1939 AAA Championships | |
Host City: | London, England |
Dates: | 7–8 July 1939 |
Stadium: | White City Stadium |
Level: | Senior |
Type: | Outdoor |
Events: | 25 |
Previous: | 1938 |
Next: | 1946 |
Games: | 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.[1] [2]
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.
width=100 | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | 9.9 | Cyril Holmes | inches | John Cumberbatch | 2 ft | ||
220 yards | Cyril Holmes | 21.9 | Arthur Sweeney | 1 ft | Julien Saelens | 1 ft | |
440 yards | 48.8 | Henry Pack | 49.4 | Rowland Palmer | 49.9 | ||
880 yards | 1:55.1 | John Moreton | 1:55.1 | Austin Littler | 1:55.4 | ||
1 mile | 4:11.8 | Denis Pell | 4:12.0 | Arthur Collyer | 4:15.0 | ||
3 miles | 14:08.0 BR | 14:08.6 | 14:11.6 | ||||
6 miles | Samuel Palmer | 30:06.4 | Reginald Walker | 30:09.4 | Jean Chapelle | 30:40.4 | |
10 miles | Jean Chapelle | 51:56.0 | 52:25.2 | Charles Carter | 52:54.0 | ||
marathon | Donald Robertson | 2:35:37.0 | Squire Yarrow | 2:37:50.0 | 2:44:01.0 | ||
steeplechase | Jean Chapelle | 10:22.4 | Anthony Etheridge | 10:29.0 | William Wylie | 10:36.6 | |
120y hurdles | 14.7 | Thomas Lockton | ½ yd | Frederick Scopes | 4-8 yd | ||
440y hurdles | 54.9 | 2½-4 yd | Rowland Palmer | 6-7 yd | |||
2 miles walk | 13:50.0 | 14:05.4 | Hew Neilson | 14:11.2 | |||
7 miles walk | 52:37.0 | Eddie Staker | 53:31.4 | Joe Coleman | 54:32.2 | ||
high jump | 1.880 | Hubert Stubbs | 1.829 | Richard O'Rafferty Eric Pierre | 1.829 | ||
pole vault | 3.73 | Douglas Redsull | 3.66 | Alexander Gibson | 3.50 | ||
long jump | William Breach | 7.21 | 7.14 | 7.13 | |||
triple jump | Ioannis Palamiotis | 15.03 | 14.58 | F. Whalston | 13.95 | ||
shot put | 14.79 | Robert Howland | 13.74 | Leonard Horan | 13.35 | ||
discus throw | 49.12 | 42.38 | 41.76 | ||||
hammer throw | Bert Healion | 49.28 | 46.76 | 44.19 | |||
javelin throw | James McKillop | 56.88 | E.W. Hibbard | 50.64 | Charles A. Melchior | 50.01 | |
Tug of war (catchweight) | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Sharlston West Colliery | Royal Army Service Corps (Feltham) | ||||
Tug of war (110st) | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Royal Army Service Corps (Feltham) | |||||
440 yards relay | Blackheath Harriers | 43.4sec | Herne Hill Harriers | inches | Polytechnic Harriers | 2 yd |