{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1969 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 1–2 August 1969 |Stadium = White City Stadium |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = |Previous = 1968 |Next = 1970 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1969 AAA Championships''' was the 1969 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1 to 2 August 1969 at White City Stadium in London, England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19690802/016/0016 |title=Shock victory by Irish middle-distance man |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=2 August 1969 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19690803/013/0013 |title=Yorkshire hat-trick in AAA championships |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=3 August 1969 |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 Manchester and the decathlon event was held in Blackburn. Event distances adopted the Metric system for the first time. Previously the UK measurements used Imperial units.
thumb|right|150px|Ron Hill won both the 10 miles and marathon titles during 1969 thumb|right|150px|Kenneth Lundmark
== 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=17 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19690803/157/0015 |title=White City results |work=The People |date=3 August 1969 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 May 2025}}</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 |- |100m |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ron Jones ||10.7 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Don Halliday|| 10.7 | Ian Green ||10.7 |- |200m | David Dear ||21.38 | Malcolm Yardley || 21.51 | Eric Pape ||21.52 |- |400m | Gwynne Griffiths || 46.77 | John Robertson ||46.82 | Martin Winbolt Lewis ||47.20 |- |800m | Dave Cropper ||1:48.96 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Noel Carroll ||1:49.53 | Peter Browne|| 1:49.70 |- |1,500m | {{flagicon|IRL}} Frank Murphy ||3:40.90 | John Whetton ||3:41.84 | Walter Wilkinson ||3:43.16 |- |5,000m | Ian Stewart || 13:39.66 | Alan Blinston ||13:42.58 | Ricky Wilde ||13:45.34 |- |10,000m | Dick Taylor ||28:27.50 | Mike Tagg ||28:36.4 | Ron Hill ||28:38.98 |- |10 miles | Ron Hill ||47:27.0 | Ron Grove ||47:28.2 | John Caine ||48:50.0 |- |marathon | Ron Hill || 2:13:42 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Derek Clayton || 2:15:40 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Jim Alder || 2:18:18 |- |3000m steeplechase | John Jackson ||8:35.0 | Gerry Stevens ||8:36.2 | Andy Holden ||8:40.0 |- |110m hurdles | {{flagicon|SAF|1928}} Willem Coetzee || 14.0 | Alan Pascoe ||14.0 | Stuart Storey ||14.5 |- |400m hurdles | John Sherwood || 50.12 | Andy Todd || 51.30 | John Cooper ||51.66 |- |3,000m walk | Roger Mills ||12:57.0 | Peter Marlow ||12:58.2 | Phil Embleton ||13:11.6 |- |10,000m walk | Paul Nihill ||44:07.0 | Phil Embleton || 46:31.0 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Bill Sutherland ||46:41.0 |- |high jump | {{flagicon|SWE}} Kenneth Lundmark || 2.10 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Crawford Fairbrother|| 1.96 | Michael Campbell ||1.96 |- |pole vault | Mike Bull ||4.73 | Martin Higdon ||4.30 | Stuart Tufton ||4.30 |- |long jump | {{flagicon|WAL}} Lynn Davies ||7.62 | Alan Lerwill ||7.53 | Phil Scott ||7.34 |- |triple jump | Tony Wadhams ||15.66 | Fred Alsop ||15.59 | Derek Boosey ||15.32 |- |shot put | Jeff Teale ||18.32 | Bill Tancred ||16.90 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Mike Lindsay ||16.51 |- |discus throw | Bill Tancred ||53.08 | Pete Tancred ||52.14 | Arthur McKenzie ||52.04 |- |hammer throw | Howard Payne ||66.80 | Bruce Fraser ||61.92 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Laurie Bryce ||61.72 |- |javelin throw | {{flagicon|POL}} Władysław Nikiciuk|| 85.08 | Dave Travis || 80.0 | Dick Perkins ||72.98 |- |decathlon | {{flagicon|SAF|1928}} Peter de Villiers||6960 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Stewart McCallum || 6569 | Stuart Scott ||6542 |}
== See also == *1969 WAAA Championships
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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