{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1984 AAA Championships |Host city = Birmingham, England |Dates = 23–24 June 1984 |Stadium = Alexander Stadium |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = |Previous = 1983 |Next = 1985 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1984 AAA Championships''' sponsored by (U-Bix) was the 1984 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 23 to 24 June 1984 at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19840624/052/0052 |title=Big Bob's Olympic blast-off |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=24 June 1984 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19840625/221/0016 |title=Only 5 Scots athletes certain of Olympic place |work=The Scotsman |date=25 June 1984 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
== Summary == The Championships were held at the Alexander Stadium for the first time and covered two days of competition.
The 1984 London Marathon determined the marathon champion.
The decathlon was held in Hendon on 14 & 15 July 1984.
{{clear}} thumb|right|150px|Steve Cram won another middle-distance title == 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 | Donovan Reid ||10.42 | Linford Christie || 10.48 | Eddie Cutting ||10.49 |- |200m | Todd Bennett ||20.79 | Buster Watson ||20.93 | Lincoln Asquith ||21.10 |- |400m | {{flagicon|AUS}} Darren Clark || 45.66 | {{flagicon|CIV}} Gabriel Tiacoh || 45.81 | {{flagicon|TRI}} Mike Paul ||45.88 |- |800m | Steve Cram ||1:46.84 | Rob Harrison ||1:46.90 | {{flagicon|USA}} James Mays || 1:46.91 |- |1,500m | Peter Elliott ||3:39.66 | Sebastian Coe || 3:39.79 | Eamonn Martin ||3:41.00 |- |5,000m | {{flagicon|IRE}} Ray Flynn ||13:19.52 | Nick Rose ||13:22.00 | Tim Hutchings || 13:26.11 |- |10,000m | {{flagicon|WAL}} Steve Jones ||28:09.97 | Mike McLeod ||28:16.87 | Julian Goater ||28:17.62 |- |marathon | Charlie Spedding ||2:09:57 | Kevin Forster ||2:11:41 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Dennis Fowles || 2:12:12 |- |3000m steeplechase | {{flagicon|ESP}} Domingo Ramón ||8:23.12 | Paul Davies-Hale ||8:24.07 | Graeme Fell ||8:25.46 |- |110m hurdles | {{flagicon|WAL}} Nigel Walker ||13.78 | Wilbert Greaves || 14.03 | Hughie Teape ||14.17 |- |400m hurdles | Martin Gillingham || 50.24 | Gary Oakes ||50.47 | Steve Sole ||50.70 |- |3,000m walk | Phil Vesty ||11:42.94 NR | Tim Berrett ||11:54.23 | Roger Mills ||12:13.56 |- |10,000m walk | Ian McCombie ||41:33.0 | Martin Rush ||42:54.3 | Steve Johnson || 43:38.6 |- |high jump | {{flagicon|CUB}} Francisco Centelles|| 2.30 | {{flagicon|CUB}} Javier Sotomayor || 2.30 | {{flagicon|CUB}} Jorge Alfaro ||2.26 |- |pole vault | Jeff Gutteridge ||5.40 | Brian Hooper ||5.20 | Keith Stock ||5.20 |- |long jump | Fred Salle ||7.59 | David Burgess || 7.58 | John Herbert ||7.55 |- |triple jump | {{flagicon|CUB}} Lázaro Betancourt || 16.93 | {{flagicon|CUB}} Lázaro Balcindes || 16.80 | {{flagicon|CUB}} Jorge Reyna ||16.74 |- |shot put | Mike Winch || 18.39 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Phil Nettle ||16.93 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Paul Quirke ||16.92 |- |discus throw | Bob Weir ||62.50 | {{flagicon|BAH}} Brad Cooper ||60.60 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Nandapi || 60.40 |- |hammer throw | David Smith ||72.40 | Bob Weir ||71.76 | Paul Dickenson ||70.24 |- |javelin throw | David Ottley || 81.34 | Marcus Humphries ||76.48 | Peter Yates ||76.24 |- |decathlon | {{flagicon|IRL}} Kevin Atkinson || 7451 | Ken Hayford ||7431 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Brendan Curtin ||7129 |}
== See also == *1984 WAAA Championships
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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