1899 AAA Championships | |
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Dates | 1 July 1899 |
Host city | Wolverhampton, England |
Venue | Molineux Grounds |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 14 |
← 1898 1900 → |
The 1899 AAA Championships was the 1899 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1899 at the Molineux Grounds in Wolverhampton, England, in front of 5,000 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 | Reginald Wadsley | 10.2 | Claude Jupp | ½ yd | Frederick Cooper | 2 yd |
440 yards | Reginald Wadsley | 54.6 | Herbert Pride-Jones | 2 ft | Charles Sheppard | 5 yd |
880 yards | Alfred Tysoe | 1:58.6 | William Lutyens | 4 ft | Joseph Binks | 15 yd |
1 mile | Hugh Welsh | 4:25.0 | Charles Bennett | 1½ yd | Robert Wellin | 10 yd |
4 miles | Charles Bennett | 20:49.6 | Arthur Hutchings | 20:58.6 | Edward Ratcliffe | 21:10.6 |
10 miles | Charles Bennett | 54:18.4 | John Rimmer | 54:37.4 | George Smith | 55:31.6 |
steeplechase | Walter Stokes | 11:16.8 | W. S. Ingmere | 120 yd | Henry Lloyd | 80 yd |
120yd hurdles | William Paget-Tomlinson | 16.4 | Alfred Trafford | 1½ yd | Joseph Gould | |
4 miles walk | William Sturgess | 29:20.6 | Jack Butler | 29:47.0 | E. Middleton | 31:07.4 |
high jump | Patrick Leahy | 1.784 | Claude Leggatt | 1.734 | Robert Perry | 1.683 |
pole jump | E.C. Pritchard | 2.77 | G. Pheysey | nh | only 2 competitors | |
long jump | William Newburn | 6.75 | Hugh Barr | 6.52 | Claude Leggatt | 6.04 |
shot put | Denis Horgan | 14.03 | R. Nelson Robbie | 10.72 | only 2 competitors | |
hammer throw | Tom Kiely | 41.57 | Denis Horgan | 40.14 | R. Nelson Robbie | 33.84 |
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