1898 AAA Championships

1898 AAA Championships
Dates2 July 1898
Host cityLondon, England
VenueStamford Bridge (stadium)
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events14
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AAA Championships

The 1898 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 2 July 1898 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England, in front of 7,000 spectators.[1][2]

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

Bennett successfully defended his 4 miles title

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Frederick Cooper 10.0 =NR Norman Morgan (N Ireland) inches Reginald Wadsley inches
440 yards William Fitzherbert 50.0 Leinster James Meredith ½ yd Charles Davison ½ yd
880 yards Albert Relf 1:56.2 William Lutyens 4 yd Alan Hunter 10 yd
1 mile Scotland Hugh Welsh 4:17.2 William Lutyens 16-20 yd D. G. Harris 4:32.0
4 miles Charles Bennett 20:14.4 Scotland Henry Munro 25 yd Jason Tennant 100 yd
10 miles Sidney Robinson 53:12.0 Charles Bennett 53:18.0 Edward Barlow 53:22.0
steeplechase Canada George Orton 11:48.4 Charles Lee 80 yd A.E. Williamson 20 yd
120yd hurdles Howard Parkes 16.4 Leinster Tom Kiely 3 yd Leinster Patrick Harding
4 miles walk William Sturgess 29:10.0 Jack Butler 30:15.8 G. Topliss 30:41.0
high jump Leinster Patrick Leahy 1.819 Robert Perry & Henry Adair 1.753 not awarded
pole jump James Poole 3.12 E. C. Pritchard 3.07 A. Fraser 2.66
long jump Leinster William Newburn 7.19 NR Gilbert Vassall 6.60 Edmund Faunce de Laune 6.45
shot put Leinster Denis Horgan 13.71 Nigel Harrison 11.44 R. E. Bascombe 9.88
hammer throw Leinster Tom Kiely 42.70 Leinster Denis Horgan 38.28 Walter Lawrence 33.50

References

  1. ^ "The Amateur Athletic Championships". Sporting Life. 4 July 1898. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Amateur Athletic Association Championships". London Evening Standard. 4 July 1898. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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