The 1899 AAA Championships was the 1899 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1899 at the Molineux Grounds in Wolverhampton, England, in front of 5,000 spectators.[1][2]

The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.

Tom Kiely won his third consecutive hammer title

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Reginald Wadsley 10.2 Claude Jupp ½ yd Frederick Cooper 2 yd
440 yards Reginald Wadsley 54.6 Herbert Pride-Jones 2 ft Charles Sheppard 5 yd
880 yards Alfred Tysoe 1:58.6 William Lutyens 4 ft Joseph Binks 15 yd
1 mile Scotland Hugh Welsh 4:25.0 Charles Bennett 1½ yd Robert Wellin 10 yd
4 miles Charles Bennett 20:49.6 Arthur Hutchings 20:58.6 Edward Ratcliffe 21:10.6
10 miles Charles Bennett 54:18.4 John Rimmer 54:37.4 George Smith 55:31.6
steeplechase Walter Stokes 11:16.8 W. S. Ingmere 120 yd Henry Lloyd 80 yd
120yd hurdles William Paget-Tomlinson 16.4 Alfred Trafford 1½ yd Joseph Gould
4 miles walk William Sturgess 29:20.6 Jack Butler 29:47.0 E. Middleton 31:07.4
high jump Leinster Patrick Leahy 1.784 Claude Leggatt 1.734 Robert Perry 1.683
pole jump E.C. Pritchard 2.77 G. Pheysey nh only 2 competitors
long jump Leinster William Newburn 6.75 Scotland Hugh Barr 6.52 Claude Leggatt 6.04
shot put Leinster Denis Horgan 14.03 Scotland R. Nelson Robbie 10.72 only 2 competitors
hammer throw Leinster Tom Kiely 41.57 Leinster Denis Horgan 40.14 Scotland R. Nelson Robbie 33.84

References

  1. ^ "The Amateur Athletic Association Championships". Sporting Life. 3 July 1899. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Amateur Athletic Association Championships". Morning Post. 3 July 1899. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_AAA_Championships
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