1922 AAA Championships

1922 AAA Championships
Dates	30 June – 1 July 1922
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	21
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The 1922 AAA Championships was the 1922 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 30 June to 1 July 1922 at Stamford Bridge in London, England. The attendance on day 2 was estimated to be a record 30,000. ^{[1] [2]}

The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition.

Results

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Swede Carl Johan Lind won his fourth AAA title

Vilho Niittymaa was one of several Finns to claim a title in 1922

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Harry Edward	10.0	Lancelot Royle	2 ft	Christiaan Steyn	1 ft
220 yards	Harry Edward	22.0	Josef Imbach	12-14 yd	Christiaan Steyn	dns
440 yards	Harry Edward	50.4	Guy Butler	3 yd	Thomas Cushing	1½-4 yd
880 yards	Edgar Mountain	1:55.6	Cecil Griffiths	inches	Paul Martin	14 yd
1 mile	Duncan McPhee	4:27.4	Henry Stallard	3-4 yd	Joe Blewitt	16 yd
4 miles	Paavo Nurmi	19:52.2	Joe Blewitt	20:04.0	Bill Cotterell	20:09.0
10 miles	Halland Britton	53:24.2	Charles Clibbon	53:55.4	Wally Freeman	53:58.0
steeplechase	Paavo Nurmi	11:11.2	Bert Rippington	11:34.8	Harry Sweeting
120y hurdles	Frederick Gaby	15.6	Leopold Partridge	4½ yd	Thomas Wallis	3 yd
440y hurdles	Wilfrid Kent Hughes	59.0	J.J. Evans	12 yd	J. Berthier
2 miles walk	Ugo Frigerio	14:30.0	J. W. Dowse	14:31.8	Robert Bridge	14:39.4
7 miles walk	Gordon Watts	53:24.2	Reg Goodwin	53:37.2	J. W. Dowse	54:03.4
high jump	Pierre Lewden	1.803	Sverre Hansen	1.753	Erik Manskow	1.727
pole jump	Charles Hoff	3.66	Ernst Gerspach	3.58	only 2 competitors
long jump	Charles Hoff	7.08	Sverre Hansen	6.70	Vilho Tuulos	6.65
triple jump	Vilho Tuulos	14.27	Charles Hoff	14.04	Aleksandr Klumberg	13.84
shot put	Ville Pörhölä	14.58	Bertil Jansson	13.82	Vilho Niittymaa	13.06
discus throw	Vilho Niittymaa	41.64	Aleksandr Klumberg	39.34	Ville Pörhölä	38.50
hammer throw	Carl Johan Lind	52.50	Malcolm Nokes	49.26	Ville Pörhölä	45.81
javelin throw	Paavo Johansson	61.08	Aleksandr Klumberg	45.84	Willi Moser	44.46
1 mile relay	Surrey AC	3m 35.1-5s	Polytechnic Harriers		South London Harriers/LAC

References

1. "AAA Championships" . Daily Mirror. 1 July 1922. Retrieved 12 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Athletic Championships" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1922. Retrieved 12 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.