1928 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1928 AAA Championships London, England 6–7 July 1928 Stamford Bridge Senior Outdoor 24 1927 1929 AAA Championships The 1928 AAA Championships was the 1928 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 6 to 7 July 1928 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19280707/246/0012 Peltzer fails to come back London Daily Chronicle 7 July 1928 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19280709/311/0015 Champions of the AAA Daily News (London) 9 July 1928 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024 The Championships consisted of 24 events and covered two days of competition. The decathlon was introduced for the first time and the marathon was held from Windsor to Stamford Bridge. 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|South African Wilfred Legg won the 100 yards thumb|right|150px|Two more South Africans, Sid Atkinson, winner of the 120 yards hurdles (left) and George Weightman-Smith, second in the javelin (right) EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards SAF 1912 Wilfred Legg 9.9 GER Helmut Körnig 1 yd GER Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann inches220 yardsGER Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann 21.7GER Helmut Körnig 2-4 ftWalter Rangeley 3 yd440 yardsDouglas Lowe 50.0John Rinkel 2 ydRoger Leigh-Wood inches880 yardsDouglas Lowe 1:56.6GER Hermann Engelhard 1:57.0Wilfrid Tatham 1:57.61 mile Cyril Ellis 4:20.8 WAL 1807 Reg Thomas 4:22.4 AUS William Whyte 4:22.64 milesWalter Beavers 19:41.6 Arthur Muggridge 19:41.8 Freddie Light 19:54.610 miles Jack Webster 52:16.2 John Beman 52:20.4 Ernest Harper 52:21.4marathon Harry Payne 2:34:34.0 NR SCO Dunky Wright 2:38:09.0 Ernest Harper 2:39:08.0steeplechase Jack Webster 10:44.8 Edward Oliver 11:30.0 Vernon Morgan 11:09.0120y hurdles SAF 1912 Sidney Atkinson 14.7 Frederick Gaby 2 yd Lord Burghley440y hurdles Lord Burghley 54.0 NRSCO Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth 55.2 FRA Roger Viel 2 miles walk Alf Pope 14:04.8 Cecil Hyde 14:16.2 John Wilson 14:24.67 miles walk Cecil Hyde 55:46.2 Dick Edge 56:12.6 John Wilson 56:35.6high jumpFRA Claude Ménard 1.905 CEY Carl Van Geysel 1.880 FRA André Cherrier Harry Simmons 1.8541.854pole jump USA Franklin Kelley 3.83 Fred Housden USA Edmund McGill 3.50 n/along jump NED Hannes de Boer 7.21 GER Rudolf Dobermann 7.17 AUS Walter Harrison 6.91triple jumpNED Willem Peters 14.91 AUS Anthony Winter 14.51 NED Jan Blankers 14.32shot put FRA Édouard Duhour 14.45Rex Woods 13.46SAF 1912 Harry Hart 12.93discus throw GER Ernst Paulus 44.48FRA Jules Noel 41.54Charles Best 35.52hammer throw IRL Bill Britton 46.62Malcolm Nokes 46.14 SCO John Jackson 37.99javelin throw NZL Stanley Lay 67.90SAF 1912 George Weightman-Smith 61.96FRA Emmanuel Degland 59.47decathlon SAF 1912 Harry Hart 6769.825 Howard Ford 5807.79 NR Donald Hooton 5558.955440 yards relay Frankfurter Sportgemeinde Eintracht Achilles Club Surrey AC Tug of war London Fire Brigade Edgware Police See also 1928 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 1928 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1928 in the sport of athletics