The 1963 AAA Championships was the 1963 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 12 to 13 July 1963 at White City Stadium in London, England.
Summary The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Coventry and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough. The 220 yards hurdles was discontinued.
Results
EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Berwyn Jones 9.71 Larry Questad 9.74 Ron Jones 9.76220 yards David Jones 21.26 Larry Questad 21.29 Peter Radford 21.56440 yards Adrian Metcalfe 47.22 Ron Freeman 47.26 Barry Jackson 47.46880 yards Noel Carroll 1:50.26 Derek McCleane 1:50.86 Greg Pelster 1:50.991 mile Alan Simpson 4:04.83 Peter Keeling 4:05.11 Colin Shillington 4:05.313 miles Bruce Tulloh 13:23.89 Tom O'Riordan 13:26.81 Don Taylor 13:27.576 miles Ron Hill 27:49.90 NR Jim Hogan 27:54.12 Ron Gomez 27:59.5010 miles Mel Batty 48:13.4 Buddy Edelen 48:28.0 Don Taylor 49:00.0marathon Brian Kilby 2:16:45 Basil Heatley 2:19:56 Brian Woolford 2:23:46steeplechase Maurice Herriott 8:47.8 Ernie Pomfret 8:56.2 George Howard 8:58.0120y hurdles Laurie Taitt 14.1 =NR Mike Parker 14.2 Steve Cortright 14.2440y hurdles Willie Atterberry 51.07 John Cooper 51.65 Robin Woodland 52.202 miles walk Ken Matthews 13:18.2 Abdon Pamich 13:41.4 Paul Nihill 14:03.87 miles walk Ken Matthews 49:52.8 Vaughan Thomas 53:42.0 John Godbeer 53:50.0high jump Kuniyoshi Sugioka 2.032 Crawford Fairbrother 1.981 Joseph Kadiri 1.956pole vault John Pennel 5.10 WR John Rose John Cramer 4.57 n/along jump Fred Alsop 7.52 Lynn Davies 7.50 Takayuki Okazaki 7.35triple jump Koji Sakurai 15.63 Mike Ralph 15.34 Fred Alsop 15.28shot put Mike Lindsay 17.64 Martyn Lucking 16.39 David Harrison 15.83discus throw David Weill 53.90 Mike Lindsay 52.93 Robert Baxter 46.24hammer throw Takeo Sugawara 65.56 Noboru Okamoto 62.52 Howard Payne 61.98javelin throw Colin Smith 72.47 Dick Miller 70.55 John Greasley 69.90decathlon Zlatko Sumich 6538 Roy Williams 6150 John Jones 5895
See also 1963 WAAA Championships
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