1959 AAA Championships

The 1959 AAA Championships was the 1959 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England (AAA). It was held from 10 to 11 July 1959 at White City Stadium in London, England.^[1][2]

1959 AAA Championships
Dates	10–11 July 1959
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1958 1960 → AAA Championships

Summary

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

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Peter Radford	9.7w	James Omagbemi NGR	9.7w	Ron Jones	9.9w
220 yards	David Jones	21.7	David Segal	21.7	Peter Radford	21.9
440 yards	John Wrighton	47.5	Malcolm Yardley	47.8	Peter Higgins	48.4
880 yards	Brian Hewson	1:52.0	Mike Rawson	1:52.3	Derek Johnson	1:52.5
1 mile	Ken Wood	4:08.1	John Anderson	4:08.5	Brian Kent-Smith	4:08.6
3 miles	Bruce Tulloh	13:31.2	Kevin Gilligan	13:36.4	Stan Eldon	13:38.6
6 miles	Stan Eldon	28:12.4	John Merriman	28:15.8	Mike Bullivant	28:25.0
10 miles	Fred Norris	48:32.4 NR	Basil Heatley	48:58.4	Ivor Edmonds	51:51.0
marathon	Christopher Fleming-Smith	2:30:11.6	Colin Kemball	2:33:50	Len Jones	2:36:13
steeplechase	Maurice Herriott	8:52.8	David Stearns	8:55.6	Eddie Ellis	8:58.4
120y hurdles	Vic Matthews	14.5w	Ghulam Raziq PAK	14.5w	Laurie Taitt	14.5w
220y hurdles	John Metcalf	23.8	Fred Alsop	23.9	Ken Wilmshurst	24.2
440y hurdles	Chris Goudge	52.7	John Metcalf	53.2	Tom Bryan	53.2
2 miles walk	Ken Matthews	13:19.4	Stan Vickers	13:47.1	George Williams	14:00.4
7 miles walk	Ken Matthews	50:28.8	Stan Vickers	51:08.6	Eric Hall	53:04.2
high jump	Crawford Fairbrother	2.007	Gordon Miller	1.981	Robert Kotei GHA	1.956
pole vault	Allah Ditta PAK	4.11	Hermund Hogheim NOR Paul Coppejans BEL Rex Porter	3.96	n/a
long jump	David Whyte	7.24	David Brigden	7.03	John Whall	7.00
triple jump	John Whall	15.00	Mike Ralph	14.75	David Field	14.46
shot put	Arthur Rowe	17.95	Mike Lindsay	17.26	Martyn Lucking	16.58
discus throw	Mike Lindsay	53.53	Eric Cleaver	51.02	Otto Feldmanis	46.47
hammer throw	Mike Ellis	61.28	Muhammad Iqbal PAK	58.82	Howard Payne	55.48
javelin throw	Colin Smith	69.90	Peter Cullen	68.94	Jalal Khan PAK	66.92
decathlon	Colin Andrews	5517	Hywel Williams	5486	Seamus McKinney	5185

References

1. "Athletics". Daily Mirror. 11 July 1959. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Barefooted Bruce kicks out stars". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 July 1959. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.