1934 AAA Championships explained

1934 AAA Championships
Host City:	London, England
Dates:	13–14 July 1934
Stadium:	White City Stadium
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Events:	24
Previous:	1933
Next:	1935
Games:	AAA Championships

The 1934 AAA Championships was the 1934 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1934 at White City Stadium in London, England.^{[1] [2]}

The Championships consisted of 24 events and covered two days of competition.

Results

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width=100	Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Jozsef Sir HUN	9.9	Arthur Sweeney	inches	Christiaan Berger NED	1 ft
220 yards	Robin Murdoch	22.1	Arthur Sweeney	22.2	Ian Young	22.4
440 yards	Godfrey Rampling	49.6	Crew Stoneley	50.0	Geoffrey Blake	50.4
880 yards	Jack Cooper	1:56.4	John Powell	1:57.4	Michael Gutteridge	1:57.7
1 mile	Jack Lovelock NZL	4:26.6	Sydney Wooderson	4:27.8	Jerry Cornes	4:28.8
3 miles	Janusz Kusocinski POL	14:13.6	Walter Beavers	14:26.0	Cyril Allen	14:26.3
6 miles	Jack Holden	30:43.8	Arthur Penny	60-80 yd	Arthur Furze	220 yd
10 miles	Jack Holden	52:21.4	John Dougall	54:10.0	L. Mudd	55:03.0
marathon	Donald Robertson	2:41:55.0	Albert Norris	2:55:05.0	Thomas Lalande RSA	2:58:37.0
steeplechase	Stanley Scarsbrook	10:48.4	Thomas Campbell	10:58.7	George Bailey	10:59.3
120y hurdles		14.8	Charles Stanwood USA	15.0	John Gabriel	15.3
440y hurdles	Ralph Brown	55.4	Robert Wallace IRL	55.8	Frank Hunter	56.3
2 miles walk	Bert Cooper	13:41.0	Dick Edge	13:45.0	Don Brown	40 yd
7 miles walk	Johnny Johnson	52:10.4	Leslie Dickinson	52:18.4	Fred Redman	52:22.4
high jump	Mihaly Bodosi HUN	1.905	John Michie	1.880	Arthur Gray William Land	1.854
pole vault	Frank Phillipson	3.73	Patrick Ogilvie	3.73	Richard Webster	3.66
long jump	Robert Paul FRA	7.03	Sandy Duncan	6.89	George Pallett	6.86
triple jump	Edward Boyce	14.55	Jack Higginson jnr	13.11	Leslie Butler	12.88
shot put	Zygmunt Heljasz POL	14.89	Pat O'Callaghan IRL	14.04	Robert Howland	13.44
discus throw	Patrick Bermingham IRL	42.44	Douglas Bell	40.78	Ned Tobin IRL	40.64
hammer throw	Pat O'Callaghan IRL	51.44	William Britton IRL	45.64	Sandy Smith	45.54
javelin throw	Charles Bowen	51.74	Stanley Wilson	51.04	John Duus	50.22
440 yards relay	Budapesti Budai Torna Egylet	43 sec	Preussen Krefeld		ATC De Snelvoeters
Tug of war	Royal Ulster Constabulary		Monmouthshire Constabulary		Royal Marines London Borough Police

Notes and References

1. News: Finals of White City events . Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette . 14 July 1934 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 13 July 2024.
2. News: British athletes lose titles . Weekly Dispatch (London) . 15 July 1934 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 13 July 2024.
3. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 13 July 2024.