1868 AAC Championships | |
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Dates | 19–20 June 1868 |
Host city | London, England |
Venue | Beaufort House, Walham Green, London |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
← 1867 1869 → |
The 1868 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held from 19 to 20 June 1868, in the grounds of Thomas Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh's Beaufort House. [1] [2] [3]
Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||
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100 yards | William Tennent | AAC | 10.2 | Edward J. Colbeck | London AC | 1 ft | William MacLaren | Manchester AC | 1½ yd |
quarter-mile | Edward J. Colbeck | London AC | 50.4 NR | William MacLaren | Manchester AC | 12 yd | Walter M. Chinnery | London AC | gave up |
half-mile | Edward J. Colbeck | London AC | 2:02.0 | Arthur King | London AC | 4½ yd | Walter R. M. Bethune | Civil Service AA | 3½ yd |
1 mile | Walter M. Chinnery | London AC | 4:33.2 | Edward Hawtrey | Eton College | 27 yd | only 2 competitors | ||
4 miles | Walter M. Chinnery | London AC | 21:12.0 WR | Joseph Snow | Manchester AC | 270 yd | Sydenham Dixon | Civil Service AA | retired |
120yd hurdles | William Tennent | AAC | 17.4 | William MacLaren | Manchester AC | ½ yd | William F. Powell Moore | AAC | 5 yd |
7 miles walk | Walter Rye | London AC | 57:40 | Thomas Griffith | AAC | 58:00 | H. M. Wilkinson | Civil Service AA | a mile |
high jump | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 1.727 | Charles Guy Pym | Civil Service AA | 1.676 | Frederick W. Parsons | Magdalen C | 1.575 |
pole jump | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 3.21 WR | William F. Powell Moore | AAC | 3.06 | Alfred Lubbock | AAC | 2.59 |
broad jump | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 6.01 | Edward Havers | Ingatestone | 5.92 | William Tennent | AAC | 4.91 |
shot put | John Stone | Liverpool AC | 11.56 NR | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 10.97 | William F. Powell Moore | AAC | 10.40 |
hammer throw | Henry Leeke | Trinity College | 30.33 NR | Douglas Moffatt | AAC | 29.49 | Patrick Halkett | London Scottish | 28.42 |
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