1898 AAA Championships | |
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Dates | 2 July 1898 |
Host city | London, England |
Venue | Stamford Bridge (stadium) |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 14 |
← 1897 1899 → |
The 1898 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 2 July 1898 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England, in front of 7,000 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 | |||
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100 yards | Frederick Cooper | 10.0 =NR | Norman Morgan (N Ireland) | inches | Reginald Wadsley | inches |
440 yards | William Fitzherbert | 50.0 | ![]() | ½ yd | Charles Davison | ½ yd |
880 yards | Albert Relf | 1:56.2 | William Lutyens | 4 yd | Alan Hunter | 10 yd |
1 mile | ![]() | 4:17.2 | William Lutyens | 16-20 yd | D. G. Harris | 4:32.0 |
4 miles | Charles Bennett | 20:14.4 | ![]() | 25 yd | Jason Tennant | 100 yd |
10 miles | Sidney Robinson | 53:12.0 | Charles Bennett | 53:18.0 | Edward Barlow | 53:22.0 |
steeplechase | ![]() | 11:48.4 | Charles Lee | 80 yd | A.E. Williamson | 20 yd |
120yd hurdles | Howard Parkes | 16.4 | ![]() | 3 yd | ![]() | |
4 miles walk | William Sturgess | 29:10.0 | Jack Butler | 30:15.8 | G. Topliss | 30:41.0 |
high jump | ![]() | 1.819 | Robert Perry & Henry Adair | 1.753 | not awarded | |
pole jump | James Poole | 3.12 | E. C. Pritchard | 3.07 | A. Fraser | 2.66 |
long jump | ![]() | 7.19 NR | Gilbert Vassall | 6.60 | Edmund Faunce de Laune | 6.45 |
shot put | ![]() | 13.71 | Nigel Harrison | 11.44 | R. E. Bascombe | 9.88 |
hammer throw | ![]() | 42.70 | ![]() | 38.28 | Walter Lawrence | 33.50 |
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