1920 AAA Championships

1920 AAA Championships
Dates	2–3 July 1920
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	22
← 1919 1921 → AAA Championships

The 1920 AAA Championships was the 1920 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 2–3 July 1920 at Stamford Bridge in London, England. The attendance was between 15,000 and 20,000 and the championships received a record entry of athletes. ^{[1] [2]}

The Championships consisted of 22 events and covered two days of competition. Two additional events in the form of the 56lb weight throw and tug of war were held during the 1920 championships.

Results

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South African Bevil Rudd won the 440 and 880 yard events

4 miles champion Joe Blewitt

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Harry Edward	10.0	William Hill	½ yd	Jack Oosterlaak	1 ft
220 yards	Harry Edward	21.6	Ralph Brown	4 yd	William Hill	4-6 yd
440 yards	Bevil Rudd	49.2	Guy Butler	8½-10 yd	Cecil Griffiths	12 yd
880 yards	Bevil Rudd	1:55.8	Albert Hill	1:56.6	Edgar Mountain	2-3 yd
1 mile	Armand Burtin	4:23.0	Duncan McPhee	4:25.8	Wilfrid Tatham	12-20 yd
4 miles	Joe Blewitt	20:10.8	Evelyn Montague	20:14.4	Gaston Heuet	25 yd
10 miles	Charles Clibbon	53:53.4	Bobby Mills	54:35.0	Walter Pratt	54:49.2
steeplechase	Percy Hodge	11:22.8	Charles Ruffell	11:32.0	Halland Britton	11:49.4
120y hurdles	George Trowbridge	15.4	George Gray	2 yd	Eric Dunbar	7 yd
440y hurdles	Edward Wheller	57.4	W. A. Adams	4 yd	Wilfrid Kent Hughes
2 miles walk	Charles Dowson	14:32.0	William Hehir	14:43.0	Charles Gunn	14:49.0
7 miles walk	Charles Dowson	53:50.0	William Hehir	55:54.2	James Belchamber	57:36.4
high jump	Benjamin Howard Baker	1.911 NR	Tim Carroll Samuel Thomson	1.753	n/a
pole jump	André Francquenelle	3.20	Joe Birkett	2.79	only 2 competitors
long jump	Donald Lourie	6.81	Georges Courtin	6.40	G. Murphy	6.37
triple jump	Charles Lively	13.19	Tim Carroll	12.56	T. Welch	11.95
shot put	Raoul Paoli	13.36	Samuel Thomson	13.27	Charles Halsey	13.00
discus throw	Patrick Quinn	37.62	Raoul Paoli	37.40	Charles Halsey	31.76
hammer throw	Theodore Speers	42.81	Donald Rose	42.64	Denis Carey	40.42
javelin throw	Frank Murrey	45.64	Arthur Picard	45.61	Samuel Thomson	41.16
56lb weight throw	Wesley Coe	7.21	James Barrett	6.67	Denis Carey	6.59
Tug of war	City of London Police AC	w/o	n/a		n/a
1 mile Relay	Achilles AC Philip Noel-Baker C. F. Wood William Milligan Bevil Rudd	3.39 1-5sec	South London AC	80 yards	Crompton AC

References

1. "The Athletic Championships" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 12 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Athletics" . Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 12 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.