| 1897 AAA Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 July 1897 |
| Host city | Manchester, England |
| Venue | Fallowfield Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 14 |
← 1896 1898 → | |
The 1897 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 3 July 1897 at the Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester, England, in front of 3,000 spectators. [1] [2]
The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards | J. H. Palmer | 10.8 | Henry Woodyatt | 1 ft | Jimmy Tremeer | ½ yd |
| 440 yards | Samuel Elliott | 53.2 | E. Harrison Kenyon | 1 ft |  J. Donaldson | 1½ yd |
| 880 yards | Albert Relf | 2:00.4 |  Cyril Dickinson | 1½ yd | D. Wentworth | ½ yd |
| 1 mile | Alfred Tysoe | 4:27.0 | Robert Wellin | 1 yd | Henry Cullum | 10 yd |
| 4 miles | Charles Bennett | 20:27.4 | C. E. Haydon | 1½ yd | Edward Barlow | |
| 10 miles | Alfred Tysoe | 55:59.6 | Henry Harrison | 55:59.8 | Edward Barlow | 4 yd |
| steeplechase | George Lee | 12:15.4 | H. Evans | 60 yd | only 2 finished | |
| 120yd hurdles | Alfred Trafford | 17.4 | I. A. E. Mulligan | 3 yd | Henry Coltart | |
| 4 miles walk | William Sturgess | 28:24.8 | E. J. Topple | 29:40.0 | M. K. Forrester | 29:47.0 |
| high jump | Claude Leggatt | 1.753 | Robert Perry | 1.740 | John MacFarlane Charles Adams | 1.702 1.702 |
| pole jump | James Poole | 3.01 | Edwin Newby | 2.93 | Denis Carey | 2.89 |
| long jump | Claude Leggatt | 6.50 | R. D. Barbour | 6.31 | Tom Donovan | 5.97 |
| shot put | Denis Horgan | 13.82 |  Richard Sheldon | 13.54 | only 2 competitors | |
| hammer throw | Tom Kiely | 43.42 | Denis Horgan | 38.62 | Richard Sheldon | 31.14 |
Alfred Ernest Tysoe was an English athlete, and winner of two gold medals at the 1900 Olympic Games representing Great Britain.
Charles Bennett was a British athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the first British track and field athlete to become Olympic champion. He was a member of Finchley Harriers which was amalgamated into Hillingdon Athletic Club in 1966.
David Henry Jacobs was a Welsh-born track and field sprinter. He was the first British Jew to win an Olympic gold medal.
Victor Henry Augustus d'Arcy was a British sprint runner who competed at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.
Leonard Francis Tremeer, known as Jimmy Tremeer, was an Olympic bronze medallist in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He competed on the Great Britain and Ireland team.
Richard Sheldon (July 9, 1878 in Rutland, Vermont – January 23, 1935 in New York, was the winner of the gold medal in the men's shot put at the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
Denis Carey was an Irish track and field athlete who competed for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
James Joseph Barrett was an Irish track and field athlete who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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