1908 AAA Championships

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The 1908 AAA Championships was the 1908 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 4 July 1908 at the White City Stadium in London, England. The attendance was 22,000 and included Prince Albert of Wales (later George VI).[1][2]

Dates4 July 1908
Host cityLondon, England
LevelSenior
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1908 AAA Championships
Dates4 July 1908
Host cityLondon, England
VenueWhite City Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events16
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The Championships consisted of 16 events.

Canadian Robert Kerr completed a sprint double
Harold Wilson was the mile champion

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Canada Robert Kerr10.0 South Africa Reginald Walker1 yd John Mortoninches
220 yards Canada Robert Kerr22.4 Lionel Reed5 yd John George1 yd
440 yards Scotland Wyndham Halswelle49.4 Edwin Montague
Edward Ryle
5 yd
5 yd
not awarded
880 yards Theodore Just1:58.2 Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford8-10 yd J. W. Monument5 yd
1 mile Harold Wilson4:20.2 Joe Deakin10 yd Francis Knott2-4 yd
4 miles Emil Voigt19:47.4 Arthur Robertson19:52.8 A. Edward Wood19:53.6
10 miles Scotland Alexander Duncan53:40.6 Joe Deakin53:41.4 Scotland Thomas Jack53:42.0
steeplechase Reginald Noakes10:35.0 Arthur Russell5-10 yd Billy Grantham5-30 yd
120yd hurdles South Africa John Duncker16.2 Oswald Groenings½ yd New Zealand Henry Murray1 ft-2 yd
2 miles walk George Larner13:58.4 Ernest Webb14:05.6 Ralph Harrison14:14.6
7 miles walk Ernest Webb53:02.6 Fred Carter53:43.0 William Palmer54:25.0
high jump Leinster Con Leahy1.803 Sweden Axel Hedenlund1.778 Oswald Groenings
Walter Henderson
1.753
pole jump Canada Ed Archibald3.66 Sweden Bruno Söderström3.60 Belgium Alexandre de Petrofsky
Sweden Carl Silfverstrand
3.05
3.05
long jump Scotland Wilfred Bleaden6.79 Leinster Denis Murray6.61 John Pattison6.45
shot put Leinster Denis Horgan13.59 Scotland Tom Kirkwood13.40 Sweden Hugo Wieslander12.15
hammer throw United States Simon Gillis50.12 Leinster Denis Horgan40.00 Scotland Robert Lindsay-Watson33.79
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