1975 AAA Championships

1975 AAA Championships
Dates	1–2 August 1975
Host city	London, England
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1975 AAA Championships was the 1975 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1 to 2 August 1975 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.^[1][2]

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Stoke-on-Trent and the decathlon event was held in Cwmbran.

Marty Liquori won the 5,000 metres

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Steve Riddick	10.39	Ainsley Bennett	10.50	Dave Roberts	10.65
200m	Steve Riddick	20.81	Ainsley Bennett	20.87	Anthony Davies	21.26
400m	David Jenkins	45.87	Glen Cohen	46.81	Bevan Smith	46.89
800m	Steve Ovett	1:46.09	Peter Browne	1:46.43	Niall O'Shaughnessy	1:46.79
1,500m	Danie Malan	3:38.07	Frank Clement	3:40.25	Erwin Hartel	3:40.56
5,000m	Marty Liquori	13:32.52	Titus Mamabola	13:33.03	Nick Rose	13:35.23
10,000m	Dave Black	27:54.23	Jim Brown	28:00.62	Bernie Ford	28:02.32
marathon	Jeff Norman	2:15:50	Keith Angus	2:16:14	Colin Kirkham	2:16:22
3000m steeplechase	Tony Staynings	8:29.86	Dennis Coates	8:30.64	John Bicourt	8:34.94
110m hurdles	Berwyn Price	13.94	Graham Gower	14.23	Alan Cronin	14.30
400m hurdles	Bill Hartley	49.65	Bob Cassleman	50.23	Frank Nusse	50.85
3,000m walk	Paul Nihill	12:43.14	Peter Marlow	12:51.09	Amos Seddon	12:59.40
10,000m walk	Brian Adams	42:40.0	Roger Mills	43:20.8	Olly Flynn	44:25.8
high jump	Reinhard Schiel	2.10	Angus McKenzie	2.10	Eckart Eitel	2.10
pole vault	Ray Boyd	5.00	Jeff Gutteridge	4.75	Keith Stock	4.75
long jump	Alan Lerwill	7.77	Stewart Atkins	7.36	Geoff Hignett	7.35
triple jump	Mick McGrath	16.12	David Johnson	15.95	Don Commons	15.58
shot put	Geoff Capes	20.20	Mike Winch	18.49	Bob Dale	17.53
discus throw	John Van Reenan	62.26	Bill Tancred	62.22	Mike Winch	58.04
hammer throw	Adam Barnard	73.58	Paul Dickenson	68.74	Peter Farmer	65.24
javelin throw	Herman Potgieter	78.14	Dave Travis	74.66	Ron Silvester	74.08
decathlon	Pan Zeniou	6931	Chris Youngs	6670	Mike Corden	6652

See also

• 1975 WAAA Championships

References

1. "Black gold won in world class time". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 2 August 1975. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Sad Stewart drops out". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 3 August 1975. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
4. "Stewart Mystery". Sunday Mirror. 3 August 1975. Retrieved 31 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.