1913 AAA Championships

1913 AAA Championships
Dates	5 July 1913
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	16
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The 1913 AAA Championships was the 1913 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 5 July 1913 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England. The attendance was described as a record attendance of around 13,000, despite estimates that were higher the year previous. ^{[1] [2]}

The Championships consisted of 16 events but the steeplechase event was standardised at the distance of 2 miles for the first time.

Results

John Zander

Einar Nilsson

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Willie Applegarth	10.0	James Barker	1½ yd	William Stewart	1 ft
220 yards	Willie Applegarth	21.6 NR	Victor d'Arcy	3-6 yd	Richard Rau	1 yd
440 yards	George Nicol	49.4	David Jacobs	6 yd	Ernest Haley	6-8 yd
880 yards	Ernst Wilde	2:00.6	Cyril Frisby	1-2 yd	James Hill	½ yd
1 mile	John Zander	4:25.8	Gerald Gorringe	8 yd	Georg Mickler	inches
4 miles	George Hutson	19:32.0	Ernest Glover	19:43.0	Gustav Karlsson	20:10.2
10 miles	Ernest Glover	51:56.8	Harry Baldwin	52:44.4	W. J. Tucker	53:44.8
2 miles steeplechase	Charles Ruffell	11:03.6	Jack Cruise	11:13.2	Thomas Lee	11:20.0
120yd hurdles	George Gray	16.0	Kenneth Powell	½ yd	Gösta Holmér	1-2½ yd
2 miles walk	Bobby Bridge	13:51.8	Harold Ross	14:01.8	Jack Lynch	14:18.8
7 miles walk	Bobby Bridge Harold Ross	52:08.4	not awarded		Jack Lynch	53:19.0
high jump	Benjamin Howard Baker	1.829	Anders Petterson	1.778	Inge Lindholm	1.727
pole jump	Clas Gille	3.68	Carl Hårleman	3.58	Fernand Gonder	3.50
long jump	Sidney Abrahams	6.86	Inge Lindholm	6.61	André Campana	6.59
shot put	Einar Nilsson	14.44	André Tison	13.16	James Barrett	13.09
hammer throw	Carl Johan Lind	47.43	Nils Linde	46.04	Alf Flaxman	41.87

References

1. "Athletic Championships" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 7 July 1913. Retrieved 11 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "AAthletic Feats" . Sporting Life. 7 July 1913. Retrieved 11 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 July 2024.