{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1956 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 13–14 July 1956 |Stadium = White City Stadium |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = |Previous = 1955 |Next = 1957 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1956 AAA Championships''' was the 1956 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1956 at White City Stadium in London, England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19560714/159/0008 |title=Brian looking for peace and quiet |work=Daily Herald |date=14 July 1956 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005475/19560716/008/0008 |title=Fine performance by Farrell in AAA hurdles |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=15 July 1956 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref>
== Summary == The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Port Sunlight, Merseyside and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough.
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== Results ==
thumb|right|150px|Ion Soeter won the high jump <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=17 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 | John Young ||9.9 | 25px Titus Erinle || 9.9 | Roy Sandstrom ||10.0 |- |220 yards | Brian Shenton ||21.8 | {{flagicon|ROM}} Ion Wiesenmayer || 21.9 | Mike Ruddy ||22.0 |- |440 yards | Mike Wheeler ||47.7 | Peter Higgins||48.5 | John Salisbury ||48.7 |- |880 yards | Mike Rawson ||1:51.3 | Mike Farrell ||1:52.2 | Ron Henderson ||1:52.5 |- |1 mile | Ken Wood ||4:06.8 | Brian Hewson ||4:07.4 | Ian Boyd ||4:09.6 |- |3 miles | Derek Ibbotson ||13:32.6 | Chris Chataway ||13:32.6 | Fred Wyatt ||13:50.2 |- |6 miles | Ken Norris ||28:13.6 NR | Frank Sando ||28:14.2 | Hugh Foord || 28:30.6 |- |marathon | Harry Hicks ||2:26:15.0 | Stan Cox ||2:27:17 | Eric L. Smith|| 2:27:35 |- |steeplechase | Eric Shirley ||8:51.6 | {{flagicon|WAL}} John Disley ||8:53.4 | Chris Brasher|| 9:02.6 |- |120y hurdles | Peter Hildreth ||14.5 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Eamonn Kinsella ||14.6 | Jack Parker||14.6 |- |220y hurdles | Paul Vine ||24.5 | David R Kay ||24.9 | Donal O'Sullivan || 25.0 |- |440y hurdles | {{flagicon|ROM}} Ilie Savel ||52.2 | Tom Farrell ||53.0 | John Metcalf || 54.6 |- |2 miles walk | Bob Goodall ||14:20.8 | Gareth Howell ||14:25.0 | George Williams ||14:34.8 |- |7 miles walk | George Coleman ||50:19.0 | Stan Vickers ||52:45.2 | Alf Poole ||53:11.8 |- |high jump | {{flagicon|ROM}} Ion Soeter || 1.930 | 25px Oladipo Okuwobi || 1.905 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Brendan O'Reilly || 1.880 |- |pole vault | Ian Ward ||3.96 | Geoff Elliott|| 3.81 | George Broad ||3.81 |- |long jump | Roy Cruttenden|| 7.25 | Ken Box ||7.02 | Ken Wilmshurst ||7.01 |- |triple jump | Ken Wilmshurst ||15.16 | {{flagicon|MAS}} Tan Eng Yoon ||14.67 | 25px Paul Engo ||14.36 |- |shot put | Barclay Palmer || 16.51 | John Savidge ||15.11 | Arthur Rowe ||14.63 |- |discus throw | Mark Pharaoh ||50.02 | Gerry Carr || 48.82 | Eric Cleaver ||45.06 |- |hammer throw | Peter Allday ||57.28 | Don Anthony ||56.94 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Ewan Douglas ||55.68 |- |javelin throw | Peter Cullen ||65.28 | Clive Loveland ||61.98 | Raymond Davies ||61.30 |- |decathlon | {{flagicon|RHO}} Gerald Brown ||4934 | Vic Matthews|| 4862 | Graham Millar|| 4465 |}
== See also == *1956 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 1956 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1956 in the sport of athletics