1905 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1905 AAA Championships London, England 1 July 1905 Stamford Bridge (stadium) Senior Outdoor 16 1904 1906 AAA Championships The 1905 AAA Championships was the 1905 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1905 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England, in front of 7–8,000 spectators.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19050703/347/0012 Amateur Athletic Championships Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 3 July 1905 British Newspaper Archive subscription 11 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19050703/021/0002 The Amateur Championships Sporting Life 3 July 1905 British Newspaper Archive subscription 11 July 2024 The Championships consisted of 16 events. thumb|right|200px|Frenchman Gonder won the pole jump event Results https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 11 July 2024 EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards John Morton 10.2 SCO James Stark 2½ yd Harold Watson ½ yd220 yards USA Henry Hyman 22.4Claude Jupp 6 ydSCO James Stark 2 yd440 yardsSCO Wyndham Halswelle 50.8FRA Georges Malfait 1½-5 ydEdwin Montague 3 yd880 yardsSCO Bernard Blunden 2:02.0Reginald Crabbe 2 ydDavid Cowan 5 yd1 mile George Butterfield 4:25.2SCO John McGough 2-6 yd E. Gardner 1 yd4 miles Josh Smith 21:08.8 SCO Douglas McNicol 21:34.6 H. Hobbs 21:43.010 miles Albert Aldridge 51:49.0 E. Gardner 53:12.2 Joe Deakin 53:44.2steeplechase Arthur Russell 11:11.0 Albert Aldridge 10 yd only 2 finished120yd hurdles SCO Robert Stronach 16.8 WAL 1807 Wallis Walters 3 ydUSA Edward Amsler 2 miles walk George Larner 13:50.0 Robert Wilkinson 140 yd W. H. Martindale 100 yd7 miles walk George Larner 52:34.0 Frederick Thompson 54:29.0 W. H. Martindale 54:47.0high jump LeinsterCon Leahy 1.784 Edward Leader 1.733 only 2 competedpole jump FRA Fernand Gonder 3.10 not awarded only 1 competitorlong jump Leinster Peter O'Connor 7.25 Lionel Cornish 7.10 SWE Hjalmar Mellander6.60shot putLeinster Denis Horgan 13.55 SCO Tom Nicolson 12.43Leinster Michael Collins 11.35hammer throw SCO Tom Nicolson 47.51 Leinster Denis Horgan 40.24 Alf Flaxman 35.46 References Category:AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:International sports competitions in London Category:1905 in the sport of athletics Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:July 1905 sports events in the United Kingdom