1979 AAA Championships

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The 1979 AAA Championships sponsored by Nationwide was the 1979 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1979 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.[1][2]

Dates13–14 July 1979
Host cityLondon, England
LevelSenior
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1979 AAA Championships
Dates13–14 July 1979
Host cityLondon, England
VenueCrystal Palace National Sports Centre
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1978
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Summary

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

Ed Moses won the 400 metres hurdles

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Geoff Capes won 7th shot put title

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m United States Clancy Edwards10.35 Mike McFarlane10.43 Eddie Cutting10.46
200m United States Clancy Edwards20.77 Mike McFarlane20.95 Ainsley Bennett21.09
400m Sudan Hassan El Kashief45.82 Sebastian Coe46.87 Scotland Roger Jenkins47.01
800m United States Steve Scott1:47.29 New Zealand John Walker1:47.53 Garry Cook1:47.54
1,500m Steve Ovett3:39.08 Scotland Graham Williamson3:39.27 Scotland John Robson3:39.55
5,000m Republic of Ireland Eamonn Coghlan13:23.54 Mike McLeod13:24.25 New Zealand Rod Dixon13:24.61
10,000m Republic of Ireland John Treacy28:12.10 United States Alberto Salazar28:12.39 Dave Murphy28:12.42
marathon Greg Hannon2:13:06 Bernie Ford2:14:15 Greece Michalis Kousis2:19:42
3000m steeplechase Kenya Hillary Tuwei8:23.67 Kenya Amos Korir8:28.98 Julian Marsay8:29.46
110m hurdles Mark Holtom13.78w Wilbert Greaves13.91w Scotland David Wilson14.13w
400m hurdles United States Ed Moses48.58 Australia Peter Grant50.07 Gary Oakes50.37
3,000m walk Roger Mills12:09.07 New Zealand Mike Parker12:22.76 Carl Lawton12:37.69
10,000m walk Brian Adams43:48.4 Graham Morris44:09.2 Amos Seddon45:25.6
high jump Japan Takao Sakamoto2.15 Ossie Cham
Tim Foulger
2.15 n/a
pole vault United States Mike Tully5.45 Belgium Patrick Desruelles5.40 United States Ralph Haynie5.30
long jump Belgium Ronald Desruelles7.95 Roy Mitchell7.87 Japan Junichi Usui7.80
triple jump Keith Connor15.87 Japan Masami Nakanishi15.52 David Johnson15.45
shot put Geoff Capes19.39 Mike Winch17.29 Richard Slaney16.67
discus throw United States John Powell61.50 United States Al Oerter59.64 Richard Slaney54.68
hammer throw Australia Peter Farmer70.16 Matt Mileham64.40 Paul Dickenson64.16
javelin throw Simon Osborne81.68 David Ottley80.82 Peter Yates80.62
decathlon Scotland Brad McStravick7569 Colin Boreham7114 Mike Corden7063
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