1890 AAA Championships
Outdoor track and field competition
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The 1890 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 12 July 1890 at the Aston Lower Grounds in Birmingham, England in front of 3,000 spectators.[1][2][3]
| 1890 AAA Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 July 1890 |
| Host city | Birmingham, England |
| Venue | Aston Lower Grounds |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 14 |
â 1889 1891 â | |
The 14 events were the same number and disciplines as in the previous year.
Results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards |  Norman Morgan | 10.4 | Ernest E. Parlby | 1 ft | H. Beswick | 1 ft |
| 440 yards |  Thomas Nicholas | 51.8 | Thomas Pitman | 1½ yd | W Lock | ½ yd |
| 880 yards | Thomas Pitman | 1.58.4 | Harry Whittick | 4 yd | Walter Uriah Churley | 7 yd |
| 1 mile | James Kibblewhite | 4.23.2 | William Fowler | 6 yd | Charles Hookins | 20 yd |
| 4 miles | James Kibblewhite | 20.16.4 | Charles Hookins | 20.26.0 | J.R. Hainsworth | 20.37.4 |
| 10 miles | James Kibblewhite | 53.49.0 | Tom Birch | 54.23.0 | H. Bamford | 56.28.0 |
| steeplechase | Edward Parry | 10.54.6 | Colin Souch | 200 yd | only 2 finished | |
| 120yd hurdles | Charles Daft | 16.8 | Cecil Haward | 2 yd | Tom Baylis | 5 yd |
| 7 miles walk | Harry Curtis | 52.28.4 | William Wheeler | 54.29.2 | John Wells | 54.58.6 |
| high jump | Cecil Haward | 1.740 | Thomas Jennings | 1.676 | Arthur Watkinson | 1.600 |
| pole jump | Robert Dickinson | 3.35 | Tom Ray | 3.20 | J.A.T. Hall & Robert Watson | 3.05 |
| long jump |  Robert G. Hogarth | 6.09 | Daniel Bulger | 6.04 | Arthur Badger | 5.97 |
| shot put | R.A. Greene | 11.48 | W.E. West | 10.41 | only 2 competed | |
| hammer throw | Robert Lindsay | 31.50 | G. Chisholm | 29.82 | J.E. Fraser | nm |