1931 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1931 AAA Championships London, England 3–4 July 1931 Stamford Bridge Senior Outdoor 24 1930 1932 AAA Championships The 1931 AAA Championships was the 1931 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 3 to 4 July 1931 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19310704/264/0013 Athletics records may be smashed today Daily News (London) 4 July 1931 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19310706/286/0014 Few AAA titles go abroad Daily Herald 6 July 1931 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024 After 19 consecutive years at Stamford Bridge, it would be the last time that the venue hosted the championships. The Championships consisted of 24 events and covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Stamford Bridge. The steeplechase event saw the number of hurdles standardised and the pole jump was renamed the pole vault. Results https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 13 July 2024 thumb|right|150px|Scotsman Dunky Wright retained his marathon title thumb|right|150px|Tom Evenson won the steeplechase EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Ernie Page 10.0 SCO Fred Reid inches ITA 1861 Edgardo Toetti inches220 yards SCO Robin Murdoch 22.5John Hanlon inchesTCH Andrej Engel 440 yards Godfrey Rampling 48.6HUN Laszlo Barsi 49.6AUT Felix Rinner 50.0880 yards Tommy Hampson1:54.8Stuart Townend 1:56.4GER Otto Peltzer 1:56.71 mile WAL 1807 Reg Thomas4:16.4 Cyril Ellis 4:20.6 NOR Reidar Jørgensen 4:21.04 miles Alec Burns 19:49.4 SCO James Wood 20:00.0 SCO Robert Sutherland 20:07.410 miles Jack Winfield 54:34.4 Thomas Evenson 54:41.4 John Potts 54:48.4marathon SCO Dunky Wright 2:49:54.2 Stan Smith 2:50:09.4 Henry Clarke 2:54:06.4steeplechase Thomas Evenson 10:36.4 George Bailey 10:39.0 Sidney Binfield120y hurdles Lord Burghley 14.8 Donald Finlay ½ yd NOR Holger Albrechtsen 1 ft440y hurdles ITA 1861 Luigi Facelli 54.4 SWE Johan Areskoug 3-5 yd Lord Burghley 1 yd2 miles walk Alf Pope 13:52.6 Bert Cooper 13:57.8 LAT Janis Dalins 14:10.07 miles walk ITA 1861 Ugo Frigerio 53:32.0 LAT Janis Dalins 53:40.0 Alf Pope 54:09.0high jump Arthur Gray 1.829GUY Colin Gordon & Alec James (shared silver) 1.803pole vault SWE Henry Lindblad 3.88 NED Age van der Zee 3.81 Laurence Bond 3.66long jump NED Hannes de Boer 7.21ITA 1861 Arturo Maffei 7.06 NED Anton van Welsenses 6.98triple jump NED Jan Blankers 14.22 NED Willem Peters 14.16 Harold Langley 13.43shot put HUN József Daranyi 15.23TCH František Douda 15.16Kenneth Pridie 13.46discus throw HUN Endre Madarász 43.10AUT Emil Janausch 42.30Kenneth Pridie 38.74hammer throw SWE Ossian Skiöld 51.36SWE Gunnar Jansson 48.83 ITA 1861 Fernando Vandelli 46.84javelin throw NOR Olav Sunde 60.76SAF 1912 Willem Hertzog 53.13Stanley Wilson 53.03440 yards relay Achilles Club43.3–5sec Blackheath Harriers Polytechnic HarriersTug of war (100 st) Royal Marines Portsmouth Luton Borough Police Willesden LocoRN Barracks ChathamTug of war (catch weight) Royal Marines Portsmouth London Fire Brigade See also 1931 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 1931 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1931 in the sport of athletics