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Outdoor track and field competition

International athletics championship event

1987 AAA Championships
Dates	1–2 August 1987
Host city	London, England
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1986 1988 → AAA Championships

The 1987 AAA Championships sponsored by (Kodak) was the 1987 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1 to 2 August 1987 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition and was the last time that men's only events were held because from 1988 the WAAA Championships would merge with the AAA Championships.

The 1987 London Marathon determined the marathon AAA champion.

The decathlon was held in Stoke-on-Trent from 30 to 31 May 1987.

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Dwayne Evans USA	10.33	John Regis	10.37	Allan Wells	10.39
200m	John Regis	20.25	Dwayne Evans USA	20.26	Harvey McSwain USA	20.40
400m	Gabriel Tiacoh CIV	45.10	Derek Redmond	45.17	Phil Brown	45.73
800m	Peter Elliott	1:48.71	Tony Morrell	1:48.78	Pat Scammell AUS	1:48.91
1,500m	Steve Crabb	3:41.23	Adrian Passey	3:41.70	John Gladwin	3:42.14
5,000m	Jack Buckner	13:25.02	Gary Staines	13:30.53	Steve Binns	13:32.95
10,000m	Jon Solly	27:51.76	Steve Binns	27:58.61	Mike McLeod	28:02.83
marathon	Hugh Jones	2:10:11	Charlie Spedding	2:10:32	John Graham	2:12:32
3000m steeplechase	Eddie Wedderburn	8:24.78	Bruno Le Stum FRA	8:27.47	Tom Hanlon	8:28.29
110m hurdles	Jon Ridgeon	13.36	Nigel Walker	13.76	Renaldo Nehemiah USA	13.84
400m hurdles	Max Robertson	49.51	Martin Gillingham	49.91	Martin Briggs	50.18
10,000m walk	Ian McCombie	41:16.14	Andi Drake	42:06.73	Mark Easton	42:18.92
high jump	Geoff Parsons	2.24	Hollis Conway USA	2.24	Dalton Grant	2.20
pole vault	Jeff Gutteridge	5.35	Keith Stock	5.00	Brian Hooper Mike Edwards	4.90
long jump	Mike Powell USA	7.94	David Culbert AUS	7.75	Keith Fleming	7.50
triple jump	Eric McCalla	16.86	John Herbert	16.79	Francis Agyepong	16.41
shot put	Paul Edwards	17.26	John McNamara AUS	16.80	Shaun Pickering	16.80
discus throw	Paul Mardle	57.34	Peter Gordon	54.74	Mark Robinson NZL	52.54
hammer throw	David Smith	70.60	Angus Cooper NZL	69.90	Paul Head	66.78
javelin throw	Mick Hill	81.68	David Ottley	78.36	Roald Bradstock	76.42
decathlon	Ken Hayford	7388	Alex Kruger	7228	Kevin Atkinson IRL	7199

References

"Rose fails in World-sport bid". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 August 1987. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Ovett selected despite disastrous weekend". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 3 August 1987. 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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