1919 AAA Championships

1919 AAA Championships
1919 AAA Championships
Dates	5 July 1919
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	17
	← 1914 1920 → ; AAA Championships

The 1919 AAA Championships was the 1919 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 5 July 1919 at the Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, England.^[1]^[2]

The Championships returned after missing four years due to World War I and consisted of 17 events. The triple jump, javelin and discus throw were not held.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	William Hill	10.0	Jack Lindsay NZL	½ yd	Victor d'Arcy	inches
220 yards	William Hill	22.6	Harry Edward	1-5 yd	Jack Lindsay NZL	1 yd
440 yards	Guy Butler	49.8	Nils Engdahl	¾-1½ yd	Cecil Griffiths	2 yd
880 yards	Albert Hill	1:55.2	Anatole Bolin	1:58.6	G. Percy Sweet	1:59.8
1 mile	Albert Hill	4:21.2	Sven Lundgren	4:26.2	John Quinn	4:28.8
4 miles	Eric Backman	19:56.4	Ernest Glover	20:19.0	E.J. Rogers	20:39.4
10 miles	Charles Blewitt	53:45.6	Walter Monk	55:46.6	Ahmed Djebelia FRA	56:16.4
2 miles steeplechase	Percy Hodge	11:53.6	Laurence Cummins IRE	12:04.0	Jack Cruise	12:16.4
120y hurdles	Harry Wilson	15.8	George Gray	3 yd	Gerald Keddell	1 yd
440y hurdles	George Gray	59.8	Joseph English	8-15 yd	Laurence Pullar
2 miles walk	Bobby Bridge	14:18.4	Gunnar Rasmussen DEN	14:28.8	J.W. Dowse	14:29.8
7 miles walk	William Hehir	53:23.6	Charles Dowson	53:31.2	J.W. Dowse	54:37.6
high jump	Howard Baker	1.803	Georg Högström	1.778	im Carroll IRE	1.753
pole vault	Georg Högström	3.35	Henry Petersen DEN	3.27	only 2 competitors
long jump	Wilhelm Bjornemann	7.18	Le Roy Haliburton CAN	6.79	Ethelbert Southee AUS	6.72
shot put	Bertil Jansson	12.98	Rex Woods	12.25	A. Hamilton	10.78
hammer throw	Einar Midtgaard DEN	44.00	John Freeborn	34.80	only 2 competitors

References

^ "AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[1] "AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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