1985 AAA Championships

1985 AAA Championships
1985 AAA Championships
Dates	13–14 July 1985
Host city	London, England
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1984 1986 → ; AAA Championships

The 1985 AAA Championships sponsored by (Kodak) was the 1985 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1985 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.^[1]^[2]

Summary

The Championships covered two days of competition.

The 1985 London Marathon determined the marathon AAA champion.

The decathlon was held in Birmingham on 20–21 July 1985.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Ernest Obeng	10.44	Darwin Cook USA	10.45	Chidi Imoh NGR	10.46
200m	Ade Mafe	20.99	Buster Watson	21.02	Mike McFarlane	21.02
400m	Darren Clark AUS	45.45	Derek Redmond	45.52	Mark Rowe USA	45.78
800m	José Luiz Barbosa BRA	1:45.48	Eugene Sanders USA	1:45.58	Edwin Koech KEN	1:46.58
1,500m	Marcus O'Sullivan IRL	3:40.27	Ray Flynn IRL	3:40.59	Alistair Currie	3:41.09
5,000m	David Lewis	13:42.82	Paul Davies-Hale	13:42.99	John Treacy IRL	13:44.68
10,000m	Kevin Ryan USA	28:50.70	Karl Harrison	28:52.46	Carl Thackery	28:54.90
marathon	Steve Jones	2:08:16	Charlie Spedding	2:08:33	Allister Hutton	2:09:16
3000m steeplechase	Brian Diemer USA	8:31.51	Kevin Capper	8:38.11	Brendan Quinn IRL	8:42.05
110m hurdles	Henry Andrade USA	13.83	Nigel Walker	13.98	Dannie Jackson USA	14.02
400m hurdles	Ahmed Hamada BRN	49.82	Max Robertson	50.16	Henry Amike NGR	50.25
3,000m walk	Ian McCombie	11:41.73 NR	Phil Vesty	11:54.57	Martin Rush	12:04.28
10,000m walk	Murray Day NZL	43:35.3	Roger Mills	43:48.9	Adrian James	44:58.1
high jump	Milt Ottey CAN	2.28	Brian Stanton USA	2.28	Jorge Alfaro CUB	2.28
pole vault	Kory Tarpenning USA	5.40	Mike Tully USA Tim Bright USA	5.30	n/a
long jump	Dannie Jackson USA	7.89	Derrick Brown	7.80	John Herbert	7.74
triple jump	Willie Banks USA	17.22	Robert Cannon USA	16.87	John Herbert	16.85
shot put	Billy Cole	17.88	Stuart Gyngell AUS	17.48	Hubert Maingot TRI	17.03
discus throw	Juan Martinez CUB	65.72	Luis Delis CUB	65.34	Paul Mardle	58.28
hammer throw	David Smith	77.30	Declan Hegarty IRL	76.02	Martin Girvan	73.42
javelin throw	David Ottley	88.32	Mick Hill	79.56	Masami Yoshida JPN	79.08
decathlon	Greg Richards	7456	Tom Leeson	7385	Mark Luscombe	6999

References

^ "Sprint stars out of line". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 14 July 1985. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Second-best stars!". Birmingham Mail. 15 July 1985. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[1] "Sprint stars out of line". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 14 July 1985. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Second-best stars!". Birmingham Mail. 15 July 1985. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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