1899 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1899 AAA Championships Wolverhampton, England 1 July 1899 Molineux Grounds Senior Outdoor 14 1898 1900 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.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18990703/154/0008 The Amateur Athletic Association Championships Sporting Life 3 July 1899 British Newspaper Archive subscription 6 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18990703/015/0002 Amateur Athletic Association Championships Morning Post 3 July 1899 British Newspaper Archive subscription 6 July 2024 The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same. thumb|right|150px|Tom Kiely won his third consecutive hammer title Results https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 6 July 2024 EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Reginald Wadsley 10.2 Claude Jupp ½ yd Frederick Cooper 2 yd440 yards Reginald Wadsley54.6Herbert Pride-Jones 2 ftCharles Sheppard 5 yd880 yards Alfred Tysoe 1:58.6William Lutyens 4 ftJoseph Binks 15 yd1 mileSCO Hugh Welsh 4:25.0 Charles Bennett 1½ yd Robert Wellin 10 yd4 miles Charles Bennett 20:49.6 Arthur Hutchings 20:58.6 Edward Ratcliffe 21:10.610 miles Charles Bennett 54:18.4 John Rimmer 54:37.4 George Smith 55:31.6steeplechase Walter Stokes 11:16.8 W. S. Ingmere 120 yd Henry Lloyd 80 yd120yd hurdles William Paget-Tomlinson 16.4 Alfred Trafford 1½ yd Joseph Gould4 miles walk William Sturgess 29:20.6 Jack Butler 29:47.0 E. Middleton 31:07.4high jump Leinster Patrick Leahy 1.784 Claude Leggatt 1.734 Robert Perry 1.683pole jump E.C. Pritchard 2.77 G. Pheysey nh only 2 competitorslong jumpLeinster William Newburn 6.75SCO Hugh Barr 6.52 Claude Leggatt 6.04shot put Leinster Denis Horgan 14.03SCO R. Nelson Robbie 10.72only 2 competitorshammer throwLeinster Tom Kiely 41.57Leinster Denis Horgan 40.14 SCO R. Nelson Robbie 33.84 References Category:AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:Sport in Wolverhampton Category:1899 in the sport of athletics Category:19th century in Staffordshire Category:July 1899 in Europe