1939 AAA Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1939 AAA Championships London, England 7–8 July 1939 White City Stadium Senior Outdoor 25 1938 1946 AAA Championships The 1939 AAA Championships was the 1939 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 7 to 8 July 1939 at White City Stadium in London, England. The attendance was 20,300.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19390708/443/0016 Athletics Birmingham Daily Post 8 July 1939 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19390710/316/0011 British Athletic Prestige enhanced in AAA Championships Birmingham Daily Gazette 10 July 1939 British Newspaper Archive subscription 13 July 2024 Summary The Championships consisted of 25 events and covered two days of competition. It was the last championships to be held for six years following the outbreak of World War II shortly after the 1939 championships. The 1939 competitors Arthur Sweeney and Julien Saelens were among those to lose their lives during the war. Jack Emery broke the British record when winning the 3 miles event and Sydney Wooderson won his fifth consecutive 1 mile event. Results https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 13 July 2024 EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Arthur Sweeney 9.9 Cyril Holmes inches border|25px John Cumberbatch 2 ft220 yards Cyril Holmes 21.9 Arthur Sweeney 1 ft BEL Julien Saelens1 ft440 yards Alan Pennington 48.8 Henry Pack 49.4 Rowland Palmer 49.9880 yards Godfrey Brown 1:55.1 John Moreton 1:55.1 Austin Littler 1:55.41 mile Sydney Wooderson 4:11.8 Denis Pell 4:12.0 Arthur Collyer 4:15.03 miles Jack Emery 14:08.0 BR Peter Ward 14:08.6 Aubrey Reeve 14:11.66 milesWAL 1807 Samuel Palmer 30:06.4Reginald Walker 30:09.4BEL Jean Chapelle 30:40.410 miles BEL Jean Chapelle 51:56.0 Lawrence Weatherill 52:25.2 Charles Carter 52:54.0marathon SCO Donald Robertson 2:35:37.0 Squire Yarrow 2:37:50.0 SAF 1928 Tommy Lalande 2:44:01.0steeplechase BEL Jean Chapelle 10:22.4 Anthony Etheridge 10:29.0 SCO William Wylie 10:36.6120y hurdles NED Jan Brasser 14.7 Thomas Lockton ½ yd Frederick Scopes 4-8 yd440y hurdles BEL Juul Bosmans 54.9 GRE old Christos Mantikas 2½-4 yd Rowland Palmer 6-7 yd2 miles walk Harry Churcher 13:50.0 Bert Cooper 14:05.4 Hew Neilson 14:11.27 miles walk Harry Churcher 52:37.0 Eddie Staker 53:31.4 Joe Coleman 54:32.2high jump John Lunn Newman 1.880 Hubert Stubbs 1.829 IRL Richard O'Raffertyborder|25px Eric Pierre 1.829pole vault Dick Webster 3.73 Douglas Redsull 3.66 SCO Alexander Gibson 3.50long jump William Breach 7.21 Harry Askew 7.14 Harry Lister 7.13triple jump GRE old Ioannis Palamiotis 15.03 NED Willem Peters 14.58 F. Whalston 13.95shot put NED Aad de Bruyn 14.79 Robert Howland 13.74 IRL Leonard Horan 13.35discus throwGRE old Nikolaos Syllas 49.12NED Aad de Bruyn 42.38NIR 1924 James Nesbitt 41.76hammer throw IRL Bert Healion 49.28 Norman Drake 46.76 SCO Duncan Clark 44.19javelin throw SCO James McKillop 56.88 E. W. Hibbard 50.64 Charles A. Melchior 50.01Tug of war (catchweight)NIR 1924 Royal Ulster ConstabularySharlston West Colliery Royal Army Service Corps (Feltham) Tug of war (110st)NIR 1924 Royal Ulster Constabulary Royal Army Service Corps (Feltham) 440 yards relay Blackheath Harriers43.4sec Herne Hill Harriersinches Polytechnic Harriers2 yd See also 1939 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 1939 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1939 in the sport of athletics