The 1905 AAA Championships was the 1905 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1905 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England, in front of 7–8,000 spectators.[1][2]
| 1905 AAA Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 July 1905 |
| Host city | London, England |
| Venue | Stamford Bridge (stadium) |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 16 |
← 1904 1906 → | |
The Championships consisted of 16 events.
Results
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards | John Morton | 10.2 | James Stark | 2½ yd | Harold Watson | ½ yd |
| 220 yards | Henry Hyman USA | 22.4 | Claude Jupp | 6 yd | James Stark | 2 yd |
| 440 yards | Wyndham Halswelle | 50.8 | Georges Malfait FRA | 1½-5 yd | Edwin Montague | 3 yd |
| 880 yards | Arthur Astley | 1:57.8 | J. Woolley | 2-4 yd | James Lintott | 5-8 yd |
| 1 mile | George Butterfield | 4:25.2 | John McGough | 2-6 yd | E. Gardner | 1 yd |
| 4 miles | Joseph Smith | 21:08.8 | Douglas McNicol | 21:34.6 | H. Hobbs | 21:43.0 |
| 10 miles | Albert Aldridge | 51:49.0 | E. Gardner | 53:12.2 | Joseph Deakin | 53:44.2 |
| steeplechase | Arthur Russell | 11:11.0 | Albert Aldridge | 10 yd | only 2 finished | |
| 120yd hurdles | Robert Stronach | 16.8 | David Walters | 3 yd | Edward Amsler USA | |
| 2 miles walk | George Larner | 13:50.0 | Robert Wilkinson | 140 yd | W.H. Martindale | 100 yd |
| 7 miles walk | George Larner | 52:34.0 | Frederick Thompson | 54:29.0 | W.H. Martindale | 54:47.0 |
| high jump | Con Leahy IRE | 1.784 | Edward Leader | 1.733 | only 2 competed | |
| pole vault | Fernand Gonder FRA | 3.10 | not awarded | only 1 competitor | ||
| long jump | Peter O'Connor IRE | 7.25 | Lionel Cornish | 7.10 | Hjalmar Mellander SWE | 6.60 |
| shot put | Denis Horgan IRE | 13.55 | Tom Nicolson | 12.43 | Michael Collins IRE | 11.35 |
| hammer throw | Tom Nicolson | 47.51 | Denis Horgan IRE | 40.24 | Alf Flaxman | 35.46 |
References
edit- ^ "Amateur Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1905. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Amateur Championships". Sporting Life. 3 July 1905. Retrieved 11 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 July 2024.