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1937 AAA Championships

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1937 AAA Championships
Dates16–17 July 1937
Host cityLondon, England
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events25
1936
1938


The 1937 AAA Championships was the 1937 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 16 to 17 July 1937 at White City Stadium in London, England.[1][2]

The Championships consisted of 25 events and covered two days of competition. The decathlon was held at Loughborough on 21–22 August.

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Cyril Holmes 9.9 Arthur Sweeney 1 yd Ernest Page 2 ft
220 yards Arthur Sweeney 21.9 Cyril Holmes ½ yd Gyula Gyenes HUN 1 yd
440 yards Bill Roberts 48.2 Ronald Wylde RSA 49.2 John Horsfall AUS 49.3
880 yards Arthur Collyer 1:53.3 Frank Handley 1:53.5 Jim Alford 1:54.3
1 mile Sydney Wooderson 4:12.2 Denis Pell 4:15.4 Robert Graham 4:15.9
3 miles Peter Ward 14:19.8 János Kelen HUN 14:21.6 Jack Parker 14:32.0
6 miles János Kelen HUN 30:07.8 Alex Burns 30:10.5 Lawrence Weatherill 30:38.2
10 miles Reginald Walker 52:33.8 Alex Burns 52:37.0 Lawrence Weatherill 52:54.0
marathon Donald Robertson 2:37:19.2 Stelios Kyriakides GRE 2:40:10.0 Albert Norris 2:41:41.0
steeplechase William Wylie 10:27.0 Robert Sutherland 10:28.1 Henry Clark 10:33.0
120y hurdles Don Finlay 14.5 John Thornton 2 yd Jan Brasser NED 3 yd
440y hurdles Jules Bosmans BEL 55.0 Christos Mantikas GRE 55.6 Robert Wallace IRL 2 yd
2 miles walk Bert Cooper 13:58.2 Eddie Staker 14:24.4 Don Brown 14:33.4
7 miles walk John Mikaelsson SWE 50:19.2 Harry Churcher 51:13.0 Fred Redman 51:55.0
high jump John Newman 1.880 Charles Walker 1.880 Arthur Gold
Richard O'Rafferty IRL
1.778
pole vault John Dodd 3.68 Alfred Kinally 3.58 Alexander Gibson 3.58
long jump Luz Long GER 7.48 Sam Beattie 7.19 William Breach 7.02
triple jump Willem Peters NED 14.32 Bert Shillington 14.26 Jack Higginson jnr 13.90
shot put Hans Wöllke GER 15.39 Robert Howland 13.89 A. Rosser 12.66
discus throw Nicolaos Syllas GRE 49.18 Willi Schröder GER 47.39 Jeno Kulitzy HUN 44.12
hammer throw Karl Hein GER 55.86 Erwin Blask GER 54.64 Otto Lutz GER 49.36
javelin throw Stanley Wilson 59.18 NR Ralph Blakeway RSA 57.80 Robert Turner 53.98
decathlon Jim Miggins 4647 James Nesbitt 4506 N.A. Hewson 4361
440 yards relay Blackheath Harriers 42.0sec Magyar Athletikai Club Budapest ½ yd Vuictoria Park Harriers 7 yd
Tug of war Royal Army Service Corps Cranleigh & District British Legion

References

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  1. ^ "The Athletic Championships". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 July 1937. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Six records go by the board at White City". Evening Despatch. 19 July 1937. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.