1991 AAA Championships

1991 AAA Championships
Host city	Birmingham, England
Date(s)	26–27 July
Main stadium	Alexander Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1990 1992 → AAA Championships

The 1991 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 26–27 July at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom, ahead of the 1991 UK Athletics Championships.^[1][2][3]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Linford Christie	10.14	John Regis	10.22	Michael Rosswess	10.25
200 metres	Jon Drummond (USA)	20.61	Michael Rosswess	20.64	James Trapp (USA)	20.70
400 metres	Derek Redmond	46.07	Mark Richardson	46.08	Ade Mafe	46.09
800 metres	Tom McKean	1:45.67	Steve Heard	1:46.53	Brian Whittle	1:46.63
1500 metres	Matthew Yates	3:40.88	Kevin McKay	3:41.25	Tony Morrell	3:41.53
3000 metres	Tom Hanlon	8:02.11	John Downes (IRL)	8:05.12	Paul Dugdale	8:05.74
5000 metres	Eamonn Martin	13:32.99	Robert Denmark	13:33.03	Ian Hamer	13:33.66
10,000 metres	Carl Thackery	28:37.52	Richard Nerurkar	28:39.58	Jon Solly	28:45.28
110 m hurdles	David Nelson	13.55	Hughie Teape	13.61	Nigel Walker	13.64
400 m hurdles	Max Robertson	49.98	Lawrence Lynch	50.19	Leigh Miller (AUS)	50.32
3000 metres steeplechase	Colin Walker	8:38.02	Ken Penney	8:44.01	Peter McColgan	8:44.71
10,000 m walk	Ian McCombie	41:24.69	Andrew Penn	41:59.10	Paul Blagg	42:47.16
High jump	Hollis Conway (USA)	2.31 m	Geoff Parsons	2.28 m	Dalton Grant	2.25 m
Pole vault	Tim Bright (USA)	5.50 m	Gianni Iapichino (ITA)	5.40 m	Mike Edwards	5.30 m
Long jump	Barrington Williams	7.94 m	Steve Phillips	7.81 m	Joe Greene (USA)	7.79 m
Triple jump	Willie Banks (USA)	16.60 m	Jonathan Edwards	16.50 m	Vernon Samuels	16.39 m
Shot put	Paul Edwards	18.92 m	Matt Simson	18.41 m	Shaun Pickering	17.09 m
Discus throw	Werner Reiterer (AUS)	59.56 m	Simon Williams	58.08 m	Nick Sweeney (IRL)	57.92 m
Hammer throw	Sean Carlin (AUS)	72.58 m	Mick Jones	66.72 m	Conor McCullough (IRL)	66.48 m
Javelin throw	Mick Hill	84.54 m	Roald Bradstock	80.48 m	Colin Mackenzie	80.22 m
Decathlon	Eric Hollingsworth	7631 pts	Dean Barton-Smith (AUS)	7522 pts	Mark Bishop	7364 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	11.15	Kerry Johnson (AUS)	11.38	Stephi Douglas	11.44
200 metres	Stephi Douglas	23.37	Katharine Merry	23.50	Sallyanne Short	23.60
400 metres	Maicel Malone (USA)	50.89	Lorraine Hanson	51.88	Jennifer Stoute	52.60
800 metres	Paula Fryer	2:02.19	Lorraine Baker	2:02.76	Sue Bevan	2:03.15
1500 metres	Ann Williams	4:08.93	Christina Cahill	4:11.31	Karen Hutcheson	4:15.35
3000 metres	Yvonne Murray	8:46.47	Alison Wyeth	8:54.34	Andrea Whitcombe	8:58.59
5000 metres	Amanda Wright	16:50.62	Alison Barnes	16:59.67	Sally Lynch	17:07.32
10,000 metres	Silva Vivod (YUG)	33:04.60	Lesley Morton (NZL)	33:23.66	Annette Bell	33:46.62
100 m hurdles	Sally Gunnell	13.02	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.05	Kay Morley-Brown	13.17
400 m hurdles	Gowry Retchakan	55.67	Jacqui Parker	56.15	Sarah Dean	57.38
5000 m walk	Betty Sworowski	22:29.04	Helen Elleker	23:27.70	Melanie Brookes	24:38.90
10,000 m walk	Betty Sworowski	46:23.08	Melanie Brookes	50:10.85	Only two finishers
High jump	Debbie Marti	1.88 m	Janet Boyle Lea Haggett  Alison Inverarity (AUS)	1.88 m	Not awarded
Long jump	Fiona May	6.58 m	Yinka Idowu	6.50 m	Mary Berkeley	6.36 m
Triple jump	Evette Finikin	13.46 m	Rachel Kirby	13.16 m	Karen Hambrook	12.77 m
Shot put	Judy Oakes	18.24 m	Myrtle Augee	17.29 m	Maggie Lynes	15.91 m
Discus throw	Jackie McKernan	57.76 m	Janette Picton	52.94 m	Lacy Barnes (USA)	52.92 m
Hammer throw	Fiona Whitehead	43.06 m	Lucy Mills	42.46 m	Tracy Oldfield	41.48 m
Javelin throw	Sharon Gibson	57.34 m	Kaye Nordstrom (NZL)	54.16 m	Caroline White	53.46 m
Heptathlon	Clova Court	5875 pts	Jenny Kelly	5667 pts	Charmaine Johnson	5400 pts

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