1955 AAA Championships - Misplaced Pages

Outdoor track and field competition

International athletics championship event

1955 AAA Championships
Dates	15–16 July 1955
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1954 1956 → AAA Championships

The 1955 AAA Championships was the 1955 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 15 to 16 July 1955 at White City Stadium in London, England.

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Reading and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough.

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Roy Sandstrom	10.0	Ion Wiesenmayer ROU	10.1	Alan Thomas	10.1
220 yards	George Ellis	22.0	Roy Sandstrom	22.0	Willie Henderson	22.1
440 yards	Peter Fryer	47.7	Mike Wheeler	47.7	Peter Higgins	48.5
880 yards	Derek Johnson	1:51.4	Ron Henderson	1:51.4	Jack Douglas	1:51.9
1 mile	Brian Hewson	4:05.4	Ken Wood	4:06.2	Brian Jackson	4:08.6
3 miles	Chris Chataway	13:33.6	Derek Ibbotson	13:37.0	Tony Barrett	13:46.6
6 miles	Ken Norris	29:00.6	Frank Sando	29:31.0	Jack Heywood	29:31.8
marathon	Bill McMinnis	2:39:35.0	Geoff Iden	2:50:06.6	Jackie Mekler RSA	2:50:49
steeplechase	John Disley	8:56.6	Chris Brasher	8:59.4	Eric Shirley	9:03.4
120y hurdles	Jack Parker	14.6	Ion Opris ROU	14.6	Peter Hildreth	14.7
220y hurdles	Paul Vine	23.7 NR	Bob Shaw	23.8	Dennis Merrett	24.7
440y hurdles	Bob Shaw	52.2	Ilie Savel ROU	52.6	Tom Farrell	53.0
2 miles walk	George Coleman	14:01.0	Alf Poole	14:15.8	George Williams	14:47.0
7 miles walk	Roland Hardy	53:04.6	George Coleman	53:32.2	Alf Poole	54:26.2
high jump	William Piper	1.905	Oladipo Okuwobi NGR	1.905	Charles Van Dyck GHA	1.854
pole vault	Geoff Elliott	4.11	Hermund Hogheim NOR	3.96	Geoffrey Schmidt	3.81
long jump	Karim Olowu NGR	7.36	Roy Cruttenden	6.93	David Brigden	6.87
triple jump	Ken Wilmshurst	15.17	Paul Engo NGR	14.97	David Field	14.39
shot put	Barclay Palmer	15.11	Mark Pharaoh	14.50	William Robbins	13.64
discus throw	Mark Pharaoh	47.72	Gerry Carr	44.50	Erling Helle NOR	42.82
hammer throw	Ewan Douglas	56.52	Dumitru Constantin ROU	54.90	Peter Allday	54.26
javelin throw	Dumitru Zamfir ROU	67.90	Dennis Tucker	64.18	Peter Cullen	62.56
decathlon	Malcolm Dodds	4690	Deric Bareford	4516	Keith Parker	4375

References

"Norrie strides on alone as Pirie flops". Daily Herald. 16 July 1955. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"John Disley in record AAA run". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 17 July 1955. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

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