1923 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1923 AAA Championships London, England 6–7 July 1923 Stamford Bridge Senior Outdoor 21 1922 1924 AAA Championships The 1923 AAA Championships was the 1923 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 6 to 7 July 1923 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001947/19230707/184/0012 Liddell creates new record Pall Mall Gazette 7 July 1923 British Newspaper Archive subscription 12 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19220703/418/0016 Athletic Championships Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 9 July 1923 British Newspaper Archive subscription 12 July 2024 The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition. The year of 1923 also saw the inaugural running of the WAAA Championships in Bromley, although several events had been competed for in 1922. Results https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 12 July 2024 thumb|right|150px|Welshman Cecil Griffiths finally won an AAA title thumb|right|150px|Frenchman Pierre Lewden won both the high jump and pole jump events EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards SCO Eric Liddell 9.7 NR Wilfred Nichol 2 ft Thomas Matthewman 1 ft220 yards SCO Eric Liddell 21.6Thomas Matthewman 2 ydWilfred Nichol 1½ yd440 yards USA William Stevenson 49.6Guy Butler 2 ftJohn Gillis inches880 yardsWAL 1807 Cecil Griffiths 1:56.6Edgar Mountain 4 ydSonny Spencer 5 yd1 mile Henry Stallard 4:21.6 Maurice Pugh 4:23.2 Herbert Johnston 3 yd4 miles Joe Blewitt 19:56.6 FRA Lucien Duquesne 19:56.8 George Webber 20:03.010 miles Ernie Harper 53:34.6 C. W. Vincent 55:13.2 CAN 1921 Vincent Callard 55:18.6steeplechase Percy Hodge 11:13.6 Halland Britton 11:18.0 J. Kelley 40 yd120y hurdles Frederick Gaby 15.2 =NR Leopold Partridge inches USA Trevis Huhn6 yd440y hurdles L. H. Phillips 58.0 William Boardman 2 ft Frederick Browning 5 yd2 miles walk Gordon Watts 14:24.0 Reg Goodwin 14:31.2 Fred Poynton 14:51.07 miles walk Gordon Watts 54:35.4 Reg Goodwin 55:19.2 Harold King 55:46.6high jump FRA Pierre Lewden 1.930 Jack Probert 1.778 Arthur WillisRobert Dickinson 1.7271.727pole jump FRA Pierre Lewden walkover n/a only 1 competitorlong jump Harold Abrahams 7.23 W. H. Childs 6.79 Guy Brockington 6.68triple jump John Odde 14.13 (NR) David Slack13.33 Charles Lively 13.31shot put IRE John Barrett 11.95William Bradford 11.43G. W. Laidlaw 11.39discus throw George Mitchell 33.60Walter Henderson 33.46Charles Best 32.78hammer throw Malcolm Nokes 49.18SCO John Jackson 37.79 Alexander Murray 32.25javelin throwSCO James Dalrymple 45.34SEY Henri Dauban 44.36G. Hagberg 42.621 mile relay Surrey AC3m 36.4-5s Birchfield Harriers 3 yd Blackheath Harriers 7 yd See also 1923 WAAA Championships References Category:AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:July 1923 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1923 in the sport of athletics