1922 AAA Championships
Appearance
1922 AAA Championships | |
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Dates | 30 June – 1 July 1922 |
Host city | London, England |
Venue | Stamford Bridge |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 21 |
← 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
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | Harry Edward | 10.0 | Lancelot Royle | 2 ft | Christiaan Steyn RSA | 1 ft |
220 yards | Harry Edward | 22.0 | Joseph Imbach SUI | 12-14 yd | Christiaan Steyn RSA | dns |
440 yards | Harry Edward | 50.4 | Guy Butler | 3 yd | Thomas Cushing | 1½-4 yd |
880 yards | Edgar Mountain | 1:55.6 | Cecil Griffiths | inches | Paul Martin SUI | 14 yd |
1 mile | Duncan McPhee | 4:27.4 | Henry Stallard | 3-4 yd | Charles Blewitt | 16 yd |
4 miles | Paavo Nurmi FIN | 19:52.2 | Charles Blewitt | 20:04.0 | William Cotterell | 20:09.0 |
10 miles | Halland Britton | 53:24.2 | Charles Clibbon | 53:55.4 | Walter Freeman | 53:58.0 |
steeplechase | Paavo Nurmi FIN | 11:11.2 | Bert Rippington | 11:34.8 | Harry Sweeting | |
120y hurdles | Frederick Gaby | 15.6 | Leopold Partridge | 4½ yd | Thomas Wallis IRE | 3 yd |
440y hurdles | Wilfred Kent-Hughes AUS | 59.0 | J.J. Evans | 12 yd | J. Berthier FRA | |
2 miles walk | Ugo Frigerio ITA | 14:30.0 | J.W. Dowse | 14:31.8 | Bobby 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 | Pierre Lewden FRA | 1.803 | Sverre Hansen NOR | 1.753 | Erik Manskow NOR | 1.727 |
pole jump | Charles Hoff NOR | 3.66 | Ernst Gerspach SUI | 3.58 | only 2 competitors | |
long jump | Charles Hoff NOR | 7.08 | Sverre Hansen NOR | 6.70 | Vilho Tuulos FIN | 6.65 |
triple jump | Vilho Tuulos FIN | 14.27 | Charles Hoff NOR | 14.04 | Alexander Klumberg EST | 13.84 |
shot put | Ville Porhola FIN | 14.58 | Bertil Jansson SWE | 13.82 | Vilho Niittymaa FIN | 13.06 |
discus throw | Vilho Niittymaa FIN | 41.64 | Aleksandr Klumberg EST | 39.34 | Ville Porhola FIN | 38.50 |
hammer throw | Carl Johan Lind SWE | 52.50 | Malcolm Nokes | 49.26 | Ville Porhola FIN | 45.81 |
javelin throw | Paavo Johansson FIN | 61.08 | Aleksandr Klumberg EST | 45.84 | Willi Moser SUI | 44.46 |
1 mile relay | Surrey AC | 3m 35.1-5s | Polytechnic Harriers | South London Harriers/LAC |
References
[edit]- ^ "AAA Championships". Daily Mirror. 1 July 1922. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1922. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.