.71	Larry Questad USA	9.74	Ron Jones	9.76
220 yards	David Jones	21.26	Larry Questad USA	21.29	Peter Radford	21.56
440 yards	Adrian Metcalfe	47.22	Ron Freeman USA	47.26	Barry Jackson	47.46
880 yards	Noel Carroll IRL	1:50.26	Derek McCleane IRL	1:50.86	Greg Pelster USA	1:50.99
1 mile	Alan Simpson	4:04.83	Peter Keeling	4:05.11	Colin Shillington	4:05.31
3 miles	Bruce Tulloh	13:23.89	Tom O'Riordan IRL	13:26.81	Don Taylor	13:27.57
6 miles	Ron Hill	27:49.90 NR	Jim Hogan IRL	27:54.12	Ron Gomez	27:59.50
10 miles	Mel Batty	48:13.4	Leonard "Buddy" Edelen USA	48:28.0	Don Taylor	49:00.0
marathon	Brian Kilby	2:16:45	Basil Heatley	2:19:56	Brian Woolford	2:23:46
steeplechase	Maurice Herriott	8:47.8	Ernie Pomfret	8:56.2	George Howard	8:58.0
120y hurdles	Laurie Taitt	14.1 =NR	Mike Parker	14.2	Steve Cortright USA	14.2
440y hurdles	Willie Atterberry USA	51.07	John Cooper	51.65	Robin Woodland	52.20
2 miles walk	Ken Matthews	13:18.2	Abdon Pamich ITA	13:41.4	Paul Nihill	14:03.8
7 miles walk	Ken Matthews	49:52.8	Vaughan Thomas	53:42.0	John Godbeer	53:50.0
high jump	Kuniyoshi Sugioka JPN	2.032	Crawford Fairbrother	1.981	Joseph Kadiri NGR	1.956
pole vault	John Pennel USA	5.10 WR	John Rose USA John Cramer USA	4.57	n/a
long jump	Fred Alsop	7.52	Lynn Davies	7.50	Takayuki Okazaki JPN	7.35
triple jump	Koji Sakurai JPN	15.63	Mike Ralph	15.34	Fred Alsop	15.28
shot put	Mike Lindsay	17.64	Martyn Lucking	16.39	David Harrison	15.83
discus throw	David Weill USA	53.90	Mike Lindsay	52.93	Robert Baxter USA	46.24
hammer throw	Takeo Sugawara JPN	65.56	Noboru Okamoto JPN	62.52	Howard Payne	61.98
javelin throw	Colin Smith	72.47	Richard Miller	70.55	John Greasley	69.90
decathlon	Zlatko Sumich AUS	6538	Roy Williams NZL	6150	John Jones	5895

Notes and References

1. News: Carroll sprints in . Ireland's Saturday Night . 13 July 1963 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 July 2024.
2. News: Few Stars . Daily Mirror . 15 July 1963 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 July 2024.
3. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 17 July 2024.