1926 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1926 AAA Championships London, England 2–3 July 1926 Stamford Bridge Senior Outdoor 21 1925 1927 AAA Championships The 1926 AAA Championships was the 1926 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 2 to 3 July 1926 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19260703/038/0007 AAA Championships Gloucester Citizen 3 July 1926 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003212/19260705/210/0011 Champion Athletes Daily News (London) 5 July 1926 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024 The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Stamford Bridge on 29 May. 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 Rinkel thumb|right|150px|Ernie Harper won his second 10 miles title EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards GER Richard Corts 10.0 Jack London ½ yd GER Helmut Körnig inches220 yards Guy Butler 21.9GER Joachim Büchner 2 ft - 1½ ydNZL Arthur Porritt 1 ft440 yards John Rinkel 49.8GER Otto Peltzer 2 ftNED Adriaan Paulen880 yards GER Otto Peltzer 1:51.6 WRDougles Lowe 1:52.0 NRWAL 1807 Cecil Griffiths 6-7 yd1 mile FRA Georges Baraton 4:17.4 GER Herbert Böcher 3 yd SCO Tom Riddell 4:18.44 miles Jack Webster 19:49.6 Herbert Johnston 20:04.8 George Webb 20:13.010 miles Ernest Harper 52:04.2 Phillip Francis 53:23.6 C. W. Vincent 53:37.0marathon NIR Sam Ferris 2:42:24.2 Albert Mills 2:46:11.2 Matthew Maleedy 2:51:50.0steeplechase Jack Webster10:34.2 George Constable 11:21.8 A. J. Smith 11:28.2120y hurdles Frederick Gaby 15.2 =NR SAF 1912 George Weightman-Smith inches Lord Burghley 1 ft440y hurdles Lord Burghley 55.0 NR SCO Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth 2-2½ yd POL Stefan Kostrewski 5-12 yd2 miles walk Wilf Cowley 14:32.4 C. W. Cater 14:40.0 Lloyd Johnson14:43.07 miles walk Reg Goodwin53:56.0 C. C. Coulson 54:44.6 Wilf Cowley 55:23.6high jump CEY Carl Van Geysel 1.854 John Pendlebury 1.829 HUN Ferenc Orbán 1.803pole jump USA Franklin Kelley 3.66 HUN János Karlovits 3.50 James Campbell 3.35long jump AUS Richard Honner 7.21 HUN Tibor Püspöki 6.89 ITA 1861 Virgilio Tommasi 6.86triple jump Jack Higginson 13.87 NOR Sverre Helgesen 13.84 Harold Langley 13.51shot put Rex Woods 13.69HUN József Daranyi 13.60NOR Hjalmar Johnsen 13.30discus throwIRE Paddy Bermingham 43.38NOR Ketil Askildt 42.45GER Hans Hoffmeister 41.31hammer throw Malcolm Nokes 48.62NZL John McHolm42.16 ITA 1861 Armando Poggioli 41.76javelin throwNOR Olav Sunde 61.34HUN Béla Szepes 56.90SAF 1912 Edward Sutherland51.10 See also 1926 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 1926 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1926 in the sport of athletics