1920 AAA Championships

1920 AAA Championships
1920 AAA Championships
Dates	2–3 July 1920
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	22
	← 1919 1921 → ; AAA Championships

The 1920 AAA Championships was the 1920 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 2–3 July 1920 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 22 events and covered two days of competition. Two additional events in the form of the 56lb weight throw and tug of war were held during the 1920 championships.

Results[edit]

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Harry Edward	10.0	William Hill	½ yd	Justus Oosterlaak	1 ft
220 yards	Harry Edward	21.6	Ralph Brown USA	4 yd	William Hill	4-6 yd
440 yards	Bevil Rudd	49.2	Guy Butler	8½-10 yd	Cecil Griffiths	12 yd
880 yards	Bevil Rudd	1:55.8	Albert Hill	1:56.6	Edgar Mountain	2-3 yd
1 mile	Armand Burtin FRA	4:23.0	Duncan McPhee	4:25.8	Wilfrid Tatham	12-20 yd
4 miles	Charles Blewitt	20:10.8	Edwin Montague	20:14.4	Gaston Heuet FRA	25 yd
10 miles	Charles Clibbon	53:53.4	Albert Mills	54:35.0	Walter Pratt	54:49.2
steeplechase	Percy Hodge	11:22.8	Charles Ruffell	11:32.0	Halland Britton	11:49.4
120y hurdles	George Trowbridge USA	15.4	George Gray	2 yd	Eric Dunbar AUS	7 yd
440y hurdles	Edward Wheller	57.4	W.A. Adams USA	4 yd	Wilfred Kent-Hughes AUS
2 miles walk	Charles Dowson	14:32.0	William Hehir	14:43.0	Charles Gunn	14:49.0
7 miles walk	Charles Dowson	53:50.0	William Hehir	55:54.2	James Belchamber	57:36.4
high jump	Howard Baker	1.911 NR	Tim Carroll IRE Samuel Thomson USA	1.753	n/a
pole vault	Andre Franquenelle FRA	3.20	Joe Birkett	2.79	only 2 competitors
long jump	Donald Lourie USA	6.81	Georges Courtin FRA	6.40	G. Murphy IRE	6.37
triple jump	Charles Lively	13.19	Tim Carroll IRE	12.56	T. Welch	11.95
shot put	Raoul Paoli FRA	13.36	Samuel Thomson USA	13.27	Charles Halsey USA	13.00
discus throw	Patrick Quinn IRE	37.62	Raoul Paoli FRA	37.40	Charles Halsey USA	31.76
hammer throw	Theodore Speers USA	42.81	Don Rose	42.64	Denis Carey IRE	40.42
javelin throw	Frank Murrey USA	45.64	Arthur Picard FRA	45.61	Samuel Thomson USA	41.16
56lb weight throw	Wesley Coe USA	7.21	John Barrett IRE	6.67	Denis Carey IRE	6.59
Tug of war	City of London Police AC	w/o	n/a		n/a

References[edit]

^ "The Athletic Championships". Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Athletics". Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[1] "The Athletic Championships". Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Athletics". Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. 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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