1908 AAA Championships
Outdoor track and field competition
International athletics championship event
1908 AAA Championships | |
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Dates | 4 July 1908 |
Host city | London, England |
Venue | White City Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 16 |
← 1907 1909 → AAA Championships |
The 1908 AAA Championships was the 1908 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 4 July 1908 at the White City Stadium in London, England. The attendance was 22,000 and included Prince Albert of Wales (later George VI).[1][2]
The Championships consisted of 16 events.
Results
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | Robert Kerr | 10.0 | Reginald Walker | 1 yd | John Morton | inches |
220 yards | Robert Kerr | 22.4 | Lionel Reed | 5 yd | John George | 1 yd |
440 yards | Wyndham Halswelle | 49.4 | Edwin Montague Edward Ryle | 5 yd 5 yd | not awarded | |
880 yards | Theodore Just | 1:58.2 | Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford | 8-10 yd | J. W. Monument | 5 yd |
1 mile | Harold Wilson | 4:20.2 | Joe Deakin | 10 yd | Francis Knott | 2-4 yd |
4 miles | Emil Voigt | 19:47.4 | Archie Robertson | 19:52.8 | A. Edward Wood | 19:53.6 |
10 miles | Alexander Duncan | 53:40.6 | Joe Deakin | 53:41.4 | Thomas Jack | 53:42.0 |
steeplechase | Reginald Noakes | 10:35.0 | Arthur Russell | 5-10 yd | William Grantham | 5-30 yd |
120yd hurdles | John Duncker | 16.2 | Oswald Groenings | ½ yd | Henry Murray | 1 ft-2 yd |
2 miles walk | George Larner | 13:58.4 | Ernest Webb | 14:05.6 | Richard Harrison | 14:14.6 |
7 miles walk | Ernest Webb | 53:02.6 | Frank Carter | 53:43.0 | William Palmer | 54:25.0 |
high jump | Con Leahy | 1.803 | Axel Hedenlund | 1.778 | Oswald Groenings Walter Henderson | 1.753 |
pole jump | Ed Archibald | 3.66 | Bruno Söderström | 3.60 | Alexandre de Petrofsky Carl Silfverstrand | 3.05 3.05 |
long jump | Wilfred Bleaden | 6.79 | Denis Murray | 6.61 | John Pattison | 6.45 |
shot put | Denis Horgan | 13.59 | Tom Kirkwood | 13.40 | Hugo Wieslander | 12.15 |
hammer throw | Simon Gillis | 50.12 | Denis Horgan | 40.00 | Robert Lindsay-Watson | 33.79 |
References
- ^ "Prince Albert watches Stadium Sports". Daily Mirror. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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