1906 AAA Championships

1906 AAA Championships
Dates	7 July 1906
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	16
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The 1906 AAA Championships was the 1906 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 7 July 1906 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England. ^{[1] [2]}

The Championships consisted of 16 events.

Wyndham Halswelle successfully defended his 440 yards title

While on tour with the West Indies cricket team, Bertie Harragin won the pole jump event

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	John Morton	10.4	Denis Murray	1½ yd	Wyndham Halswelle	1 ft
220 yards	Claude Jupp	22.6	Henry Pankhurst	4 yd	Arthur Hargreaves	½ yd
440 yards	Wyndham Halswelle	48.8	John George	8-10 yd	John Densham	4 yd
880 yards	Arthur Astley	1:57.8	J. Woolley	2-4 yd	James Lintott	5-8 yd
1 mile	George Butterfield	4:18.4	John McGough	4:19.2	Jack Lee	4:22.6
4 miles	Frederick Hulford	20:27.4	James Roberts	20 yd	A. W. Shee
10 miles	Albert Aldridge	54:07.2	James Beale	54:15.0	Leslie Pearce	55:06.0
steeplechase	Arthur Russell	11:14.8	George Wigginton	11:37.4	Guy Holdaway	80-100 yd
120yd hurdles	Robert Stronach	16.6	Oswald Groenings	inches	Eric Hussey	inches
2 miles walk	Alfred Yeoumans	14:20.4	Frank Creasey	50-80 yd	Ralph Harrison	6-12 yd
7 miles walk	Fred Carter	53:20.2	Frederick Thompson	53:43.0	W. H. Martindale	54:19.0
high jump	Con Leahy	1.829	Oswald Groenings	1.753	Edward Leader Cyril Dugmore	1.676 1.676
pole jump	Bertie Harragin	3.15	not awarded		only 1 competitor
long jump	Peter O'Connor	7.15	John Hagerman	6.92	Lionel Cornish	6.85
shot put	Tom Kirkwood	13.83 NR	Henry Alan Leeke	12.05	Arthur Sale	11.07
hammer throw	Henry Alan Leeke	37.52	Tom Kirkwood	36.52	Alf Flaxman	36.18

References

1. "Amateur Championships" . Bristol Times and Mirror. 9 July 1906. Retrieved 11 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "The Amateur Championships" . Sporting Life. 9 July 1906. Retrieved 11 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 July 2024.