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1922 AAA Championships

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1922 AAA Championships
Dates30 June – 1 July 1922
Host cityLondon, England
VenueStamford Bridge
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events21
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1923


The 1922 AAA Championships was the 1922 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 30 June to 1 July 1922 at Stamford Bridge in London, England. The attendance on day 2 was estimated to be a record 30,000.[1][2]

The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition.

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Harry Edward 10.0 Lancelot Royle 2 ft Christiaan Steyn RSA 1 ft
220 yards Harry Edward 22.0 Joseph Imbach SUI 12-14 yd Christiaan Steyn RSA dns
440 yards Harry Edward 50.4 Guy Butler 3 yd Thomas Cushing 1½-4 yd
880 yards Edgar Mountain 1:55.6 Cecil Griffiths inches Paul Martin SUI 14 yd
1 mile Scotland Duncan McPhee 4:27.4 Henry Stallard 3-4 yd Charles Blewitt 16 yd
4 miles Paavo Nurmi FIN 19:52.2 Charles Blewitt 20:04.0 William Cotterell 20:09.0
10 miles Halland Britton 53:24.2 Charles Clibbon 53:55.4 Walter Freeman 53:58.0
steeplechase Paavo Nurmi FIN 11:11.2 Bert Rippington 11:34.8 Harry Sweeting
120y hurdles Frederick Gaby 15.6 Leopold Partridge 4½ yd Thomas Wallis IRE 3 yd
440y hurdles Wilfred Kent-Hughes AUS 59.0 J.J. Evans 12 yd J. Berthier FRA
2 miles walk Ugo Frigerio ITA 14:30.0 J.W. Dowse 14:31.8 Bobby Bridge 14:39.4
7 miles walk Gordon Watts 53:24.2 Reg Goodwin 53:37.2 J.W. Dowse 54:03.4
high jump Pierre Lewden FRA 1.803 Sverre Hansen NOR 1.753 Erik Manskow NOR 1.727
pole jump Charles Hoff NOR 3.66 Ernst Gerspach SUI 3.58 only 2 competitors
long jump Charles Hoff NOR 7.08 Sverre Hansen NOR 6.70 Vilho Tuulos FIN 6.65
triple jump Vilho Tuulos FIN 14.27 Charles Hoff NOR 14.04 Alexander Klumberg EST 13.84
shot put Ville Porhola FIN 14.58 Bertil Jansson SWE 13.82 Vilho Niittymaa FIN 13.06
discus throw Vilho Niittymaa FIN 41.64 Aleksandr Klumberg EST 39.34 Ville Porhola FIN 38.50
hammer throw Carl Johan Lind SWE 52.50 Malcolm Nokes 49.26 Ville Porhola FIN 45.81
javelin throw Paavo Johansson FIN 61.08 Aleksandr Klumberg EST 45.84 Willi Moser SUI 44.46
1 mile relay Surrey AC 3m 35.1-5s Polytechnic Harriers South London Harriers/LAC

References

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  1. ^ "AAA Championships". Daily Mirror. 1 July 1922. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1922. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.