The1981AAA Championships sponsored byNationwide was the 1981 edition of the annual outdoortrack and field competition organised by theAmateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 7 to 8 August 1981 at theCrystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.^[1][2]

The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Rugby and the decathlon was held in Birmingham.

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m	Mel Lattany	10.24	Ernest Obeng	10.27	Drew McMaster	10.45
200m	Stanley Floyd	20.51	Fred Taylor	20.76	Mike McFarlane	20.92
400m	Tony Darden	45.11	Walter McCoy	45.42	Garry Cook	46.25
800m	Sebastian Coe	1:45.41	Omer Khalifa	1:46.75	Chris McGeorge	1:47.02
1,500m	Steve Cram	3:36.82	John Robson	3:37.42	Craig Masback	3:37.54
5,000m	Eamonn Coghlan	13:20.36	John Walker	13:20.89	Steve Plasencia	13:25.96
10,000m	Barry Smith	28:06.13	Geoff Smith	28:08.07	Steve Jones	28:10.83
marathon	Hugh Jones	2:14:07	Andy Holden	2:16:04	Mike Gratton	2:16:40
3000m steeplechase	Ken Martin	8:29.25	Graeme Fell	8:31.80	Kelly Jensen	8:33.37
110m hurdles	Renaldo Nehemiah	13.17	Tonie Campbell	13.72	Mark Holtom	13.75
400m hurdles	Gary Oakes	49.69	James King	49.88	David Lee	50.77
3,000m walk	Roger Mills	11:44.68 NR	Phil Vesty	12:17.96	Brian Adams	12:40.87
10,000m walk	Steve Barry	43:22.4	Mike Parker	44:11.3	Ian McCombie	44:38.2
high jump	James Frazier	2.23	Mark Naylor	2.20	Benn Fields	2.20
pole vault	Earl Bell	5.50	Brad Pursley	5.35	Keith Stock	5.20
long jump	Larry Myricks	8.38	Roy Mitchell	7.60	Arnie Robinson	7.44
triple jump	Aston Moore	16.66	Conroy Brown	15.61	Frank Attoh	15.58
shot put	Mike Winch	18.36	Simon Rodhouse	18.14	Tony Zaidman	17.07
discus throw	John Powell	62.46	Al Oerter	61.88	Art Burns	61.58
hammer throw	Martin Girvan	68.98	Bob Weir	67.52	David Smith	59.00
javelin throw	Mike O'Rourke	83.72	Bruce Kennedy	80.60	David Ottley	79.36
decathlon	Colin Boreham	7639	Pan Zeniou	7558	Brad McStravick	7479

• 1981 WAAA Championships

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• 1981 in sport in London
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• Sport in the London Borough of Bromley
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• 1981 in the sport of athletics

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