1899 AAA Championships

1899 AAA Championships
Dates1 July 1899
Host cityWolverhampton, England
VenueMolineux Grounds
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events14
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The 1899 AAA Championships was the 1899 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1899 at the Molineux Grounds in Wolverhampton, England, in front of 5,000 spectators.[1][2]

The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.

Tom Kiely won his third consecutive hammer title

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Reginald Wadsley10.2 Claude Jupp½ yd Frederick Cooper2 yd
440 yards Reginald Wadsley54.6 Herbert Pride-Jones2 ft Charles Sheppard5 yd
880 yards Alfred Tysoe1:58.6 William Lutyens4 ft Joseph Binks15 yd
1 mile Scotland Hugh Welsh4:25.0 Charles Bennett1½ yd Robert Wellin10 yd
4 miles Charles Bennett20:49.6 Arthur Hutchings20:58.6 Edward Ratcliffe21:10.6
10 miles Charles Bennett54:18.4 John Rimmer54:37.4 George Smith55:31.6
steeplechase Walter Stokes11:16.8 W. S. Ingmere120 yd Henry Lloyd80 yd
120yd hurdles William Paget-Tomlinson16.4 Alfred Trafford1½ yd Joseph Gould
4 miles walk William Sturgess29:20.6 Jack Butler29:47.0 E. Middleton31:07.4
high jump Leinster Patrick Leahy1.784 Claude Leggatt1.734 Robert Perry1.683
pole jump E.C. Pritchard2.77 G. Pheyseynh only 2 competitors
long jump Leinster William Newburn6.75 Scotland Hugh Barr6.52 Claude Leggatt6.04
shot put Leinster Denis Horgan14.03 Scotland R. Nelson Robbie10.72 only 2 competitors
hammer throw Leinster Tom Kiely41.57 Leinster Denis Horgan40.14 Scotland R. Nelson Robbie33.84

References

  1. ↑ "The Amateur Athletic Association Championships". Sporting Life. 3 July 1899. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Amateur Athletic Association Championships". Morning Post. 3 July 1899. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.