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1919 AAA Championships

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1919 AAA Championships
Dates5 July 1919
Host cityLondon, England
VenueStamford Bridge (stadium)
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events17
1914
1920


The 1919 AAA Championships was the 1919 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 5 July 1919 at the Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, England.[1][2]

The Championships returned after missing four years due to World War I and consisted of 17 events. The triple jump, javelin and discus throw were not held.

Several former AAA champions or medal winners had been killed in action from 1914 to 1918, including Alan Patterson, Gerard Anderson, George Hutson, Richard Yorke, Albert Rowland, Henry Alan Leeke and German Hanns Braun.

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards William Hill 10.0 Jack Lindsay NZL ½ yd Victor d'Arcy inches
220 yards William Hill 22.6 Harry Edward 1-5 yd Jack Lindsay NZL 1 yd
440 yards Guy Butler 49.8 Sweden Nils Engdahl ¾-1½ yd Cecil Griffiths 2 yd
880 yards Albert Hill 1:55.2 Sweden Anatole Bolin 1:58.6 G. Percy Sweet 1:59.8
1 mile Albert Hill 4:21.2 Sweden Sven Lundgren 4:26.2 John Quinn 4:28.8
4 miles Sweden Eric Backman 19:56.4 Ernest Glover 20:19.0 E.J. Rogers 20:39.4
10 miles Charles Blewitt 53:45.6 Walter Monk 55:46.6 Ahmed Djebelia FRA 56:16.4
2 miles steeplechase Percy Hodge 11:53.6 Laurence Cummins IRE 12:04.0 Jack Cruise 12:16.4
120y hurdles New Zealand Harry Wilson 15.8 George Gray 3 yd New Zealand Gerald Keddell 1 yd
440y hurdles George Gray 59.8 Joseph English 8-15 yd Laurence Pullar
2 miles walk Bobby Bridge 14:18.4 Gunnar Rasmussen DEN 14:28.8 J.W. Dowse 14:29.8
7 miles walk William Hehir 53:23.6 Charles Dowson 53:31.2 J.W. Dowse 54:37.6
high jump Howard Baker 1.803 Sweden Georg Högström 1.778 im Carroll IRE 1.753
pole jump Sweden Georg Högström 3.35 Henry Petersen DEN 3.27 only 2 competitors
long jump Sweden Wilhelm Bjornemann 7.18 Le Roy Haliburton CAN 6.79 Ethelbert Southee AUS 6.72
shot put Sweden Bertil Jansson 12.98 Rex Woods 12.25 A. Hamilton 10.78
hammer throw Einar Midtgaard DEN 44.00 John Freeborn 34.80 only 2 competitors

References

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  1. ^ "AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.