1948 AAA Championships

The 1948 AAA Championships was the 1948 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 2 to 3 July 1948 at White City Stadium in London, England.^[1]^[2]

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	John Treloar	9.8	Alastair McCorquodale	1 yd	McDonald Bailey	2ft
220 yards	Alastair McCorquodale	22.2	John Fairgrieve	2 yd	John Bartram	1 yd
440 yards	Morris Curotta	48.2	Jim Reardon	48.6	Bill Roberts	48.8
880 yards	John Parlett	1:52.2	Doug Harris	1:52.5	Arthur Wint	1:54.0
1 mile	Bill Nankeville	4:14.2	Josy Barthel	4:15.4	Frits de Ruijter	4:16.0
3 miles	Wim Slijkhuis	14:07.0	Alec Olney	14:15.4	Bill Lucas	14:21
6 miles	Stan Cox	30:08.4	Jim Peters	30:16.0	Steven McCooke	30:27.6
marathon	Jack Holden	2:36:44.6	Tom Richards	2:38:03	Stan Jones	2:40:49
steeplechase	Peter Curry	10:31.8	Geoffrey Tudor	10:34.8	Rene Howell	10:37.8
120y hurdles	Joe Birrell	15.1	Peter Gardner	1 yd	Charles Green	1 yd
440y hurdles	Harry Whittle	54.9	John Holland	1 yd	Werner Christen	8 yds
2 miles walk	Harry Churcher	13:49.0	Jim Morris	13:57.0	Ronald West	14:27.0
7 miles walk	Harry Churcher	52:23.0	Jim Morris	53:14.0	Ronald West	53:23.0
high jump	John Winter	1.930	Alan Paterson	1.880	Adegboyega Adedoyin	1.880
pole vault	Richard Webster	3.73	James Redpath	3.58	Tim Anderson	3.50
long jump	Bill Bruce	7.25	Adegboyega Adedoyin	7.00	Sylvanus Williams	7.00
triple jump	George Avery	14.15	Allan Lindsay	14.02	Sidney Cross	13.76
shot put	David Guiney	14.41	Harold Moody	14.18	John Giles	13.89
discus throw	Cummin Clancy	42.21	Jack Brewer	41.97	Laurence Reavell-Carter	41.95
hammer throw	Norman Drake	49.24	Duncan Clark	47.54	Ewan Douglas	46.42
javelin throw	Jan Stendzenieks	66.68	Malcolm Dalrymple	57.39	Morville Chote	57.02
decathlon	Hans Moesgaard-Kjeldsen	5794	Hans Wyss	5673	Baldev Singh	5599

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