The 1904 AAA Championships was the 1904 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 2 July 1904 at the Athletic Grounds, Rochdale in Rochdale, England, in front of 10,000 spectators.[1][2]
| 1904 AAA Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 July 1904 |
| Host city | Rochdale, England |
| Venue | Athletic Grounds, Rochdale |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 16 |
← 1903 1905 → | |
The Championships consisted of 16 events.
Results
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards | John Morton | 10.0 | Arthur Duffey USA | inches | Claude Jupp | 1 ft |
| 220 yards | Claude Jupp | 22.8 | Leonard Tremeer | 6 yd | Ernest Green | 8 yd |
| 440 yards | Robert Watson | 51.8 | Edwin Montague | 1 yd | E. Harrison Kenyon | 1 yd |
| 880 yards | Herbert Workman | 1:59.4 | Bernard Blunden | 3-6 yd | E.S. Ward | 6-8 yd |
| 1 mile | Alfred Shrubb | 4:22.0 | John McGough | 2 yd | George Butterfield | 6-10 yd |
| 4 miles | Alfred Shrubb | 19:56.8 | Joseph Smith | 20:51.0 | George Butterfield | 21:21.0 |
| 10 miles | Alfred Shrubb | 54:30.4 | George Butterfield | 55:55.2 | James Roberts | 55:55.6 |
| steeplechase | Arthur Russell | 10:55.8 | John James Daly IRE | 6 yd | Charles Straw | 10 yd |
| 120yd hurdles | Robert Stronach | 16.0 | David Walters | 6-7 yd | Alfred Trafford | |
| 2 miles walk | George Larner | 13:57.6 | George Deyermond IRE | 80-110 yd | Frank Carter | 25-40 yd |
| 7 miles walk | George Larner | 52:57.4 | Frank Carter | W.H. Martindale | ||
| high jump | Peter O'Connor IRE John Milne R.G. Murray |
1.765 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| pole vault | André Puységur FRA | 3.20 | Herbert Dickinson | 3.17 | S. Morriss GER | 2.97 |
| long jump | Peter O'Connor IRE | 7.07 | Hjalmar Mellander SWE | 6.68 | Wallis Walters | 6.17 |
| shot put | Denis Horgan IRE | 13.76 | Tom Nicolson | 13.00 | Tom Kirkwood | 12.77 |
| hammer throw | Tom Nicolson | 47.98 NR | Tom Shevlin USA | 42.28 | Denis Horgan IRE | 39.36 |
References
edit- ^ "The Amateur Championships". Daily News (London). 4 July 1904. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Amateur Championships at Rochdale". Sporting Life. 4 July 1904. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 July 2024.