1905 AAA Championships
Outdoor track and field competition
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The 1905 AAA Championships was the 1905 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1905 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England, in front of 7â8,000 spectators.[1][2]
| 1905 AAA Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 July 1905 |
| Host city | London, England |
| Venue | Stamford Bridge (stadium) |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 16 |
â 1904 1906 â | |
The Championships consisted of 16 events.
Results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards | John Morton | 10.2 |  James Stark | 2½ yd | Harold Watson | ½ yd |
| 220 yards |  Henry Hyman | 22.4 | Claude Jupp | 6 yd | James Stark | 2 yd |
| 440 yards | Wyndham Halswelle | 50.8 |  Georges Malfait | 1½-5 yd | Edwin Montague | 3 yd |
| 880 yards | Bernard Blunden | 2:02.0 | Reginald Crabbe | 2 yd | David Cowan | 5 yd |
| 1 mile | George Butterfield | 4:25.2 | John McGough | 2-6 yd | E. Gardner | 1 yd |
| 4 miles | Josh Smith | 21:08.8 | Douglas McNicol | 21:34.6 | H. Hobbs | 21:43.0 |
| 10 miles | Albert Aldridge | 51:49.0 | E. Gardner | 53:12.2 | Joe Deakin | 53:44.2 |
| steeplechase | Arthur Russell | 11:11.0 | Albert Aldridge | 10 yd | only 2 finished | |
| 120yd hurdles | Robert Stronach | 16.8 |  Wallis Walters | 3 yd | Edward Amsler | |
| 2 miles walk | George Larner | 13:50.0 | Robert Wilkinson | 140 yd | W. H. Martindale | 100 yd |
| 7 miles walk | George Larner | 52:34.0 | Frederick Thompson | 54:29.0 | W. H. Martindale | 54:47.0 |
| high jump |  Con Leahy | 1.784 | Edward Leader | 1.733 | only 2 competed | |
| pole jump | Fernand Gonder | 3.10 | not awarded | only 1 competitor | ||
| long jump | Peter O'Connor | 7.25 | Lionel Cornish | 7.10 |  Hjalmar Mellander | 6.60 |
| shot put | Denis Horgan | 13.55 | Tom Nicolson | 12.43 | Michael Collins | 11.35 |
| hammer throw | Tom Nicolson | 47.51 | Denis Horgan | 40.24 | Alf Flaxman | 35.46 |