{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1950 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 14–15 July 1950 |Stadium = White City Stadium |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = |Previous = 1949 |Next = 1951 |Games = 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19500715/110/0005 |title=Bailey's furlong record confirmed |work=Daily Herald |date=15 July 1950 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19500716/244/0008 |title=Won Arthur Wint equals half-mile record |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=16 July 1950 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref>
== Summary == The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Reading and the decathlon event was held in Southampton.
{{clear}} thumb|right|100px|Alan Paterson retained his high jump title == Results == <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=16 July 2024}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- !width=100|Event !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:gold;|Gold !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:silver;|Silver !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:#CD7F32;|Bronze |- |100 yards | McDonald Bailey|| 9.9 | John Wilkinson ||10.2 | Ian Grieve ||10.3 |- |220 yards | McDonald Bailey|| 21.8 | John Wilkinson ||22.0 | Nick Stacey ||22.2 |- |440 yards | Leslie Lewis ||48.2 | Derek Pugh ||48.5 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Paul Dolan|| 49.1 |- |880 yards | border|25px Arthur Wint || 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 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Lucien Theys || 14:09.0 | Alec Olney ||14:11.2 | Andrew Ferguson ||14:11.6 |- |6 miles | Frank Aaron ||29:33.6 NR | {{flagicon|BEL}} Marcel Vandewattyne ||29:40.6 | {{flagicon|YUG}} Franjo Mihalić ||30:12.0 |- |marathon | Jack Holden ||2:31:03.4 | Edward Denison|| 2:37:00.0 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Harry Howard ||2:37:15.0 |- |steeplechase | {{flagicon|YUG}} Petar Šegedin || 10:02.4 | {{flagicon|WAL}} John Disley ||10:05.4 NR | {{flagicon|BEL}} Robert Schoonjans ||10:20.8 |- |120y hurdles | Peter Hildreth|| 15.2 | Ray Barkway|| 15.3 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Pol Braekman ||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 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Axel Thuresson ||53:42.2 |- |high jump | {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan Paterson ||1.930 | Ron Pavitt ||1.905 | 25px Charles Van Dyck|| 1.854 |- |pole vault | {{flagicon|DEN}} Rudy Stjernild || 3.96 | colspan=3|Tim Anderson & {{flagicon|SCO}} Norman Gregor||both 3.81 |- |long jump | Harry Askew ||7.07 | Roy Cruttenden|| 7.05 | {{flagicon|USA}} Meredith Gourdine || 7.00 |- |triple jump | Sidney Cross ||14.26 | File:Flag of the Gold Coast (1877–1957).svg William Laing ||14.13 | David Field ||14.01 |- |shot put | {{flagicon|YUG}} Petar Sarcevic|| 15.23 | John Savidge ||14.79 | John Giles ||14.18 |- |discus throw | {{flagicon|BEL}} Raymond Kintziger ||46.77 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Harry Duguid ||45.00 | Andrew Jansons ||43.92 |- |hammer throw | {{flagicon|SCO}} Duncan Clark ||54.36 | {{flagicon|YUG}} Ivan Gubijan ||52.86 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Ewan Douglas ||52.37 |- |javelin throw | Michael Denley|| 58.53 | Malcolm Dalrymple ||57.16 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Gordon Fisher ||55.24 |- |decathlon | Harry Whittle||6087 NR | Geoff Elliott ||6005 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Hans Sigg ||5933 |}
== See also == *1950 WAAA Championships
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
Category:AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:July 1950 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1950 in the sport of athletics