The 1956 AAA Championships was the 1956 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1956 at White City Stadium in London, England.

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Port Sunlight, Merseyside and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough.

Results

Ion Soeter won the high jump
EventGoldSilverBronze
100 yardsJohn Young9.9Titus Erinle9.9Roy Sandstrom10.0
220 yardsBrian Shenton21.8Romania Ion Wiesenmayer21.9Mike Ruddy22.0
440 yardsMike Wheeler47.7Peter Higgins48.5John Salisbury48.7
880 yardsMike Rawson1:51.3Mike Farrell1:52.2Ron Henderson1:52.5
1 mileKen Wood4:06.8Brian Hewson4:07.4Ian Boyd4:09.6
3 milesDerek Ibbotson13:32.6Chris Chataway13:32.6Fred Wyatt13:50.2
6 milesKen Norris28:13.6 NRFrank Sando28:14.2Hugh Foord28:30.6
marathonHarry Hicks2:26:15.0Stan Cox2:27:17Eric L. Smith2:27:35
steeplechaseEric Shirley8:51.6Wales John Disley8:53.4Chris Brasher9:02.6
120y hurdlesPeter Hildreth14.5Republic of Ireland Eamonn Kinsella14.6Jack Parker14.6
220y hurdlesPaul Vine24.5David R Kay24.9Donal O'Sullivan25.0
440y hurdlesRomania Ilie Savel52.2Tom Farrell53.0John Metcalf54.6
2 miles walkBob Goodall14:20.8Gareth Howell14:25.0George Williams14:34.8
7 miles walkGeorge Coleman50:19.0Stan Vickers52:45.2Alf Poole53:11.8
high jumpRomania Ion Soeter1.930Oladipo Okuwobi1.905Republic of Ireland Brendan O'Reilly1.880
pole vaultIan Ward3.96Geoff Elliott3.81George Broad3.81
long jumpRoy Cruttenden7.25Ken Box7.02Ken Wilmshurst7.01
triple jumpKen Wilmshurst15.16Malaysia Tan Eng Yoon14.67Paul Engo14.36
shot putBarclay Palmer16.51John Savidge15.11Arthur Rowe14.63
discus throwMark Pharaoh50.02Gerry Carr48.82Eric Cleaver45.06
hammer throwPeter Allday57.28Don Anthony56.94Scotland Ewan Douglas55.68
javelin throwPeter Cullen65.28Clive Loveland61.98Raymond Davies61.30
decathlonRhodesia Gerald Brown4934Vic Matthews4862Graham Millar4465

See also