1937 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1937 AAA Championships London, England 16–17 July 1937 White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 25 1936 1938 AAA Championships The 1937 AAA Championships was the 1937 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 16 to 17 July 1937 at White City Stadium in London, England.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19370717/014/0014 The Athletic Championships Liverpool Daily Post 17 July 1937 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19370719/011/0011 Six records go by the board at White City Evening Despatch 19 July 1937 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024 The Championships consisted of 25 events and covered two days of competition. The decathlon was held at Loughborough on 21–22 August. 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|John Mikaelsson thumb|right|150px|Karl Hein EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Cyril Holmes 9.9 Arthur Sweeney 1 yd Ernie Page 2 ft220 yards Arthur Sweeney 21.9Cyril Holmes ½ yd HUN Gyula Gyenes 1 yd440 yards Bill Roberts 48.2SAF 1928 Ronald Wylde 49.2AUS John Horsfall 49.3880 yards Arthur Collyer 1:53.3Frank Handley 1:53.5WAL 1807 Jim Alford 1:54.31 mile Sydney Wooderson 4:12.2 Denis Pell 4:15.4 SCO Bobby Graham 4:15.93 miles Peter Ward 14:19.8 HUN János Kelen 14:21.6 NIR 1926 Jack Parker 14:32.06 milesHUN János Kelen 30:07.8Alec Burns 30:10.5Lawrence Weatherill 30:38.210 miles Reginald Walker 52:33.8 Alec Burns 52:37.0 Lawrence Weatherill 52:54.0marathon SCO Donald Robertson 2:37:19.2 GRE old Stylianos Kyriakides 2:40:10.0 Albert Norris 2:41:41.0steeplechase SCO William Wylie 10:27.0 SCO Robert Sutherland 10:28.1 Henry Clark 10:33.0120y hurdles Don Finlay 14.5 John Thornton 2 yd NED Jan Brasser 3 yd440y hurdles BEL Juul Bosmans 55.0 GRE old Christos Mantikas 55.6 IRL Robert Wallace 2 yd2 miles walk Bert Cooper 13:58.2 Eddie Staker 14:24.4 Don Brown 14:33.47 miles walk SWE John Mikaelsson 50:19.2 Harry Churcher 51:13.0 Fred Redman 51:55.0high jump John Lunn Newman 1.880 Charles Walker 1.880 Arthur GoldIRL Richard O'Rafferty 1.778pole vault John Dodd 3.68 Alfred Kinally 3.58 SCO Alexander Gibson 3.58long jump GER Nazi Luz Long 7.48 SCO Sam Beattie 7.19 William Breach 7.02triple jump NED Willem Peters 14.32 Bert Shillington 14.26 Jack Higginson Jr. 13.90shot put GER Nazi Hans Wöllke 15.39Robert Howland 13.89A. Rosser 12.66discus throw GRE old Nikolaos Syllas 49.18GER Nazi Willy Schröder 47.39HUN Jeno Kulitzy 44.12hammer throw GER Nazi Karl Hein 55.86GER Nazi Erwin Blask 54.64 GER Nazi Otto Lutz 49.36javelin throwStanley Wilson 59.18 NRSAF 1928 Ralph Blakeway 57.80Robert Turner 53.98decathlon Jim Miggins 4647NIR 1924 James Nesbitt 4506N. A. Hewson 4361440 yards relay Blackheath Harriers42.0sec Magyar Athletikai Club Budapest½ yd Vuictoria Park Harriers7 ydTug of warRoyal Army Service Corps Cranleigh & District British Legion See also 1937 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 1937 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1937 in the sport of athletics