1936 AAA Championships explained

1936 AAA Championships
Host City:	London, England
Dates:	10–11 July 1936
Stadium:	White City Stadium
Level:	Senior
Type:	Outdoor
Events:	25
Previous:	1935
Next:	1937
Games:	AAA Championships

The 1936 AAA Championships was the 1936 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 10 to 11 July 1936 at White City Stadium in London, England.^{[1] [2]}

The Championships consisted of 25 events and covered two days of competition.

Results

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width=100	Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Martinus Osendarp NED	9.8	Arthur Sweeney	9.8	Cyril Holmes	9.9
220 yards	Arthur Sweeney	21.9	Cyril Holmes	22.1	Wijnand van Beveren NED	22.2
440 yards	Godfrey Brown	48.6	Godfrey Rampling	49.1	Bill Roberts	inches
880 yards	John Powell	1:54.7	Frank Handley	1:54.9	Kazimierz Kucharski POL	1:54.9
1 mile	Sydney Wooderson	4:15.0	Jack Lovelock NZL	4:15.2	Robert Graham	4:16.5
3 miles	Peter Ward	14:15.8 NR	Frank Close	14:20.2	Aubrey Reeve	14:22.3
6 miles	Jósef Noji POL	29:43.4	Alex Burns	29:45.0 NR	John Potts	29:47.0
10 miles	William Eaton	50:30.8 NR	Alex Burns	51:11.8	Charles Carter	52:40.2
marathon	Donald Robertson	2:35:02.4	Ernest Harper	2:35:03.6	Francis O'Sullivan	2:38:17.8
steeplechase	Thomas Evenson	10:24.8	James Ginty	10:25.2	William Wylie	10:29.0
120y hurdles	Don Finlay	14.6	John Thornton	3 yd	Ashleigh Pilbrow	15.0
440y hurdles	John Sheffield	55.6	Alfred Watson AUS	1-2½ yd	Ralph Brown	½ yd
2 miles walk	Bert Cooper	13:50.0	Paul Bernhard LAT	14:01.4	Harry Churcher	14:02.8
7 miles walk	Vic Stone	52:21.2	Alf Pope	52:40.0	Fred Redman	53:04.4
high jump	Jack Metcalfe AUS	1.854	Jan Brasser NED	1.829	Stanley West	1.778
pole vault	Richard Webster	3.88 NR	Frederick Woodhouse AUS	3.81	Albert Leach	3.58
long jump	George Traynor	7.07	William Breach	6.92	Sandy Duncan	6.88
triple jump	Jack Metcalfe AUS	15.07	Basil Dickinson AUS	14.62	Edward Boyce	13.74
shot put	Aad de Bruyn NED	14.08	Robert Howland	13.71	Alfred Carver	12.69
discus throw	Bernard Prendergast JAM	43.10	Laurence Reavell-Carter	43.09	Douglas Bell	41.02
hammer throw	Norman Drake	46.26	Sandy Smith	43.38	Tom McAnallen	43.15
javelin throw	Jaap van der Poll NED	57.66	Stanley Wilson	54.98	Robert Turner	48.72
decathlon	Ronald Walker	5291 NR	John Cotter	5129	Norman Burges	4423
440 yards relay	ATC Snelvoeters		Blackheath Harriers		Polytechnic Harriers
Tug of war	Royal Army Service Corps Feltham		B Div Metropolitan Polices

Notes and References

1. News: AAA Championships begin . Western Mail . 11 July 1936 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 13 July 2024.
2. News: Wooderson wins again . Daily Herald . 13 July 1936 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 13 July 2024.
3. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 13 July 2024.