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Outdoor track and field competition

International athletics championship event

1946 AAA Championships
Dates	19–20 July 1946
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	23
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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.

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.

Results

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 Vandesype	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 Petegham	3.78	John Dodd	3.58
long jump	Denis C. V. Watts	7.11	James Morrish	6.96	Harry Askew	6.88
triple jump	Denis C. V. 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

References

"AAA Championship Meeting". Nottingham Evening Post. 20 July 1946. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Swede first to win AAA title". Daily Herald. 20 July 1946. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"AAA results". Daily News (London). 22 July 1946. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 July 2024.

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