1960 AAA Championships

1960 AAA Championships
1960 AAA Championships
Dates	15–16 July 1960
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1959 1961 → ; AAA Championships

The 1960 AAA Championships was the 1960 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 15 to 16 July 1960 at White City Stadium in London, England.^[1]^[2]

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon and the decathlon events were held in Welwyn Garden City.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Peter Radford	9.62 NR	David Jones	9.70	Nick Whitehead	9.80
220 yards	David Jones	21.31	David Segal	21.55	Mike Hildrey	21.67
440 yards	Milkha Singh IND	46.56	Robbie Brightwell	47.05	Malcolm Yardley	47.36
880 yards	Tom Farrell	1:49.40	John Wenk	1:49.56	Brian Hewson	1:49.56
1 mile	Laszlo Tabori HUN	4:01.02	Mike Wiggs	4:01.24	Michel Jazy FRA	4:01.28
3 miles	Frank Salvat	13:32.94	Bruce Tulloh	13:37.42	Laurie Reed	13:38.84
6 miles	Gordon Pirie	28:09.6	Martin Hyman	28:10.2	John Merriman	28:10.8
10 miles	Basil Heatley	48:18.4 NR	Alastair Wood	49:24.6	Laurence Sykes	50:40.2
marathon	Brian Kilby	2:22:45	John Tarrant	2:25:17	Sam Hardicker	2:26:23
steeplechase	Eric Shirley	8:51.0	David Chapman	8:52.8	Michael Palmer	8:53.2
120y hurdles	Ghulam Raziq PAK	14.6	Mike Parker	14.8	Bob Birrell	14.9
220y hurdles	Chris Surety	24.9	Ken Wilmshurst	26.1	Paul Vine	26.1
440y hurdles	Max Boyes	52.27	John Metcalf	52.42	Tom Bryan	52.91
2 miles walk	Stan Vickers	13:02.4 NR	Ken Matthews	13:09.6	Dieter Lindner GDR	13:44.4
7 miles walk	Ken Matthews	49:42.6	Siegfried Lefanczik GDR	51:01.2	Max Weber GDR	51:01.5
high jump	Robert Kotei GHA	2.083	Gordon Miller	2.051 NR	Crawford Fairbrother	1.956
pole vault	Rex Porter	4.11	Ian Ward	4.11	James McManus	4.11
long jump	Fred Alsop	7.19	Bryan Woolley	7.15	John Lissaman	7.10
triple jump	Fred Alsop	15.44	Mohinder Singh IND	15.06	Ken Wilmshurst	14.83
shot put	Arthur Rowe	18.04	Mike Lindsay	17.45	Martyn Lucking	17.04
discus throw	Mike Lindsay	52.62	Roy Hollingsworth GBR/TRI	50.31	Eric Cleaver	47.27
hammer throw	Mike Ellis	64.19	Muhammad Iqbal PAK	60.14	Howard Payne	58.43
javelin throw	Mohammed Nawaz PAK	76.39	Roger Lane	74.32	Colin Smith	71.20
decathlon	Colin Andrews	6176 NR	Seamus McKinney	5732	George McLachlan	5588

References

^ "Farrell beats Hewson in great race". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 16 July 1960. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Salvat hits the road to Rome". Weekly Dispatch (London). 17 July 1960. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[1] "Farrell beats Hewson in great race". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 16 July 1960. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Salvat hits the road to Rome". Weekly Dispatch (London). 17 July 1960. 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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