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Outdoor track and field competition

International athletics championship event

1982 AAA Championships
Dates	24–25 July 1982
Host city	London, England
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1981 1983 → AAA Championships

The 1982 AAA Championships (sponsored by Robinsons Barley Water) was the 1982 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 24 to 25 July 1982 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Gateshead and the decathlon was held in Birmingham.

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Cameron Sharp	10.31	Jim Evans	10.46	Paul Narracott AUS	10.50
200m	Don Quarrie JAM	20.74	Buster Watson	20.90	Toshio Toyota JPN	21.09
400m	Mike Paul TRI	45.74	David Jenkins	45.93	Todd Bennett	46.11
800m	Peter Elliott	1:45.61	John Walker NZL	1:46.10	Chris McGeorge	1:46.30
1,500m	Steve Cram	3:36.14	Graham Williamson	3:39.07	Rich Harris USA	3:39.44
5,000m	Wilson Waigwa KEN	13:29.32	Tim Hutchings	13:30.53	Steve Plasencia USA	13:31.55
10,000m	Julian Goater	28:02.45	Steve Jones	28:08.75	Charlie Spedding	28:11.00
marathon	Steve Kenyon	2:11:40	Dave Cannon	2:12:49	Ian Ray	2:14:08
3000m steeplechase	Roger Hackney	8:28.98	Graeme Fell	8:31.01	Barry Knight	8:32.13
110m hurdles	Mark Holtom	13.88	Wilbert Greaves	14.10	Berwyn Price	14.22
400m hurdles	James King USA	50.25	Garry Brown AUS	50.85	Shigenori Ohmori JPN	51.11
3,000m walk	Roger Mills	11:58.18	Phil Vesty	12:02.04	Gordon Vale	12:16.41
10,000m walk	Julian Goater	28:02.45	Steve Jones	28:08.75	Charlie Spedding	28:11.00
high jump	Takao Sakamoto JPN	2.24	Takashi Katamine JPN	2.24	Geoff Parsons	2.18
pole vault	Tomomi Takahashi JPN	5.51	Mike Tully USA	5.40	Jeff Gutteridge	5.20
long jump	Junichi Usui JPN	7.94	John Herbert	7.94	Niels Bugge NOR	7.80
triple jump	Ken Lorraway AUS	17.19	John Herbert	16.91	Willie Banks USA	16.70
shot put	Mike Winch	18.90	Simon Rodhouse	18.20	Nick Tabor	17.40
discus throw	Brad Cooper BAH	63.70	Robert Weir	58.14	Richard Slaney	56.92
hammer throw	Robert Weir	71.92	Martin Girvan	71.52	Shigenobu Murofushi JPN	70.52
javelin throw	David Ottley	80.54	John Trower	76.90	Peter Yates	75.52
decathlon	Fidelis Obikwu	7535	Pan Zeniou	7532	Brad McStravick	7467

References

"Rising young star Kieran Moore". Aberdeen Evening Express. 24 July 1982. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Elliott steals Palace show". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 26 July 1982. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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