{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1970 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 7–9 August 1970 |Stadium = White City Stadium |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = |Previous = 1969 |Next = 1971 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1970 AAA Championships''' was the 1970 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 7 to 9 August 1970 at White City Stadium in London, England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19700808/224/0014 |title=Howard's final fling brings victory over foreign pair |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=8 August 1970 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19700809/230/0019 |title=Big shock for Ian |work=The People |date=9 August 1970 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
== Summary == The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Chiswick and the decathlon event was held in Crystal Palace. The championships were held at the White City Stadium for the last time. thumb|right|150px|Hidehiko Tomizawa won the high jump during a successful meeting for the Japanese athletes == 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=18 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 |- |100m | {{flagicon|BER}} Gary Symonds ||10.3w | Brian Green ||10.4w | Ian Green ||10.5w |- |200m | Martin Reynolds || 21.00w | David Dear ||21.40w | Mick Hauck ||21.60w |- |400m | Martin Bilham ||46.65 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Fanahan McSweeney ||47.08 | Len Walters ||47.3 |- |800m | Andy Carter ||1:49.56 | Peter Browne ||1:49.58 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Mike MacLean ||1:49.68 |- |1,500m | Walter Wilkinson ||3:45.31 | John Kirkbride ||3:45.68 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Ian Stewart ||3:46.12 |- |5,000m | Chris Stewart ||13:49.58 | Alan Blinston || 13:50.84 | {{flagicon|GDR}} Wilfried Scholz ||13:51.84 |- |10,000m | Dave Bedford ||28:26.28 | Trevor Wright || 28:38.06 | Bob Holt ||28:40.28 |- |10 miles | Trevor Wright ||47:20.2 | Ron Hill ||47:35.2 | Ron Grove ||47:42.2 |- |marathon | Don Faircloth ||2:18:15 | Chris Wade ||2:19:15 | Bob Richardson ||2:20:1 |- |3000m steeplechase | Andy Holden ||8:38.0 | Bernie Hayward ||8:43.8 | John Jackson ||8:44.4 |- |110m hurdles | David Hemery ||13.9 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Berwyn Price ||14.2 | Graham Gower ||14.3 |- |400m hurdles | Bob Roberts ||52.42 | Tony Collins ||52.42 | Andy Webb ||52.51 |- |3,000m walk | Paul Nihill ||12:13.8 | Roger Mills ||12:35.0 | Phil Embleton ||12:35.8 |- |10,000m walk | {{flagicon|SCO}} Bill Sutherland || 45:16.8 | Roger Mills ||46:47.0 | Tony Taylor ||46:51.2 |- |high jump | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hidehiko Tomizawa ||2.08 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kuniyoshi Sugioka ||2.08 | {{flagicon|USA}} John Dobroth ||2.05 |- |pole vault | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kiyoshi Niwa ||5.00 | Mike Bull || 4.90 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Bruce Simpson ||4.60 |- |long jump | Alan Lerwill|| 7.64 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroomi Yamada ||7.60 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Ogura ||7.45 |- |triple jump | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yukito Muraki ||15.91 | Tony Wadhams ||15.62 | Derek Boosey ||15.21 |- |shot put | {{flagicon|NZL}} Les Mills ||18.66 | Jeff Teale ||18.02 | Geoff Capes ||17.53 |- |discus throw | Bill Tancred ||53.88 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Les Mills ||53.60 | John Watts ||53.50 |- |hammer throw | Howard Payne ||67.66 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihisa Ishida ||66.24 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shigenobu Murofushi ||63.06 |- |javelin throw | Dave Travis || 76.90 | John McSorley ||72.60 | Mladen Gavrilovic ||71.70 |- |decathlon | Peter Gabbett ||733 | Barry King ||7202 | Jim Smith ||6800 |}
== See also == *1970 WAAA Championships
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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