1912 AAA Championships
Appearance
1912 AAA Championships | |
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Dates | 22 June 1912 |
Host city | London, England |
Venue | Stamford Bridge (stadium) |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 16 |
← 1911 1913 → |
The 1912 AAA Championships was the 1912 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 22 June 1912 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England. The attendance was between 12,000 and 15,000 spectators.[1][2]
The Championships consisted of 16 events.
Results
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | George Patching RSA | 9.8 | William Applegarth | 1½ yd | William Stewart AUS | ½ yd |
220 yards | William Applegarth | 22.0 | David Jacobs | 1¼ yd | George Patching RSA | ½ yd |
440 yards | Cyril Seedhouse | 49.8 | George Patching RSA | 4 yd | Ernest Henley | 6-7 yd |
880 yards | Hanns Braun | 1:58.2 | James Soutter | 2-4 yd | Percy Mann | 2 ft |
1 mile | Edward Owen | 4:21.4 | Richard Hales IRE | 3-5 yd | William Cottrill | 3-5 yd |
4 miles | George Hutson | 20:10.8 | William Scott | 20:22.8 | Amos Martin | 20:53.2 |
10 miles | William Scott | 52:35.0 | Thomas Humphreys | 53:55.4 | W.J. Tucker | 54:50.0 |
steeplechase | Sydney Frost | 11:27.2 | Jack Cruise | 80-100 yd | Charles Ruffell | 25-39 yd |
120yd hurdles | Gerard Anderson | 15.6 | George Gray | 2 yd | Kenneth Powell | inches |
2 miles walk | Bobby Bridge | 13:55.4 | Ernest Webb | 15-20 yd | Thomas Dumbill | 30-40 yd |
7 miles walk | Bobby Bridge | 52:45.6 | William Yates | 52:59.8 | Harold Ross | 54:20.8 |
high jump | Howard Baker | 1.829 | Clive Taylor | 1.727 | H. Ward | 1.715 |
pole vault | Owen Conquest | 2.91 | not awarded | only 1 competitor | ||
long jump | Percy Kirwan IRE | 7.07 | Philip Kingsford | 6.86 | Henry Ashington | 6.78 |
shot put | Denis Horgan IRE | 13.66 | Wesley Coe USA | 3.35 | Tom Nicolson | 12.53 |
hammer throw | Tom Nicolson | 49.43 | Denis Carey IRE | 47.87 | Benjamin Sherman USA | 41.36 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletic Championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Amateur Athletic Championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 24 June 1912. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 July 2024.