1878 AAC Championships

1878 AAC Championships
Dates	15 April 1878
Host city	London, England
Venue	Lillie Bridge Grounds, London
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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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

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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.