1905 AAA Championships

1905 AAA Championships
Dates1 July 1905
Host cityLondon, England
VenueStamford Bridge (stadium)
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events16
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AAA Championships

The 1905 AAA Championships was the 1905 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1905 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England, in front of 7–8,000 spectators.[1][2]

The Championships consisted of 16 events.

Frenchman Gonder won the pole jump event

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards John Morton 10.2 Scotland James Stark 2½ yd Harold Watson ½ yd
220 yards United States Henry Hyman 22.4 Claude Jupp 6 yd Scotland James Stark 2 yd
440 yards Scotland Wyndham Halswelle 50.8 France Georges Malfait 1½-5 yd Edwin Montague 3 yd
880 yards Scotland Bernard Blunden 2:02.0 Reginald Crabbe 2 yd David Cowan 5 yd
1 mile George Butterfield 4:25.2 Scotland John McGough 2-6 yd E. Gardner 1 yd
4 miles Joseph Smith 21:08.8 Scotland Douglas McNicol 21:34.6 H. Hobbs 21:43.0
10 miles Albert Aldridge 51:49.0 E. Gardner 53:12.2 Joe Deakin 53:44.2
steeplechase Arthur Russell 11:11.0 Albert Aldridge 10 yd only 2 finished
120yd hurdles Scotland Robert Stronach 16.8 David Walters 3 yd United States Edward Amsler
2 miles walk George Larner 13:50.0 Robert Wilkinson 140 yd W. H. Martindale 100 yd
7 miles walk George Larner 52:34.0 Frederick Thompson 54:29.0 W. H. Martindale 54:47.0
high jump LeinsterCon Leahy 1.784 Edward Leader 1.733 only 2 competed
pole jump France Fernand Gonder 3.10 not awarded only 1 competitor
long jump Leinster Peter O'Connor 7.25 Lionel Cornish 7.10 Sweden Hjalmar Mellander 6.60
shot put Leinster Denis Horgan 13.55 Scotland Tom Nicolson 12.43 Leinster Michael Collins 11.35
hammer throw Scotland Tom Nicolson 47.51 Leinster Denis Horgan 40.24 Alf Flaxman 35.46

References

  1. ^ "Amateur Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1905. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "The Amateur Championships". Sporting Life. 3 July 1905. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 July 2024.