The 1946 AAA Championships was the 1946 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 19 to 20 July 1946 at White City Stadium in London, England.^[1][2][3]

Summary

The Championships consisted of 23 events and covered two days of competition. The attendance was 30,000.

It was the first championships to be held following the six years lost to World War II. The 10 miles and 440 yards relay events were not held.

Aad de Bruyn from the Netherlands retained his shot put title despite the six-year break. The Dutchman was the only athlete to retain a title, although Sydney Wooderson who won the 3 miles event and broke the British record had previously won the 1 mile event in 1939.

Impact of WWII

The Championships returned after missing six years due to World War II. Many former AAA champions or medal winners, (some of whom would have competed at the 1946 Championships) had been killed in action from 1939 to 1946 as a result or cause of the war. They included -

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	McDonald Bailey	9.8	Jack Archer	10.1	Bert Liffen	10.1
220 yards	McDonald Bailey	22.3	Jack Archer	2 yd	Bert Liffen
440 yards	Arthur Wint	48.4	Bill Roberts	48.6	Derek Pugh	49.0
880 yards	Arthur Wint	1:54.8	Tom White	1:55.2	Geoffrey Dove	1:55.4
1 mile	Doug Wilson	4:17.4	Frits de Ruijter	4:17.4	Clifford Bunton	4:20.6
3 miles	Sydney Wooderson	13:53.2 NR	Willem Slijkhuis	13.54.2	Steven McCooke	150 yds
6 miles	Jim Peters	30:50.4	Jean Chapelle	31:14.8	David Wingate	31:37.0
marathon	Squire Yarrow	2:43:14.4	Donald Robertson	2:43:14.6	Tom Richards	2:44:10
steeplechase	Marcel Vandewattyne	10:27.6	Albert Robertson	15 yd	Edward Nankivell
120y hurdles	Pol Braekman	14.9	Pierre Van de Sijpe	2 yd	Rupert Powell
440y hurdles	Ronald Ede	57.0	Robert Prevot	1 yd	Robin Boyd
2 miles walk	Lars Hindmar	13:59.0	Harry Churcher	14:04.6	Eddie Staker	14:16.0
7 miles walk	Lars Hindmar	52:30.0	Eddie Staker	53:39.0	Harry Churcher	54:18.8
high jump	Alan Paterson	1.880	Ron Pavitt	1.854	John Lunn Newman	1.854
pole vault	Cor Lamorée	3.91	Frans Van Peteghem	3.78	John Dodd	3.58
long jump	Denis Watts	7.11	James Morrish	6.96	Harry Askew	6.88
triple jump	Denis Watts	14.26	Gordon Williams	14.03	Marcel Dennis	13.69
shot put	Aad de Bruyn	13.69	James Byrne	13.16	Harold Moody	12.58
discus throw	Jan Brasser	43.56	James Nesbitt	42.16	Aad de Bruyn	40.61
hammer throw	Hans Houtzager	48.48	Duncan Clark	47.79	Norman Drake	47.35
javelin throw	Nico Lutkeveld	56.61	Malcolm Dalrymple	55.29	Frederick Pidgeon	55.19
Tug of war (catchweight)	Wimpey London Airport C		Wimpey London Airport A
Tug of war (100st)	R.E.M.E No.1Central Workshop		Cranleigh District British Legion

See also

• 1946 WAAA Championships

References