1982 AAA Championships

The 1982 AAA Championships (sponsored by Robinsons Barley Water) was the 1982 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 24 to 25 July 1982 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.^[1][2]

1982 AAA Championships
Dates	24–25 July 1982
Host city	London, England
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1981 1983 → AAA Championships

Summary

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

Results

Peter Elliott

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Cameron Sharp	10.31	Jim Evans	10.46	Paul Narracott	10.50
200m	Don Quarrie	20.74	Buster Watson	20.90	Toshio Toyota	21.09
400m	Mike Paul	45.74	David Jenkins	45.93	Todd Bennett	46.11
800m	Peter Elliott	1:45.61	John Walker	1:46.10	Chris McGeorge	1:46.30
1,500m	Steve Cram	3:36.14	Graham Williamson	3:39.07	Rich Harris	3:39.44
5,000m	Wilson Waigwa	13:29.32	Tim Hutchings	13:30.53	Steve Plasencia	13:31.55
10,000m	Julian Goater	28:02.45	Steve Jones	28:08.75	Charlie Spedding	28:11.00
marathon	Steve Kenyon	2:11:40	Dave Cannon	2:12:49	Ian Ray	2:14:08
3000m steeplechase	Roger Hackney	8:28.98	Graeme Fell	8:31.01	Barry Knight	8:32.13
110m hurdles	Mark Holtom	13.88	Wilbert Greaves	14.10	Berwyn Price	14.22
400m hurdles	James King	50.25	Garry Brown	50.85	Shigenori Omori	51.11
3,000m walk	Roger Mills	11:58.18	Phil Vesty	12:02.04	Gordon Vale	12:16.41
10,000m walk	Steve Barry	41:14.7 NR	Ian McCombie	42:32.8	Phil Vesty	42:46.3
high jump	Takao Sakamoto	2.24	Takashi Katamine	2.24	Geoff Parsons	2.18
pole vault	Tomomi Takahashi	5.51	Mike Tully	5.40	Jeff Gutteridge	5.20
long jump	Junichi Usui	7.94	John Herbert	7.94	Niels Bugge	7.80
triple jump	Ken Lorraway	17.19	John Herbert	16.91	Willie Banks	16.70
shot put	Mike Winch	18.90	Simon Rodhouse	18.20	Nick Tabor	17.40
discus throw	Brad Cooper	63.70	Bob Weir	58.14	Richard Slaney	56.92
hammer throw	Bob Weir	71.92	Martin Girvan	71.52	Shigenobu Murofushi	70.52
javelin throw	David Ottley	80.54	John Trower	76.90	Peter Yates	75.52
decathlon	Fidelis Obikwu	7535	Pan Zeniou	7532	Brad McStravick	7467

See also

• 1982 WAAA Championships