1950 AAA Championships

The 1950 AAA Championships was the 1950 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 14 to 15 July 1950 at White City Stadium in London, England.^[1]^[2]

Summary

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	McDonald Bailey GBR/TRI	9.9	John Wilkinson	10.2	lan Grieve	10.3
220 yards	McDonald Bailey GBR/TRI	21.8	John Wilkinson	22.0	Nick Stacey 22.2
440 yards	Leslie Lewis	48.2	Derek Pugh	48.5	Paul Dolan	IRL 49.1
880 yards	Arthur Wint	GBR/JAM 1:51.6	Roger Bannister	1:52.1	John Parlett	1:53.1
1 mile	Bill Nankeville	4:12.2	Len Eyre	4:13.2	Alan Parker	4:14.0
3 miles	Lucien Thys BEL	14:09.0	Alec Olney	14:11.2	Andrew Ferguson	14:11.6
6 miles	Frank Aaron	29:33.6 NR	Marcel Vandewattyne BEL	29:40.6	Franjo Mihalic YUG	30:12.0
marathon	Jack Holden	2:31:03.4	Edward Denison	2:37:00.0	Harry Howard	2:37:15.0
steeplechase	Petar Segedin YUG	10:02.4	John Disley	10:05.4 NR	Robert Schoonjans BEL	10:20.8
120y hurdles	Peter Hildreth	15.2	Ray Barkway	15.3	Pol Braekman BEL	15.3
440y hurdles	Harry Whittle	55.2	Angus Scott	55.2	John Davis	56.8
7 miles walk	Roland Hardy	50:11.6 NR	Lol Allen	50:22.6	Axel Thuresson SWE	53:42.2
high jump	Alan Paterson	1.930	Ron Pavitt	1.905	Charles Van Dyck GHA	1.854
pole vault	Rudy Stjernild DEN	3.96	Tim Anderson Norman Gregor	3.81 3.81	n/a
long jump	Harry Askew	7.07	Roy Cruttenden	7.05	Meredith Gourdine USA	7.00
triple jump	Sidney Cross	14.26	William Laing GHA	14.13	David Field	14.01
shot put	Petar Sarcevic YUG	15.23	John Savidge	14.79	John Giles	14.18
discus throw	Raymond Kintziger BEL	46.77	Harry Duguid	45.00	Andrew Jansons	43.92
hammer throw	Duncan Clark	54.36	Ivan Gubijan YUG	52.86	Ewan Douglas	52.37
javelin throw	Michael Denley	58.53	Malcolm Dalrymple	57.16	Gordon Fisher	55.24
decathlon	Harry Whittle	6087 NR	Geoff Elliott	6005	Hans Sigg NOR	5933

^ "Bailey's furlong record confirmed". Daily Herald. 15 July 1950. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Won Arthur Wint equals half-mile record". Weekly Dispatch (London). 16 July 1950. Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 July 2024.