{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1975 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 1–2 August 1975 |Stadium = Crystal Palace National Sports Centre |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = |Previous = 1974 |Next = 1976 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1975 AAA Championships''' was the 1975 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1 to 2 August 1975 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19750802/476/0026 |title=Black gold won in world class time |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=2 August 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19750803/019/0019 |title=Sad Stewart drops out |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=3 August 1975 |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 in Stoke-on-Trent and the decathlon event was held in Cwmbran. {{clear}} thumb|right|150px|Marty Liquori won the 5,000 metres == 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><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19750803/288/0033 |title=Stewart Mystery |work=Sunday Mirror |date=3 August 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=31 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|USA}} Steve Riddick ||10.39 | Ainsley Bennett ||10.50 | Dave Roberts ||10.65 |- |200m | {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Riddick || 20.81 | Ainsley Bennett ||20.87 | {{flagicon|JAM}} Anthony Davies ||21.26 |- |400m | {{flagicon|SCO}} David Jenkins ||45.87 | Glen Cohen ||46.81 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Bevan Smith ||46.89 |- |800m | Steve Ovett ||1:46.09 | Peter Browne ||1:46.43 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Niall O'Shaughnessy ||1:46.79 |- |1,500m | {{flagicon|SAF|1928}} Danie Malan || 3:38.07 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Frank Clement ||3:40.25 | Erwin Hartel ||3:40.56 |- |5,000m | {{flagicon|USA}} Marty Liquori ||13:32.52 | {{flagicon|SAF|1928}} Titus Mamabola ||13:33.03 | Nick Rose ||13:35.23 |- |10,000m | Dave Black || 27:54.23 | Jim Brown ||28:00.62 | Bernie Ford ||28:02.32 |- |marathon | Jeff Norman ||2:15:50 | Keith Angus ||2:16:14 | Colin Kirkham ||2:16:22 |- |3000m steeplechase | Tony Staynings||8:29.86 | Dennis Coates ||8:30.64 | John Bicourt ||8:34.94 |- |110m hurdles | {{flagicon|WAL}} Berwyn Price || 13.94 | Graham Gower ||14.23 | Alan Cronin ||14.30 |- |400m hurdles | Bill Hartley ||49.65 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Cassleman || 50.23 | {{flagicon|NED}} Frank Nusse ||50.85 |- |3,000m walk | Paul Nihill ||12:43.14 | Peter Marlow ||12:51.09 | Amos Seddon ||12:59.40 |- |10,000m walk | Brian Adams ||42:40.0 | Roger Mills ||43:20.8 | Olly Flynn ||44:25.8 |- |high jump | {{flagicon|SAF|1928}} Reinhard Schiel || 2.10 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Angus McKenzie ||2.10 | {{flagicon|FRG}} Eckart Eitel ||2.10 |- |pole vault | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ray Boyd ||5.00 | Jeff Gutteridge|| 4.75 | Keith Stock ||4.75 |- |long jump | Alan Lerwill ||7.77 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Stewart Atkins || 7.36 | Geoff Hignett ||7.35 |- |triple jump | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mick McGrath || 16.12 | David Johnson ||15.95 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Don Commons ||15.58 |- |shot put | Geoff Capes || 20.20 | Mike Winch ||18.49 | Bob Dale ||17.53 |- |discus throw | {{flagicon|SAF|1928}} John Van Reenan || 62.26 | Bill Tancred ||62.22 | Mike Winch ||58.04 |- |hammer throw | {{flagicon|SAF|1928}} Adam Barnard || 73.58 | Paul Dickenson ||68.74 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Farmer || 65.24 |- |javelin throw | {{flagicon|SAF|1928}} Herman Potgieter|| 78.14 | Dave Travis ||74.66 | Ron Silvester ||74.08 |- |decathlon | Pan Zeniou ||6931 | Chris Youngs ||6670 | Mike Corden ||6652 |}
== See also == *1975 WAAA Championships
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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