1929 AAA Championships

1929 AAA Championships
1929 AAA Championships
Dates	5–6 July 1929
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	24
	← 1928 1930 → ; AAA Championships

The 1929 AAA Championships was the 1929 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 5 to 6 July 1929 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Championships consisted of 24 events and covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Stamford Bridge.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Jack London	10.0	William Simmons	1½ yd	Edgardo Toetti ITA	1 ft
220 yards	John Hanlon	21.9	Stanley Engelhart	1½ yd	John Rinkel	1 ft
440 yards	John Hanlon	49.4	Laszlo Barsi HUN	6 yd	Lawrence Neame	4 yd
880 yards	Cyril Ellis	1:54.6	Reginald Thomas	1:55.2	Michael Gutteridge	6 yd
1 mile	Cyril Ellis	4:22.0	Stanley Ashby	1 yd	Stan Tomlin	4:28.0
4 miles	Walter Beavers	19:49.4	Stanislaw Pietkiewicz POL	19:54.6	James Wood	20:00.6
10 miles	Ernest Harper	52:15.8	Jack Holden	52:35.0	John Suttie Smith	53:45.2
marathon	Harry Payne	2:30:57.6 ER	Sam Ferris	2:39:12.0	Ernest Leatherland	2:49:22.0
steeplechase	Edward Oliver	10:53.2	Herbert Townsend	11:01.0	Vernon Morgan	11:16.0
120y hurdles	Lord Burghley	15.4	Frederick Foley	2 yd	Donald Finlay	6 yd
440y hurdles	Luigi Facelli ITA	53.4	Lord Burghley	55.0	Douglas Neame	20 yd
2 miles walk	Alf Pope	13:57.6	Bert Cooper	14:00.2	Cecil Hyde	14:10.0
7 miles walk	Cecil Hyde	53:38.6	Alf Pope	55:17.6	John Reddish	55:47.4
high jump	Kalman Kesmarki HUN	1.905	Einar Tommelstad NOR	1.854	Con O'Connor IRL Alec James	1.803
pole jump	Howard Ford	3.58	Fred Housden Jack Longland Arie van der Zee NED	3.50	n/a
long jump	James Cohen	6.88	Anton van Welsenses NED	6.88	Willem Peters NED	6.75
triple jump	Willem Peters NED	14.22	Harold Langley	13.40	Arthur Gray	13.16
shot put	József Daranyi HUN	14.20	Robert Howland	12.85	Auguste Vos BEL	12.62
discus throw	Harald Stenerud NOR	43.54	József Daranyi HUN	41.16	Tim Healy IRL	40.30
hammer throw	William Britton IRL	47.60	John McSweeney IRL	45.62	Harald Stenerud NOR	43.98
javelin throw	Bela Szepes HUN	66.70	Jules Herremans BEL	56.52	James Dalrymple	53.46
440 yards relay	Polytechnic Harriers		Surrey AC		South London Harriers
Tug of war (100 st)	London Fire Brigade		B Division MPAC Gerald Road		Luton Borough Police AC Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth
Tug of war (catch weight)	London Fire Brigade		Luton Borough Police AC		B Division MPAC Gerald Road Monmouthshire Police

References

^ "Payne sets up a record marathon time". London Daily Chronicle. 6 July 1929. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Foreigners held at Bay". Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA Championships". Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[1] "Payne sets up a record marathon time". London Daily Chronicle. 6 July 1929. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Foreigners held at Bay". Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA Championships". Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

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