1921 AAA Championships

1921 AAA Championships
1921 AAA Championships
Dates	1–2 July 1921
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	21
	← 1920 1922 → ; AAA Championships

The 1921 AAA Championships was the 1921 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1–2 July 1921 at Stamford Bridge in London, England. The attendance was between 15,000 and 20,000 and the championships received a record entry of athletes.^[1]^[2]

The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Harry Edward	10.2	Harold Abrahams	½ yd	William Hill	1 ft
220 yards	Harry Edward	22.2	Harold Abrahams	1½ yd	Henri Nozières	1 ft
440 yards	Robert Lindsay	50.4	Bevil Rudd	50.4	Cecil Griffiths	51.4
880 yards	Edgar Mountain	1:56.8	Bevil Rudd	4-6 yd	Sven Lundgren	8-9 yd
1 mile	Albert Hill	4:13.8 NR	Henry Stallard	4:14.2	Lucien Duquesne FRA	20-80 yd
4 miles	Walter Monk	19:59.2	W. James Hatton	20:03.8	Eric Backman SWE	20 yd
10 miles	Halland Britton	54:58.2	Charles Blewitt	55:38.2	William Cotterell	56:12.2
steeplechase	Percy Hodge	10:57.2	Edwin Montague	7 yd	Bert Rippington	180 yd
120y hurdles	Henri Bernard FRA	15.8	Carl-Axel Christiernsson SWE	inches	Frederick Nicholas	½ yd
440y hurdles	Carl-Axel Christiernsson SWE	55.4	Géorges André FRA	58.0	Wilfred Kent-Hughes AUS	58.2
2 miles walk	John Evans	14:40.2	Charles Gunn	14:49.2	Fred Poynton	14:51.0
7 miles walk	Harold Ross	55:48.6	William Hehir	56:21.6	Reg Goodwin	56:21.8
high jump	Howard Baker	1.897	Pierre Guilloux FRA	1.848	Bertil Jansson SWE	1.803
pole vault	Ernfrid Rydberg SWE	3.71	Andre Franquenelle FRA	3.40	Wilholm Wihuri	2.74
long jump	H.C. Taylor USA	6.73	Wilhelm Bjornemann SWE	6.69	Leonard Ingrams	6.59
triple jump	Folke Jansson SWE	14.19	Howard Baker	13.31	John Odde	12.27
shot put	Bertil Jansson SWE	14.08	Raoul Paoli FRA	12.89	Oscar Zallhagen SWE	12.41
discus throw	Oscar Zallhagen SWE	41.00	Carl Johan Lind SWE	35.83	Raoul Paoli FRA	35.55
hammer throw	Carl Johan Lind SWE	49.36	Malcolm Nokes	47.52	John Jackson	35.27
javelin throw	Gunnar Lindström	62.48	Folke Jansson	50.71	Bertil Jansson	47.40
1 mile relay	Polytechnic Harriers		Surrey AC	6 yd	Queen's Park Harriers	30 yd

References

^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[1] "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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