1919 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1919 AAA Championships London, England 5 July 1919 Stamford Bridge (stadium) Senior Outdoor 17 1914 1920 AAA Championships The 1919 AAA Championships was the 1919 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 5 July 1919 at the Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, England.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19190707/133/0007 AAA Championships Daily Herald 7 July 1919 British Newspaper Archive subscription 11 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19190707/010/0010 Amateur Champions Daily Record 7 July 1919 British Newspaper Archive subscription 11 July 2024 The Championships consisted of 17 events. The triple jump, javelin and discus throw were not held. Impact of WWI The Championships returned after missing four years due to World War I. Many former AAA champions or medal winners who would have competed at the 1919 Championships had been killed in action from 1914 to 1918 as a result or cause of the war. They included - 18em Gerard Anderson Henry Ashington GER empire Hanns Braun FIN Juho Halme George Hutson Henry Alan Leeke GER empire Georg Mickler HUN Imre Mudin Alan Patterson Kenneth Powell Albert Rowland Clive Taylor Richard Yorke Results https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 12 July 2024 thumb|right|150px|Percy Hodge thumb|right|150px|Albert Hill EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards William Hill 10.0 NZL Jack Lindsay ½ yd Victor d'Arcy inches220 yards William Hill 22.6 Harry Edward 1-5 ydNZL Jack Lindsay 1 yd440 yards Guy Butler 49.8SWE Nils Engdahl ¾-1½ ydWAL 1807 Cecil Griffiths 2 yd880 yards Albert Hill 1:55.2SWE Anatole Bolin 1:58.6 Percy Sweet 1:59.81 mile Albert Hill 4:21.2 SWE Sven Lundgren 4:26.2 John Quinn 4:28.84 miles SWE Eric Backman 19:56.4 Ernest Glover 20:19.0 E. J. Rogers 20:39.410 miles Joe Blewitt 53:45.6 Walter Monk 55:46.6 FRA Ahmed Djebelia 56:16.42 miles steeplechase Percy Hodge 11:53.6 IRE Larry Cummins 12:04.0 Jack Cruise 12:16.4120y hurdles NZL Harry Wilson 15.8 George Gray 3 yd NZL Gerald Keddell 1 yd440y hurdles George Gray 59.8 Joseph English 8-15 yd Laurence Pullar2 miles walk Bobby Bridge14:18.4 DEN Gunnar Rasmussen 14:28.8 J. W. Dowse 14:29.87 miles walk William Hehir 53:23.6 Charles Dowson 53:31.2 J. W. Dowse 54:37.6high jump Benjamin Howard Baker 1.803 SWE Georg Högström 1.778 IRE Tim Carroll 1.753pole jump SWE Georg Högström 3.35 DEN Henry Petersen 3.27 only 2 competitorslong jump SWE William Petersson 7.18 CAN Le Roy Haliburton 6.79 AUS Ethelbert Southee 6.72shot put SWE Bertil Jansson 12.98 Rex Woods 12.25 A. Hamilton 10.78hammer throw DEN Einar Midtgaard 44.00 John Freeborn 34.80 only 2 competitors References Category:AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:July 1919 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:July 1919 in the United Kingdom Category:1919 in the sport of athletics