1895 AAA Championships

1895 AAA Championships
Dates	6 July 1895
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	14
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The 1895 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 6 July 1895 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England. ^{[1] [2]}

The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.

Fred Bacon set a new world record in the 1 mile event.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Charles Bradley	10.0 =NR	Alfred Downer	1½ yd	Max Wittenberg	1 yd
440 yards	William Fitzherbert	49.6	Edgar Bredin	2 ft	Philip Blignaut	4-6 yd
880 yards	Edgar Bredin	1:55.8	Frederick Horan	3 yd	Arthur Butler	1:57.4
1 mile	Fred Bacon	4:17.0 WR	William Lutyens	4:21.0	Charles Montague	10-12 yd
4 miles	Henry Munro	19:49.4	Charles Pearce	20:02.0	Sidney Thomas	20:06.8
10 miles	Fred Bacon	52:43.8	Harry Watkins	52:45.4	Charles Willers	55:28.4
steeplechase	Edwin Wilkins	11:24.0	C. S. Sydenham	20 yd	C. W. Davies
120yd hurdles	Godfrey Shaw	15.8 NR	William Oakley	2½ yd	Percy Lowe	1½ yd
4 miles walk	William Sturgess	30:17.4	M. K. Forrester	200 yd	W. Cryer
high jump	James Ryan	1.816	Reginald Williams	1.791	Robert Perry	1.765
pole jump	Robert Dickinson	3.05	P. Hunter (South Africa)	2.74	only 2 competitors
long jump	William Oakley	6.56	Wally Mendelson	6.48	Claude Leggatt	6.31
shot put	Denis Horgan	13.50	Dudley Gradwell (South Africa)	13.13	William Barry	13.00
hammer throw	William Barry	40.53	Tom Kiely	39.69	James MacDonald	30.56

References

1. "The Amateur Championships" . Athletic News. 8 July 1895. Retrieved 6 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "The Amateur Athletic Association" . Sporting Life. 8 July 1895. Retrieved 6 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.