1868 AAC Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1868 AAC Championships London, England 19–20 June 1868 Beaufort House, Walham Green, London Senior Outdoor 1867 1869 AAC Championships The 1868 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held from 19 to 20 June 1868, in the grounds of Thomas Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh's Beaufort House.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000355/18680620/070/0007 Amateur Athletic Club Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle 20 June 1868 British Newspaper Archive subscription 20 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18680620/013/0003 Amateur Championship Meeting London Evening Standard 20 June 1868 British Newspaper Archive subscription 20 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18680622/013/0003 Amateur Athletic Club Sports Morning Post 22 June 1868 British Newspaper Archive subscription 20 July 2024 Summary The championships were run over two days for the first time. A cup was presented to each winner and a medal was awarded to second place. Walter Chinnery set a world record for the 4 miles event with as time of 21:12.0. Robert Mitchell set a world record for the pole jump event with a jump of 3.21. Results https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 20 July 2024 Event1st2nd3rd100 yards William Tennent AAC 10.2 Edward J. Colbeck London AC 1 ft William MacLaren Manchester AC 1½ ydquarter-mile Edward J. Colbeck London AC 50.4 NR William MacLaren Manchester AC 12 yd Walter M. Chinnery London ACgave uphalf-mile Edward J. Colbeck London AC 2:02.0 Arthur King London AC 4½ yd Walter R. M. Bethune Civil Service AA 3½ yd1 mile Walter M. Chinnery London AC 4:33.2 Edward Hawtrey Eton College 27 yd only 2 competitors 4 miles Walter M. Chinnery London AC 21:12.0 WR Joseph Snow Manchester AC 270 yd Sydenham Dixon Civil Service AA retired120yd hurdles William Tennent AAC 17.4 William MacLaren Manchester AC ½ yd William F. Powell Moore AAC 5 yd7 miles walk Walter Rye London AC 57:40 Thomas Griffith AAC 58:00 H. M. Wilkinson Civil Service AA a milehigh jump Robert J. C. Mitchell Manchester AC 1.727 Charles Guy Pym Civil Service AA 1.676 Frederick W. Parsons Magdalen C 1.575pole jump Robert J. C. Mitchell Manchester AC 3.21 WR William F. Powell Moore AAC 3.06 Alfred Lubbock AAC 2.59broad jump Robert J. C. Mitchell Manchester AC 6.01 Edward Havers Ingatestone 5.92 William Tennent AAC4.91shot put John Stone Liverpool AC 11.56 NR Robert J. C. Mitchell Manchester AC 10.97 William F. Powell Moore AAC10.40hammer throw Henry Leeke Trinity College 30.33 NR Douglas Moffatt AAC 29.49 Patrick Halkett London Scottish 28.42 References Athletics Outdoor Category:1868 in English sport Category:Athletics competitions in England AAC Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:June 1868 in the United Kingdom