1928 AAA Championships

1928 AAA Championships
1928 AAA Championships
Dates	6–7 July 1928
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	24
	← 1927 1929 → ; AAA Championships

The 1928 AAA Championships was the 1928 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 6 to 7 July 1928 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.^[1]^[2]

The Championships consisted of 24 events and covered two days of competition. The decathlon was introduced for the first time and the marathon was held from Windsor to Stamford Bridge.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Wilfred Legg RSA	9.9	Helmut Körnig GER	1 yd	Friedrich Wichman GER	inches
220 yards	Friedrich Wichman GER	21.7	Helmut Körnig GER	2-4 ft	Walter Rangeley	3 yd
440 yards	Douglas Lowe	50.0	John Rinkel	2 yd	Roger Leigh-Wood	inches
880 yards	Dougles Lowe	1:56.6	Hermann Engelhard GER	1:57.0	Wilfrid Tatham	1:57.6
1 mile	Cyril Ellis	4:20.8	Reginald Thomas	4:22.4	William Whyte AUS	4:22.6
4 miles	Walter Beavers	19:41.6	Arthur Muggridge	19:41.8	Freddie Light	19:54.6
10 miles	Jack Webster	52:16.2	John Beman	52:20.4	Ernest Harper	52:21.4
marathon	Harry Payne	2:34:34.0 NR	Duncan Wright	2:38:09.0	Ernest Harper	2:39:08.0
steeplechase	Jack Webster	10:44.8	Edward Oliver	11:30.0	Vernon Morgan	11:09.0
120y hurdles	Sidney Atkinson RSA	14.7	Frederick Gaby	2 yd	Lord Burghley
440y hurdles	Lord Burghley	54.0 NR	Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth	55.2	Roger Viel FRA
2 miles walk	Alf Pope	14:04.8	Cecil Hyde	14:16.2	John Wilson	14:24.6
7 miles walk	Cecil Hyde	55:46.2	Dick Edge	56:12.6	John Wilson	56:35.6
high jump	Claude Menard FRA	1.905	Carl Van Geysel CEY	1.880	André Cherrier FRA Harry Simmonds	1.854
pole vault	Franklin Kelley USA	3.83	Fred Housden Edmund McGill USA	3.50	n/a
long jump	Hannes de Boer NED	7.21	Rudolf Dobermann GER	7.17	Walter Harrison AUS	6.91
triple jump	Willem Peters NED	14.91	Anthony Winter AUS	14.51	Jan Blankers NED	14.32
shot put	Edouard Duhour FRA	14.45	Rex Woods	13.46	Harry Hart RSA	12.93
discus throw	Ernst Paulus GER	44.48	Jules Noel FRA	41.54	Charles Best	35.52
hammer throw	William Britton IRL	46.62	Malcolm Nokes	46.14	John Jackson	37.99
javelin throw	Stanley Lay NZL	67.90	George Weightman-Smith RSA	61.96	Emmanuel Degland FRA	59.47
decathlon	Harry Hart RSA	6769.825	Howard Ford	5807.79 NR	Donald Hooton	5558.955
440 yards relay	Frankfurter Sportgemeinde Eintracht		Achilles		Surrey AC
Tug of war	London Fire Brigade		Edgware Police

References

^ "Peltzer fails to come back". London Daily Chronicle. 7 July 1928. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Champions of the AAA". Daily News (London). 9 July 1928. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[1] "Peltzer fails to come back". London Daily Chronicle. 7 July 1928. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Champions of the AAA". Daily News (London). 9 July 1928. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

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