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1908 AAA Championships

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1908 AAA Championships
Dates4 July 1908
Host cityLondon, England
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events16
1907
1909


The 1908 AAA Championships was the 1908 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 4 July 1908 at the White City Stadium in London, England. The attendance was 22,000 and included Prince Albert of Wales (later George VI).[1][2]

The Championships consisted of 16 events.

Canadian Robert Kerr completed a sprint double
Harold Wilson was the mile champion

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Canada Robert Kerr 10.0 South Africa Reginald Walker 1 yd John Morton inches
220 yards Canada Robert Kerr 22.4 Lionel Reed 5 yd John George 1 yd
440 yards Scotland Wyndham Halswelle 49.4 Edwin Montague
Edward Ryle
5 yd
5 yd
not awarded
880 yards Theodore Just 1:58.2 Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford 8-10 yd J. W. Monument 5 yd
1 mile Harold Wilson 4:20.2 Joe Deakin 10 yd Francis Knott 2-4 yd
4 miles Emil Voigt 19:47.4 Archie Robertson 19:52.8 A. Edward Wood 19:53.6
10 miles Scotland Alexander Duncan 53:40.6 Joe Deakin 53:41.4 Scotland Thomas Jack 53:42.0
steeplechase Reginald Noakes 10:35.0 Arthur Russell 5-10 yd William Grantham 5-30 yd
120yd hurdles South Africa John Duncker 16.2 Oswald Groenings ½ yd New Zealand Henry Murray 1 ft-2 yd
2 miles walk George Larner 13:58.4 Ernest Webb 14:05.6 Richard Harrison 14:14.6
7 miles walk Ernest Webb 53:02.6 Frank Carter 53:43.0 William Palmer 54:25.0
high jump Leinster Con Leahy 1.803 Sweden Axel Hedenlund 1.778 Oswald Groenings
Walter Henderson
1.753
pole jump Canada Ed Archibald 3.66 Sweden Bruno Söderström 3.60 Belgium Alexandre de Petrofsky
Sweden Carl Silfverstrand
3.05
3.05
long jump Scotland Wilfred Bleaden 6.79 Leinster Denis Murray 6.61 John Pattison 6.45
shot put Leinster Denis Horgan 13.59 Scotland Tom Kirkwood 13.40 Sweden Hugo Wieslander 12.15
hammer throw United States Simon Gillis 50.12 Leinster Denis Horgan 40.00 Scotland Robert Lindsay-Watson 33.79

References

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  1. ^ "Prince Albert watches Stadium Sports". Daily Mirror. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 6 July 1908. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 July 2024.