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Outdoor track and field competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1898 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 2 July 1898 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England, in front of 7,000 spectators.[1][2]
1898 AAA Championships | |
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Dates | 2 July 1898 |
Host city | London, England |
Venue | Stamford Bridge (stadium) |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 14 |
← 1897 1899 → |
The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards | Frederick Cooper | 10.0 =NR | Norman Morgan (N Ireland) | inches | Reginald Wadsley | inches |
440 yards | William Fitzherbert | 50.0 | James Meredith | ½ yd | Charles Davison | ½ yd |
880 yards | Albert Relf | 1:56.2 | William Lutyens | 4 yd | Alan Hunter | 10 yd |
1 mile | Hugh Welsh | 4:17.2 | William Lutyens | 16-20 yd | D. G. Harris | 4:32.0 |
4 miles | Charles Bennett | 20:14.4 | Henry Munro | 25 yd | Jason Tennant | 100 yd |
10 miles | Sidney Robinson | 53:12.0 | Charles Bennett | 53:18.0 | Edward Barlow | 53:22.0 |
steeplechase | George Orton | 11:48.4 | Charles Lee | 80 yd | A.E. Williamson | 20 yd |
120yd hurdles | Howard Parkes | 16.4 | Tom Kiely | 3 yd | Patrick Harding | |
4 miles walk | William Sturgess | 29:10.0 | Jack Butler | 30:15.8 | G. Topliss | 30:41.0 |
high jump | Patrick Leahy | 1.819 | Robert Perry & Henry Adair | 1.753 | not awarded | |
pole jump | James Poole | 3.12 | E. C. Pritchard | 3.07 | A. Fraser | 2.66 |
long jump | William Newburn | 7.19 NR | Gilbert Vassall | 6.60 | Edmund Faunce de Laune | 6.45 |
shot put | Denis Horgan | 13.71 | Nigel Harrison | 11.44 | R. E. Bascombe | 9.88 |
hammer throw | Tom Kiely | 42.70 | Denis Horgan | 38.28 | Walter Lawrence | 33.50 |
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