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1888 AAA Championships

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1888 AAA Championships
Dates30 June 1888
Host cityCrewe, England
VenueAlexandra Recreation Ground
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events14
1887
1889


The 1888 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 30 June 1888 at the Alexandra Recreation Ground in Crewe, England in front of 10,000 spectators.[1][2][3]

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

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards United States Frederick Westing 10.2 Leinster Alfred Vigne ¾ yd Frank Ritchie ½ yd
440 yards Henry Tindall 51.4 W. Lock 6 yd Ernest Pelling 1 yd
880 yards Alfred Le Maitre 2.00.4 Australia Wilfrid Kent-Hughes 4 yd United States Charles Smith 5 yd
1 mile United States Thomas Conneff 4.31.6 William Pollock-Hill 5 yd James Kibblewhite 3 yd
4 miles Edward Parry 20.22.2 Sidney Thomas 20.40.6 only 2 finished
10 miles Edward Parry 53.43.4 Sidney Thomas 54.31.0 George Pennington 55.25.0
steeplechase J.C. Cope 12.13.0 n/a n/a only 1 finished
120yd hurdles Sherard Joyce 16.0 Charles Daft 2 yd F. Winters 3 yd
7 miles walk United States Christopher Clarke 57.08.6 J.R. Lewis 57.41.0 only 2 finished
high jump George Rowdon 1.727 Tom Ray 1.575 only 2 competed
pole jump Tom Ray & Lat Stones 3.36 not awarded only 2 competed
long jump United States Alexander Jordan 6.62 United States Charles Smith 5.33 only 2 competed
shot put Canada George Gray 13.28 Leinster James Mitchel 12.34 Leinster John Carroll Daly 12.11
hammer throw Leinster James Mitchel 38.00 Leinster John Carroll Daly 34.34 Robert Lindsay 29.22

References

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  1. ^ "The Amateur Athletic Championship". Empire News & The Umpire. 1 July 1888. Retrieved 4 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "The Amateur Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Evening Press. 2 July 1888. Retrieved 4 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "The Amateur Athletic Championships". Sporting Life. 2 July 1888. Retrieved 4 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 July 2024.