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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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Harry Jerome	9.63	Seraphino Antao	9.84	David Jones	9.89
220 yards	David Jones	21.46	Mike Hildrey	21.53	Abdul Karim Amu	21.69
440 yards	Adrian Metcalfe	47.49	Barry Jackson	47.89	Ken Wilcock	48.13
880 yards	George Kerr	1:51.59	Ron Delany	1:51.87	Olavi Salonen	1:51.90
1 mile	Michel Bernard	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	Dave Power	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	14.4	Bob Birrell	14.5	Jacobus Malan	14.6
220y hurdles	Salvatore Morale	23.9	Dave Prince	24.3	Danie Burger	24.4
440y hurdles	Jussi Rintamäki	51.46	Chris Surety	52.30	John Cooper	53.24
2 miles walk	Ken Matthews	13:24.6	Pino Dordoni	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	2.007	Patrick Mackenzie	1.981
pole vault	Risto Ankio	4.42	Rex Porter	3.96	Richard Malcolm	3.96
long jump	John Oladitan	7.41	John Howell	7.31	Fred Alsop	7.24
triple jump	Fred Alsop	15.37	Mahoney Samuels	15.02	John Eziashi	14.72
shot put	Arthur Rowe	18.58	Vilmos Varjú	17.84	Martyn Lucking	17.21
discus throw	Elfranco Malan	56.03	Cees Koch	55.16	Len Chinnery	50.08
hammer throw	John Lawlor	61.37	Howard Payne	59.07	Robert Brown	56.33
javelin throw	Michel Macquet	77.12	Väinö Kuisma	73.81	John Greasley	70.64
decathlon	Danie Burger	6364	George McLachlan	5777	John Jones	5520

See also

• 1961 WAAA Championships

References

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