The 1927 AAA Championships was the 1927 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1 to 4 July 1927 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.[1][2][3]

The Championships consisted of 23 events and covered three days of competition. The marathon was held in Fallowfield, Manchester on 30 July.

Results

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Douglas Lowe won the 440 and 880 yards events
Cyril Ellis won the mile race
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Germany Helmut Körnig 10.1 Germany Hubert Houben 1 ft Harold Hodge 1½-2 yd
220 yards Germany Hubert Houben 21.8 Guy Butler inches Germany Jokob Schuller 2 yd
440 yards Douglas Lowe 48.8 Italy Alfredo Gargiullo 5-6 yd Roger Leigh-Wood inches
880 yards Douglas Lowe 1:54.6 Wales Cecil Griffiths 1:56.8 France René Feger 2 yd
1 mile Cyril Ellis 4:17.0 Germany Herbert Böcher 4:18.2 France Séra Martin 2 yd
4 miles Sweden Bror Ohrn 19:40.8 Charles Frith 19:42.4 Brian Oddie 60 yd
10 miles Ernest Harper 52:21.2 George Constable 54:26.2 Louis Payne 55:23.2
marathon Northern Ireland Sam Ferris 2:48:46.4 Tom Heeley 3:00:22.4 C. E. Mitchell 3:02:13.6
steeplechase Jack Webster 11:06.0 Edward Oliver 10:59.6 H. Blades 100 yd
120y hurdles Frederick Gaby 14.9 NR South Africa George Weightman-Smith 1 yd Sweden Sten Pettersson
440y hurdles Lord Burghley 54.2 WR Scotland Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth 55.2 Italy Luigi Facelli 55.4
2 miles walk Alf Pope 14:21.6 Albert Fletcher 8 yd C. C. Coulson 10 yd
7 miles walk Wilf Cowley 55:46.4 L. G. Sandy 56:25.0 Edward Presland 56:59.0
high jump Sweden Herbert Adolfsson 1.829 Republic of Ireland Con O'Connor
Jack London
Dominion of Ceylon Thomas Tweed		 1.803 n/a
pole jump Sweden Henry Lindblad 3.81 Denmark Henry Petersen 3.66 Hungary Janos Karlovits 3.66
long jump Germany Rudolf Dobermann 7.31 Sweden Eric Svensson 7.28 Netherlands Willem Peters 7.28
triple jump Netherlands Willem Peters 15.47 Sweden Eric Svensson 14.92 Hungary Elemér Somfay 14.25
shot put Germany Georg Brechenmacher 14.18 Hungary József Darányi 14.16 Germany Ernst Söllinger 13.62
discus throw Hungary Kálmán Marvalits 44.40 Hungary Kalman Egri 43.76 Germany Hans Hoffmeister 42.30
hammer throw Sweden Ossian Skiöld 50.30 Malcolm Nokes 49.31 Germany Josef Mang 42.71
javelin throw Hungary Béla Szepes 64.80 Norway Olav Sunde 62.12 Denmark Svend Gjorling 55.96
1 mile relay Achilles Club 3m 19.2-5 sec Surrey AC 50 yd Herne Hill
Tug of war M Division Met Police London Fire Brigade n/a

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bid for Athletics titles". Daily News (London). 2 July 1927. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "An Olympiad". Weekly Dispatch (London). 3 July 1927. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Records go abroad". Western Daily Press. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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