{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1951 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 13–14 July 1951 |Stadium = White City Stadium |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = |Previous = 1950 |Next = 1952 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1951 AAA Championships''' was the 1951 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1951 at White City Stadium in London, England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19510714/096/0010 |title=Teseo's throw wins a title |work=Daily Mirror |date=14 July 1951 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000844/19510715/108/0014 |title=Bannister's mile tops a day of records |work=Sunday Mirror |date=15 July 1951 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19510715/149/0008 |title=Best Bannister Mile |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=15 July 1951 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref>
== Summary == The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Birmingham and the decathlon event was held in Cannock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=20 April 2025}}</ref>
{{clear}} thumb|right|150px|Giuseppe Tosi == 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|| 9.6 =NR | Brian Shenton|| 9.8 | George Ellis ||10.0 |- |220 yards | McDonald Bailey|| 21.4 | Nick Stacey ||21.9 | George Ellis ||22.0 |- |440 yards | Derek Pugh ||47.9 | Terry Higgins|| 48.6 | Leslie Lewis ||48.8 |- |880 yards | border|25px Arthur Wint||1:49.6 | Frank Evans|| 1:53.2 | Tom White ||1:53.5 |- |1 mile | Roger Bannister ||4:07.8 | Bill Nankeville ||4:08.6 | John Parlett ||4:09.2 |- |3 miles | Roy Beckett ||14:02.6 | Chris Chataway ||14:02.6 | Harry Hicks ||14:10.0 |- |6 miles | Gordon Pirie ||29:32.0 NR | Walter Hesketh ||29.50.0 | Bill Gray ||30:12.4 |- |marathon | Jim Peters ||2:31:42.6 | {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Tom Richards ||2:37:02 | Jack Winfield ||2:41:42 |- |steeplechase | {{flagicon|YUG}} Petar Šegedin || 9:58.6 | {{flagicon|WAL}} John Disley ||10:04.0 NR | Rene Howell ||10:25.0 |- |120y hurdles | Jack Parker|| 14.8 | Peter Hildreth|| 14.9 | {{flagicon|ISL}} Örn Clausen || 15.0 |- |440y hurdles | Harry Whittle ||54.2 | Angus Scott ||54.7 | Jack Parker||55.2 |- |2 miles walk | Roland Hardy ||13:43.2 | Gerald Gregory ||14:00.8 | George Coleman ||14:15.6 |- |7 miles walk | Roland Hardy ||51:14.6 | Lol Allen ||2:54.4 | Harry Churcher ||54:04.0 |- |high jump | Ron Pavitt ||1.956 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Jacques Delelienne || 1.930 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Walter Herssens || 1.930 |- |pole vault | {{flagicon|ISL}} Torfi Bryngeirsson || 4.04 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giulio Chiesa || 3.88 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Norman Gregor ||3.81 |- |long jump | 25px Sylvanus Williams || 7.05 | Roy Cruttenden ||7.03 | Ian Walker ||6.89 |- |triple jump | Sidney Cross ||14.32 | Peter Goldsmith ||14.24 | {{flagicon|RHO}} Roderick Salmon ||14.04 |- |shot put | {{flagicon|ISL}} Gunnar Huseby ||15.87 | John Savidge ||15.70 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Willy Wuyts || 14.50 |- |discus throw | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Tosi ||53.58 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Clement Mertens ||43.93 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Raymond Kintziger ||43.80 |- |hammer throw | {{flagicon|ITA}} Teseo Taddia || 54.00 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Duncan Clark ||52.42 | Peter Allday ||49.70 |- |javelin throw | {{flagicon|ITA}} Amos Matteucci || 61.08 | Michael Denley ||60.16 | Malcolm Dalrymple ||55.89 |- |decathlon | Les Pinder ||5089 | Harry Whittle ||5068 | Alec Hardy|| 4474 |}
== See also == *1951 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 1951 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1951 in the sport of athletics