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Outdoor track and field competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1888 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 30 June 1888 at the Alexandra Recreation Ground in Crewe, England in front of 10,000 spectators.[1][2][3]
1888 AAA Championships | |
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Dates | 30 June 1888 |
Host city | Crewe, England |
Venue | Alexandra Recreation Ground |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 14 |
← 1887 1889 → |
The 14 events were the same number and disciplines as in the previous year.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | ![]() | 10.2 | ![]() | ¾ yd | Frank Ritchie | ½ yd |
440 yards | Henry Tindall | 51.4 | W. Lock | 6 yd | Ernest Pelling | 1 yd |
880 yards | Alfred Le Maitre | 2.00.4 | ![]() | 4 yd | ![]() | 5 yd |
1 mile | ![]() | 4.31.6 | William Pollock-Hill | 5 yd | James Kibblewhite | 3 yd |
4 miles | Edward Parry | 20.22.2 | Sidney Thomas | 20.40.6 | only 2 finished | |
10 miles | Edward Parry | 53.43.4 | Sidney Thomas | 54.31.0 | George Pennington | 55.25.0 |
steeplechase | J.C. Cope | 12.13.0 | n/a | n/a | only 1 finished | |
120yd hurdles | Sherard Joyce | 16.0 | Charles Daft | 2 yd | F. Winters | 3 yd |
7 miles walk | ![]() | 57.08.6 | J.R. Lewis | 57.41.0 | only 2 finished | |
high jump | George Rowdon | 1.727 | Tom Ray | 1.575 | only 2 competed | |
pole jump | Tom Ray & Lat Stones | 3.36 | not awarded | only 2 competed | ||
long jump | ![]() | 6.62 | ![]() | 5.33 | only 2 competed | |
shot put | ![]() | 13.28 | ![]() | 12.34 | ![]() | 12.11 |
hammer throw | ![]() | 38.00 | ![]() | 34.34 | Robert Lindsay | 29.22 |
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