1931 AAA Championships

1931 AAA Championships
1931 AAA Championships
Dates	3–4 July 1931
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	24
	← 1930 1932 →; AAA Championships

Last updated November 02, 2024

The 1931 AAA Championships was the 1931 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 3 to 4 July 1931 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.^[1]^[2]

After 19 consecutive years at Stamford Bridge, it would be the last time that the venue hosted the championships. The Championships consisted of 24 events and covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Stamford Bridge.

The steeplechase event saw the number of hurdles standardised and the pole jump was renamed the pole vault.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Ernest Page	10.0	Frederick Reid	inches	Edgardo Toetti ITA	inches
220 yards	Robin Murdoch	22.5	John Hanlon	inches	Andrej Engel TCH
440 yards	Godfrey Rampling	48.6	Laszlo Barsi HUN	49.6	Felix Rinner AUT	50.0
880 yards	Thomas Hampson	1:54.8	Stuart Townend	1:56.4	Otto Peltzer GER	1:56.7
1 mile	Reginald Thomas	4:16.4	Cyril Ellis	4:20.6	Reidar Jørgensen	4:21.0
4 miles	Alex Burns	19:49.4	James Wood	20:00.0	Robert Sutherland	20:07.4
10 miles	Jack Winfield	54:34.4	Thomas Evenson	54:41.4	John Potts	54:48.4
marathon	Dunky Wright	2:49:54.2	Stanley Smith	2:50:09.4	Henry Clarke	2:54:06.4
steeplechase	Thomas Evenson	10:36.4	George Bailey	10:39.0	Sidney Binfield
120y hurdles	Lord Burghley	14.8	Donald Finlay	½ yd	Holger Albrechtsen	1 ft
440y hurdles	Luigi Facelli ITA	54.4	Johan Areskoug SWE	3-5 yd	Lord Burghley	1 yd
2 miles walk	Alf Pope	13:52.6	Bert Cooper	13:57.8	Janis Dalins LAT	14:10.0
7 miles walk	Ugo Frigerio ITA	53:32.0	Janis Dalins LAT	53:40.0	Alf Pope	54:09.0
high jump	Arthur Gray	1.829	Colin Gordon GUY Alec James	1.803	n/a
pole vault	Henry Lindblad SWE	3.88	Arie van der Zee NED	3.81	Laurence Bond	3.66
long jump	Hannes de Boer NED	7.21	Arturo Maffei ITA	7.06	Anton van Welsenses NED	6.98
triple jump	Jan Blankers NED	14.22	Willem Peters NED	14.16	Harold Langley	13.43
shot put	József Daranyi HUN	15.23	Frantisek Douda TCH	15.16	Kenneth Pridie	13.46
discus throw	Endre Madarasz HUN	43.10	Emil Janausch AUT	42.30	Kenneth Pridie	38.74
hammer throw	Ossian Sköld SWE	51.36	Gunnar Jansson SWE	48.83	Fernando Vandelli ITA	46.84
javelin throw	Olav Sunde	60.76	Willem Hertzog RSA	53.13	Stanley Wilson	53.03
440 yards relay	Achilles Club	43.3–5sec	Blackheath Harriers		Polytechnic Harriers
Tug of war (100 st)	Royal Marines Portsmouth		Luton Borough Police		Willesden Loco RN Barracks Chatham
Tug of war (catch weight)	Royal Marines Portsmouth		London Fire Brigade

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References

↑ "Athletics records may be smashed today" . Daily News (London). 4 July 1931. Retrieved 13 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Few AAA titles go abroad" . Daily Herald. 6 July 1931. Retrieved 13 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

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[1] "Athletics records may be smashed today" . Daily News (London). 4 July 1931. Retrieved 13 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Few AAA titles go abroad" . Daily Herald. 6 July 1931. Retrieved 13 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

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