1900 AAA Championships

1900 AAA Championships
Dates	7 July 1900
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	14
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The 1900 AAA Championships was the 1900 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 7 July 1900 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.

Maxie Long won the 440 Yards

Norman Pritchard of India competed in the hurdles

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Arthur Duffey	10.0	Frank Jarvis	½ yd	Walter Tewksbury	inches
440 yards	Maxie Long	49.8	William Maloney	4 yd	William Welsh	2 yd
880 yards	Alfred Tysoe	1:57.8	John Cregan	10 yd	Jack Densham	15 yd
1 mile	Charles Bennett	4:28.2	George Gazeley	12 yd	Alexander Grant	10-15 yd
4 miles	John Rimmer	20:11.0	Charles Bennett	20:24.8	Alfred Shrubb	20:29.8
10 miles	Sidney Robinson	53:14.4	John Rimmer	53:17.0	Arthur Maples	54:55.0
steeplechase	Sidney Robinson	11:08.8	T. W. Walker	100+ yd	Henry Lloyd
120yd hurdles	Alvin Kraenzlein	15.4	Norman Pritchard	6 yd	Alfred Trafford	2½ yd
4 miles walk	William Sturgess	30:20.8	Jack Butler	30:35.0	E. Middleton	31:31.0
high jump	Irving Baxter	1.880	Peter O'Connor Walter Henderson Walter Carroll	1.772 1.772 1.772	not awarded
pole jump	Bascom Johnson	3.45	Meredith Colket	3.38	Alexander Coleman	3.25
long jump	Alvin Kraenzlein	6.96	Peter O'Connor	6.81	Patrick Leahy	6.75
shot put	Richard Sheldon	13.98	Denis Horgan	13.57	Josiah McCracken	12.14
hammer throw	John Flanagan	49.78	Tom Kiely	42.42	Truxtun Hare	42.30

References

1. "The Amateur Athletic Association Championships" . Sporting Life. 9 July 1900. Retrieved 6 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "The Amateur Athletic Association Championships" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 9 July 1900. Retrieved 6 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.