1899 AAA Championships

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]

1899 AAA Championships
Dates1 July 1899
Host cityWolverhampton, England
VenueMolineux Grounds
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events14
1898
1900


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   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   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   William Newburn 6.75   Hugh Barr 6.52 Claude Leggatt 6.04
shot put   Denis Horgan 14.03 R. Nelson Robbie 10.72 only 2 competitors
hammer throw   Tom Kiely 41.57   Denis Horgan 40.14 R. Nelson Robbie 33.84

References

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  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.