The 1972 AAA Championships was the 1972 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 14 to 15 July 1972 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.

Summary

1972 AAA Championships track race

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Harlow.

The 10 miles event was held for the last time.

Ray Smedley finished second in the 1500m

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
100mGreece Vasilios Papageorgopoulos10.16wBrian Green10.35wScotland Les Piggot10.36w
200mAlan Pascoe20.92David Dear21.31Martin Reynolds21.40
400mScotland David Jenkins45.39 NRGary Armstrong46.16Nigeria Robert Ojo46.53
800mAndy Carter1:48.18Dave Cropper1:48.35Colin Campbell1:48.40
1,500mScotland Peter Stewart3:38.22 NRRay Smedley3:38.52John Kirkbride3:38.68
5,000mDave Bedford13:17.21 ERScotland Ian McCafferty13:19.66Scotland Ian Stewart13:24.16
10,000mDave Bedford27:52.44Scotland Lachie Stewart28:38.31Netherlands Jos Hermens28:39.00
10 milesBernie Plain48:25.8Tony Birks48:26.4Keith Angus48:35.2
marathonWest Germany Lutz Philipp2:12:50Ron Hill2:12:51Scotland Don Macgregor2:15:06
3000m steeplechaseSteve Hollings8:31.07John Bicourt8:34.72Andy Holden8:36.20
110m hurdlesAlan Pascoe13.88Berwyn Price14.00Graham Gower14.10
400m hurdlesDavid Hemery49.67Uganda John Akii-Bua49.68John Sherwood50.96
3,000m walkRoger Mills12:31.54Phil Embleton12:39.76Peter Marlow12:45.68
10,000m walkPhil Embleton44:26.8Peter Marlow45:37.0Olly Flynn46:28.4
high jumpWest Germany Milan Jamrich2.08Colin Boreham2.01Republic of Ireland James Fanning Michael Campbell2.01
pole vaultMike Bull5.21 NRSpain Ignacio Sola4.90Brian Hooper4.80
long jumpAlan Lerwill8.15Wales Lynn Davies7.74Scotland Stewart Atkins7.61
triple jumpDavid Johnson15.80Rodney Heward-Mills15.77Spain Jesus Bartolomé15.71
shot putGeoff Capes19.47Jeff Teale18.84Bill Tancred18.20
discus throwBill Tancred61.06John Watts59.70Peter Tancred54.44
hammer throwBarry Williams67.24Howard Payne66.08New Zealand Murray Cheater63.60
javelin throwDave Travis79.62Brian Roberts75.20John McSorley73.20
decathlonBarry King7346Scotland David Kidner7145Nick Phipps6628

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