1878 AAC Championships

1878 AAC Championships
Dates15 April 1878
Host cityLondon, England
VenueLillie Bridge Grounds, London
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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AAC Championships

The 1878 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held on 15 April 1878, at the Lillie Bridge Grounds in London.[1][2]

The mile champion, Arnold Hills

Summary

  • The attendance was between 5 and 6,000.
  • Samuel Palmer set a world record of 16.0 in the 120 yards hurdles event.

Results

[3]

Event 1st 2nd 3rd
100 yards Louis Junker London AC 10.2 Gerald L. Spencer Cambridge UAC 2½ yd Henry MacDougall London AC 1 yd
quarter-mile John Shearman London AC 52.8 Montague Shearman Oxford UAC 1 yd William H. Churchill Cambridge UAC 6 yd
half-mile Henry A. Whately
Lees Knowles		 Oxford UAC
Cambridge UAC		 2:03.4
2:03.4 		n/a John D. Sadler London AC 4 yd
1 mile Arnold Hills Oxford UAC 4:28.8 James Gibb London AC 2½ yd Harold Lee-Evans Cambridge UAC 60 yd
4 miles James Gibb London AC 20:29.8 A. P. Smith London AC dnf only 2 competed
120yd hurdles Samuel Palmer Cambridge UAC 16.0 WR Sydney F. Jackson
Charles L. Lockton		 Oxford UAC
London AC		 3 yd
3 yd 		n/a
7 miles walk Harry Venn London AC 52:25.0 H. Webster Liverpool dnf (4.5 miles) G. A Jones West London Harriers dnf (lap 5)
high jump Thomas Tomlinson Northumberland 1.784 Gerard Blathwayt Cambridge UAC 1.753 G Sowerby (Ireland) Louth AC
pole jump Horace W. Strachan London AC 3.05 only 1 competitor
long jump Edmund Baddeley Cambridge UAC 6.91 Gerard Fowler Birmingham AC 6.76
shot put William Y. Winthrop London AC 11.84 only 1 competitor
hammer throw Edmund Baddeley Cambridge UAC 30.12 NR William A. Burgess Oxford UAC 27.00 only 2 competitors

References

  1. ^ "Amateur Championship Sport this day". London Evening Standard. 15 April 1878. Retrieved 21 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "The Amateur Athletic Club". Morning Post. 16 April 1878. Retrieved 21 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 July 2024.