1908 AAA Championships

1908 AAA Championships
Dates4 July 1908
Host cityLondon, England
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events16
1907
1909


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
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 Arthur 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 Billy 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 Ralph Harrison 14:14.6
7 miles walk Ernest Webb 53:02.6 Fred 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

  1. ^ "Prince Albert watches Stadium Sports". Daily Mirror. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 July 2024.