{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1987 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 1–2 August 1987 |Stadium = Crystal Palace National Sports Centre |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = |Previous = 1986 |Next = 1988 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1987 AAA Championships''' sponsored by (Kodak) was the 1987 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1 to 2 August 1987 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19870802/047/0047 |title=Rose fails in World-sport bid |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=2 August 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19870803/013/0013 |title=Ovett selected despite disastrous weekend |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=3 August 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
== Summary == The Championships covered two days of competition and was the last time that men's only events were held because from 1988 the WAAA Championships would merge with the AAA Championships.
The 1987 London Marathon determined the marathon AAA champion.
The decathlon was held in Stoke-on-Trent from 30 to 31 May 1987.
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== Results == thumb|right|150px|Gabriel Tiacoh, winner of the 400 metres <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|USA}} Dwayne Evans ||10.33 | John Regis ||10.37 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Allan Wells ||10.39 |- |200m | John Regis ||20.25 | {{flagicon|USA}} Dwayne Evans || 20.26 | {{flagicon|USA}} Harvey McSwain ||20.40 |- |400m | {{flagicon|CIV}} Gabriel Tiacoh || 45.10 | Derek Redmond ||45.17 | Phil Brown || 45.73 |- |800m | Peter Elliott ||1:48.71 | Tony Morrell ||1:48.78 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Pat Scammell ||1:48.91 |- |1,500m | Steve Crabb ||3:41.23 | Adrian Passey ||3:41.70 | John Gladwin ||3:42.14 |- |5,000m | Jack Buckner ||13:25.02 | Gary Staines ||13:30.53 | Steve Binns ||13:32.95 |- |10,000m | Jon Solly ||27:51.76 | Steve Binns ||27:58.61 | Mike McLeod ||28:02.83 |- |marathon | Hugh Jones ||2:10:11 | Charlie Spedding ||2:10:32 | {{flagicon|SCO}} John Graham || 2:12:32 |- |3000m steeplechase | Eddie Wedderburn ||8:24.78 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Bruno Le Stum ||8:27.47 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Tom Hanlon ||8:28.29 |- |110m hurdles | Jon Ridgeon ||13.36 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Nigel Walker || 13.76 | {{flagicon|USA|}} Renaldo Nehemiah || 13.84 |- |400m hurdles | Max Robertson ||49.51 | Martin Gillingham ||49.91 | Martin Briggs || 50.18 |- |10,000m walk | Ian McCombie ||41:16.14 | Andi Drake ||42:06.73 | Mark Easton ||42:18.92 |- |high jump | {{flagicon|SCO}} Geoff Parsons ||2.24 | {{flagicon|USA}} Hollis Conway ||2.24 | Dalton Grant ||2.20 |- |pole vault | Jeff Gutteridge || 5.35 | Keith Stock ||5.00 | Brian Hooper <br>Mike Edwards || 4.90 |- |long jump | {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Powell ||7.94 | {{flagicon|AUS}} David Culbert ||7.75 | Keith Fleming ||7.50 |- |triple jump | Eric McCalla ||16.86 | John Herbert ||16.79 | Francis Agyepong ||16.41 |- |shot put | {{flagicon|WAL}} Paul Edwards ||17.26 | {{flagicon|AUS}} John McNamara ||16.80 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Shaun Pickering ||16.80 |- |discus throw | Paul Mardle ||57.34 | Peter Gordon ||54.74 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Mark Robinson ||52.54 |- |hammer throw | David Smith ||70.60 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Angus Cooper || 69.90 | Paul Head ||66.78 |- |javelin throw | Mick Hill ||81.68 | David Ottley ||78.36 | Roald Bradstock ||76.42 |- |decathlon | Ken Hayford ||7388 | Alex Kruger ||7228 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Kevin Atkinson ||7199 |}
== See also == *1987 WAAA Championships
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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