1983 AAA Championships

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The 1983 AAA Championships sponsored by (Robinsons Barley Water) was the 1983 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 23 to 24 July 1983 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.[1][2]

Dates23–24 July 1983
Host cityLondon, England
LevelSenior
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1983 AAA Championships
Dates23–24 July 1983
Host cityLondon, England
VenueCrystal Palace National Sports Centre
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition.

From 1983 the London Marathon would determine the marathon AAA champion.

The decathlon was held in Birmingham on 9 & 10 July 1983.

Calvin Smith won the 100 metres
William Wuycke (left) won an AAA title for Venezuela

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m United States Calvin Smith10.30 Scotland Allan Wells10.34 Australia Paul Narracott10.43
200m United States Mel Lattany20.61 Donovan Reid21.00 Scotland Cameron Sharp21.04
400m Australia Darren Clark45.05 United States Eddie Carey45.52 United States Walter McCoy45.56
800m Venezuela William Wuyke1:45.44 Peter Elliott1:45.64 Chris McGeorge1:46.57
1,500m Steve Cram3:41.69 Eamonn Martin3:44.03 Wales Roger Hackney3:44.05
5,000m Steve Harris13:38.63 Dave Clarke13:41.07 Steve Binns13:42.36
10,000m Charlie Spedding28:08.12 Geoff Smith28:11.37 Allister Hutton28:13.96
marathon Mike Gratton2:09:43 Gerry Helme2:10:12 Scotland Jim Dingwall2:11:44
3000m steeplechase Colin Reitz8:28.42 Eddie Wedderburn8:30.02 David Lewis8:32.79
110m hurdles United States Tonie Campbell13.41 United States Sam Turner13.50 United States Marcus Allen13.86
400m hurdles United States David Lee49.18 Steve Sole49.95 Brunei Ahmed Hamada50.23
3,000m walk Australia Dave Smith11:36.04 Phil Vesty11:48.03 Roger Mills12:03.58
10,000m walk Wales Steve Barry40:54.7 NR Phil Vesty43:00.1 Roy Sheppard43:18.3
high jump United States Leo Williams2.29 United States Jim Howard2.29 Japan Takao Sakamoto2.26
pole vault Jeff Gutteridge5.35 Keith Stock5.20 Japan Tomomi Takahashi5.20
long jump United States Mike Conley7.82 Fred Salle7.56 Derrick Brown7.52
triple jump United States Mike Conley16.49 Eric McCalla16.10 Vernon Samuels15.85
shot put United States Mike Carter20.80 Mike Winch18.02 Nick Tabor17.73
discus throw Bob Weir59.76 Richard Slaney58.18 Peter Gordon58.14
hammer throw Scotland Chris Black75.40 NR Matt Mileham75.02 Bob Weir72.48
javelin throw New Zealand Mike O'Rourke84.88 David Ottley78.80 Peter Yates77.90
decathlon Republic of Ireland Kevin Atkinson7353 Ken Hayford7317 Kevan Lobb7094
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