1946 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1946 AAA Championships London, England 19–20 July 1946 White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 23 1939 1947 AAA Championships The 1946 AAA Championships was the 1946 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 19 to 20 July 1946 at White City Stadium in London, England.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19460720/035/0004 AAA Championship Meeting Nottingham Evening Post 20 July 1946 British Newspaper Archive subscription 15 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19460720/064/0004 Swede first to win AAA title Daily Herald 20 July 1946 British Newspaper Archive subscription 15 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19460722/122/0004 AAA results Daily News (London) 22 July 1946 British Newspaper Archive subscription 15 July 2024 Summary The Championships consisted of 23 events and covered two days of competition. The attendance was 30,000. It was the first championships to be held following the six years lost to World War II. The 10 miles and 440 yards relay events were not held. Aad de Bruyn from the Netherlands retained his shot put title despite the six-year break. The Dutchman was the only athlete to retain a title, although Sydney Wooderson who won the 3 miles event and broke the British record had previously won the 1 mile event in 1939. Impact of WWII The Championships returned after missing six years due to World War II. Many former AAA champions or medal winners, (some of whom would have competed at the 1946 Championships) had been killed in action from 1939 to 1946 as a result or cause of the war. They included - 18em Douglas Bell POL Janusz Kusociński FIN Martti Marttelin FRA Jules Noël POL Józef Noji Patrick Ogilvie John Pendlebury BEL Julien Saelens Sonny Spencer Arthur Sweeney John Thornton Eddie Webster GER Nazi Hans Woellke thumb|right|150px|Jamaican Arthur Wint won both the 400 and 800 metres titles thumb|right|150px|Swede Lars Hindmar won both the 2 and 7 miles walks Results https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 15 July 2024 EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards border|25px McDonald Bailey 9.8 Jack Archer 10.1 Bert Liffen 10.1220 yards border|25px McDonald Bailey 22.3 Jack Archer 2 yd Bert Liffen440 yards border|25px Arthur Wint 48.4 Bill Roberts 48.6 Derek Pugh 49.0880 yards border|25px Arthur Wint 1:54.8 Tom White 1:55.2 Geoffrey Dove 1:55.41 mile Doug Wilson 4:17.4 NED Frits de Ruijter 4:17.4 Clifford Bunton 4:20.63 miles Sydney Wooderson 13:53.2 NR NED Willem Slijkhuis 13.54.2 NIR 1924 Steven McCooke 150 yds6 miles Jim Peters 30:50.4 BEL Jean Chapelle 31:14.8 David Wingate 31:37.0marathon Squire Yarrow 2:43:14.4 SCO Donald Robertson 2:43:14.6 WAL 1807 Tom Richards 2:44:10steeplechase BEL Marcel Vandewattyne 10:27.6 Albert Robertson 15 yd Edward Nankivell120y hurdles BEL Pol Braekman 14.9 BEL Pierre Van de Sijpe 2 yd Rupert Powell440y hurdles Ronald Ede 57.0 BEL Robert Prevot 1 yd Robin Boyd2 miles walk SWE Lars Hindmar 13:59.0 Harry Churcher 14:04.6 Eddie Staker 14:16.07 miles walk SWE Lars Hindmar 52:30.0 Eddie Staker 53:39.0 Harry Churcher 54:18.8high jump SCO Alan Paterson 1.880 Ron Pavitt 1.854 John Lunn Newman 1.854pole vault NED Cor Lamorée 3.91 BEL Frans Van Peteghem 3.78 John Dodd 3.58long jump Denis Watts 7.11 James Morrish 6.96 Harry Askew 6.88triple jump Denis Watts 14.26 Gordon Williams 14.03 BEL Marcel Dennis 13.69shot put NED Aad de Bruyn 13.69 IRL James Byrne 13.16 Harold Moody 12.58discus throw NED Jan Brasser 43.56 NIR 1924 James Nesbitt 42.16 NED Aad de Bruyn 40.61hammer throw NED Hans Houtzager 48.48 SCO Duncan Clark 47.79 Norman Drake 47.35javelin throw NED Nico Lutkeveld 56.61 Malcolm Dalrymple 55.29 Frederick Pidgeon 55.19Tug of war (catchweight)Wimpey London Airport CWimpey London Airport A Tug of war (100st)R.E.M.E No.1Central WorkshopCranleigh District British Legion See also 1946 WAAA Championships References Category:AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:July 1946 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1946 in the sport of athletics