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1922 AAA Championships

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1922 AAA Championships
Dates30 June – 1 July 1922
Host cityLondon, England
VenueStamford Bridge
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events21
1921
1923


The 1922 AAA Championships was the 1922 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 30 June to 1 July 1922 at Stamford Bridge in London, England. The attendance on day 2 was estimated to be a record 30,000.[1][2]

The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition.

Results

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Swede Carl Johan Lind won his fourth AAA title
Vilho Niittymaa was one of several Finns to claim a title in 1922
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Harry Edward 10.0 Lancelot Royle 2 ft South Africa Christiaan Steyn 1 ft
220 yards Harry Edward 22.0 Switzerland Josef Imbach 12-14 yd South Africa Christiaan Steyn dns
440 yards Harry Edward 50.4 Guy Butler 3 yd Thomas Cushing 1½-4 yd
880 yards Edgar Mountain 1:55.6 Wales Cecil Griffiths inches Switzerland Paul Martin 14 yd
1 mile Scotland Duncan McPhee 4:27.4 Henry Stallard 3-4 yd Joe Blewitt 16 yd
4 miles Finland Paavo Nurmi 19:52.2 Joe Blewitt 20:04.0 William Cotterell 20:09.0
10 miles Halland Britton 53:24.2 Charles Clibbon 53:55.4 Wally Freeman 53:58.0
steeplechase Finland Paavo Nurmi 11:11.2 Bert Rippington 11:34.8 Harry Sweeting
120y hurdles Frederick Gaby 15.6 Leopold Partridge 4½ yd Republic of Ireland Thomas Wallis 3 yd
440y hurdles Australia Wilfrid Kent Hughes 59.0 J.J. Evans 12 yd France J. Berthier
2 miles walk Italy Ugo Frigerio 14:30.0 J. W. Dowse 14:31.8 Robert Bridge 14:39.4
7 miles walk Gordon Watts 53:24.2 Reg Goodwin 53:37.2 J. W. Dowse 54:03.4
high jump France Pierre Lewden 1.803 Norway Sverre Hansen 1.753 Norway Erik Manskow 1.727
pole jump Norway Charles Hoff 3.66 Switzerland Ernst Gerspach 3.58 only 2 competitors
long jump Norway Charles Hoff 7.08 Norway Sverre Hansen 6.70 Finland Vilho Tuulos 6.65
triple jump Finland Vilho Tuulos 14.27 Norway Charles Hoff 14.04 Estonia Aleksandr Klumberg 13.84
shot put Finland Ville Pörhölä 14.58 Sweden Bertil Jansson 13.82 Finland Vilho Niittymaa 13.06
discus throw Finland Vilho Niittymaa 41.64 Estonia Aleksandr Klumberg 39.34 Finland Ville Pörhölä 38.50
hammer throw Sweden Carl Johan Lind 52.50 Malcolm Nokes 49.26 Finland Ville Pörhölä 45.81
javelin throw Finland Paavo Johansson 61.08 Estonia Aleksandr Klumberg 45.84 Switzerland Willi Moser 44.46
1 mile relay Surrey AC 3m 35.1-5s Polytechnic Harriers South London Harriers/LAC

References

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  1. ^ "AAA Championships". Daily Mirror. 1 July 1922. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1922. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.