1896 AAA Championships

1896 AAA Championships
1896 AAA Championships
Dates	4 July 1896
Host city	Northampton, England
Venue	County Cricket Ground, Northampton
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	14
	← 1895 1897 → ; AAA Championships

The 1896 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 4 July 1896 at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton in Northampton, England, in front of 7,000 spectators.^[1]^[2]

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

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Norman Morgan IRE	10.4	Max Wittenberg	1½ yd	Charles Thomas
440 yards	James Meredith IRE	52.0	William Fitzherbert	3 yd	H.D. Casey	5 yd
880 yards	William King	2:01.4	Henry Cullum	1 ft	Alec Nelson	8 yd
1 mile	Benson Lawford	4:31.4	Robert Wellin	10 yd	Montague Davie	8 yd
4 miles	Henry Harrison	20:27.4	Charles Pearce	60 yd	James Collins	50 yd
10 miles	George Crossland	52:05.0	Harry Watkins	52:10.0	Percy Biss	56:10.4
steeplechase	Sidney Robinson	11:25.0	A.G. Dabbs	50 yd	George Lee	30 yd
120yd hurdles	Godfrey Shaw	15.6	J. King	6 yd	Frederic Allfrey	4 yd
4 miles walk	William Sturgess	28:57.6	Harry Curtis	29:27.4	M.K. Forrester	30:02.4
high jump	Murty O'Brien IRE	1.803	Reginald Williams	1.651	only 2 competitors
pole vault	R.E. Forshaw	3.05	Edwin Newby	2.97	only 2 competitors
long jump	Claude Leggatt	7.03	R.D. Barbour IRE	6.92	J. Richardson	6.37
shot put	Denis Horgan IRE	13.24	John Flanagan IRE	12.32	only 2 competitors
hammer throw	Denis Horgan IRE	13.24	John Flanagan IRE	12.32	only 2 competitors

References

^ "Athletics". London Evening Standard. 6 July 1896. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Amateur Athletic Association". Sporting Life. 6 July 1896. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

[1] "Athletics". London Evening Standard. 6 July 1896. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "The Amateur Athletic Association". Sporting Life. 6 July 1896. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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