1991 AAA Championships
1991 AAA Championships | |
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Dates | 26–27 July |
Host city | Birmingham, England |
Venue | Alexander Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
← 1990 1992 → |
The 1991 AAA Championships sponsored by Panasonic, were an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 26 to 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][4]
Medal summary
Men
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100m | Evelyn Ashford | 11.15 | Kerry Johnson | 11.38 | Stephi Douglas | 11.44 |
200m | Stephi Douglas | 23.37 | Katharine Merry | 23.50 | Sallyanne Short | 23.60 |
400m | Maicel Malone | 50.89 | Lorraine Hanson | 51.88 | Jennifer Stoute | 52.60 |
800m | Paula Fryer | 2:02.19 | Lorraine Baker | 2:02.76 | Sue Bevan | 2:03.15 |
1,500m | Ann Williams | 4:08.93 | Christina Cahill | 4:11.31 | Karen Hutcheson | 4:15.35 |
3,000m | Yvonne Murray | 8:46.47 | Alison Wyeth | 8:54.34 | Andrea Whitcombe | 8:58.59 |
5,000m | Amanda Wright | 16:50.62 | Alison Barnes | 16:59.67 | Sally Lynch | 17:07.32 |
10,000m | Silva Vivod | 33:04.60 | Lesley Morton | 33:23.66 | Annette Bell | 33:46.62 |
100m hurdles | Sally Gunnell | 13.02 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | 13.05 | Kay Morley-Brown | 13.17 |
400m hurdles | Gowry Retchakan | 55.67 | Jacqui Parker | 56.15 | Sarah Dean | 57.38 |
5,000m walk | Betty Sworowski | 22:29.04 | Helen Elleker | 23:27.70 | Melanie Brookes | 24:38.90 |
10,000m 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 |
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 | 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 | 54.16 m | Caroline White | 53.46 m |
heptathlon | Clova Court | 5875 pts | Jenny Kelly | 5667 pts | Charmaine Johnson | 5400 pts |
Other AAA titles
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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men's marathon | Yakov Tolstikov | 2:09:1 | Manuel Matias | 2:10:21 | Jan Huruk | 2:10:21 |
women's marathon | Rosa Mota | 2:26:14 | Francie Larrieu Smith | 2:27:35 | Valentina Yegorova | 2:28:18 |
- + AAA marathon determined by 1991 London Marathon placings
References
- ^ AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ AAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ WAAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ "Athletics". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 29 July 1991. Retrieved 30 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.