1899 AAA Championships | |
Host City: | Wolverhampton, England |
Dates: | 1 July 1899 |
Stadium: | Molineux Grounds |
Level: | Senior |
Type: | Outdoor |
Events: | 14 |
Previous: | 1898 |
Next: | 1900 |
Games: | AAA Championships |
The 1899 AAA Championships was the 1899 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1899 at the Molineux Grounds in Wolverhampton, England, in front of 5,000 spectators.[1] [2]
The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.
width=100 | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | Reginald Wadsley | 10.2 | Claude Jupp | ½ yd | Frederick Cooper | 2 yd | |
440 yards | Reginald Wadsley | 54.6 | Herbert Pride-Jones | 2 ft | Charles Sheppard | 5 yd | |
880 yards | 1:58.6 | William Lutyens | 4 ft | Joseph Binks | 15 yd | ||
1 mile | Hugh Welsh | 4:25.0 | 1½ yd | Robert Wellin | 10 yd | ||
4 miles | 20:49.6 | Arthur Hutchings | 20:58.6 | Edward Ratcliffe | 21:10.6 | ||
10 miles | 54:18.4 | 54:37.4 | George Smith | 55:31.6 | |||
steeplechase | Walter Stokes | 11:16.8 | W. S. Ingmere | 120 yd | Henry Lloyd | 80 yd | |
120yd hurdles | William Paget-Tomlinson | 16.4 | Alfred Trafford | 1½ yd | Joseph Gould | ||
4 miles walk | William Sturgess | 29:20.6 | Jack Butler | 29:47.0 | E. Middleton | 31:07.4 | |
high jump | 1.784 | Claude Leggatt | 1.734 | Robert Perry | 1.683 | ||
pole jump | E.C. Pritchard | 2.77 | G. Pheysey | nh | only 2 competitors | ||
long jump | William Newburn | 6.75 | Hugh Barr | 6.52 | Claude Leggatt | 6.04 | |
shot put | 14.03 | R. Nelson Robbie | 10.72 | only 2 competitors | |||
hammer throw | 41.57 | 40.14 | R. Nelson Robbie | 33.84 |