1983 AAA Championships

1983 AAA Championships
1983 AAA Championships
Dates	23–24 July 1983
Host city	London, England
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1982 1984 → ; AAA Championships

The 1983 AAA Championships sponsored by (Robinsons Barley Water) was the 1983 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 23 to 24 July 1983 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.^[1]^[2]

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition.

From 1983 the London Marathon would determine the marathon AAA champion.

The decathlon was held in Birmingham on 9 & 10 July 1983.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Calvin Smith USA	10.30	Allan Wells	10.34	Paul Narracott AUS	10.43
200m	Mel Lattany USA	20.61	Donovan Reid	21.00	Cameron Sharp	21.04
400m	Darren Clark AUS	45.05	Eddie Carey USA	45.52	Walter McCoy USA	45.56
800m	William Wuyke VEN	1:45.44	Peter Elliott	1:45.64	Chris McGeorge	1:46.57
1,500m	Steve Cram	3:41.69	Eamonn Martin	3:44.03	Roger Hackney	3:44.05
5,000m	Steve Harris	13:38.63	Dave Clarke	13:41.07	Steve Binns	13:42.36
10,000m	Charlie Spedding	28:08.12	Geoff Smith	28:11.37	Allister Hutton	28:13.96
marathon	Mike Gratton	2:09:43	Gerry Helme	2:10:12	Jim Dingwall	2:11:44
3000m steeplechase	Colin Reitz	8:28.42	Eddie Wedderburn	8:30.02	David Lewis	8:32.79
110m hurdles	Tonie Campbell USA	13.41	Sam Turner USA	13.50	Marcus Allen USA	13.86
400m hurdles	David Lee USA	49.18	Steve Sole	49.95	Ahmed Hamada BRN	50.23
3,000m walk	Dave Smith AUS	11:36.04	Phil Vesty	11:48.03	Roger Mills	12:03.58
10,000m walk	Charlie Spedding	28:08.12	Geoff Smith	28:11.37	Allister Hutton	28:13.96
high jump	Leo Williams USA	2.29	James Howard USA	2.29	Takao Sakamoto JPN	2.26
pole vault	Jeff Gutteridge	5.35	Keith Stock	5.20	Tomomi Takahashi JPN	5.20
long jump	Mike Conley USA	7.82	Fred Salle	7.56	Derrick Brown	7.52
triple jump	Mike Conley USA	16.49	Eric McCalla	16.10	Vernon Samuels	15.85
shot put	Mike Carter USA	20.80	Mike Winch	18.02	Nick Tabor	17.73
discus throw	Robert Weir	59.76	Richard Slaney	58.18	Peter Gordon	58.14
hammer throw	Chris Black	75.40 NR	Matt Mileham	75.02	Robert Weir	72.48
javelin throw	Mike O'Rourke NZL	84.88	David Ottley	78.80	Peter Yates	77.90
decathlon	Kevin Atkinson IRL	7353	Ken Hayford	7317	Kevan Lobb	7094

References

^ "Chris Black's hammer record". Sunday Post. 24 July 1983. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Athletics". Daily Mirror. 25 July 1983. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[1] "Chris Black's hammer record". Sunday Post. 24 July 1983. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Athletics". Daily Mirror. 25 July 1983. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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