1926 AAA Championships

The 1926 AAA Championships was the 1926 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 2 to 3 July 1926 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.^[1]^[2]

Dates2â3 July 1926

Host cityLondon, England

LevelSenior

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The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Stamford Bridge on 29 May.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Richard Corts	10.0	Jack London	Â½ yd	Helmut KÃ¶rnig	inches
220 yards	Guy Butler	21.9	Joachim BÃ¼chner	2 ft - 1Â½ yd	Arthur Porritt	1 ft
440 yards	John Rinkel	49.8	Otto Peltzer	2 ft	Adriaan Paulen
880 yards	Otto Peltzer	1:51.6 WR	Dougles Lowe	1:52.0 NR	Cecil Griffiths	6-7 yd
1 mile	Georges Baraton	4:17.4	Herbert BÃ¶cher	3 yd	Tom Riddell	4:18.4
4 miles	Jack Webster	19:49.6	Herbert Johnston	20:04.8	George Webb	20:13.0
10 miles	Ernest Harper	52:04.2	Phillip Francis	53:23.6	C. W. Vincent	53:37.0
marathon	Sam Ferris	2:42:24.2	Albert Mills	2:46:11.2	Matthew Maleedy	2:51:50.0
steeplechase	Jack Webster	10:34.2	George Constable	11:21.8	A. J. Smith	11:28.2
120y hurdles	Frederick Gaby	15.2 =NR	George Weightman-Smith	inches	Lord Burghley	1 ft
440y hurdles	Lord Burghley	55.0 NR	Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth	2-2Â½ yd	Stefan Kostrewski	5-12 yd
2 miles walk	Wilf Cowley	14:32.4	C. W. Cater	14:40.0	Lloyd Johnson	14:43.0
7 miles walk	Reg Goodwin	53:56.0	C. C. Coulson	54:44.6	Wilf Cowley	55:23.6
high jump	Carl Van Geysel	1.854	John Pendlebury	1.829	Ferenc OrbÃ¡n	1.803
pole jump	Franklin Kelley	3.66	JÃ¡nos Karlovits	3.50	James Campbell	3.35
long jump	Richard Honner	7.21	Tibor PÃ¼spÃ¶ki	6.89	Virgilio Tommasi	6.86
triple jump	Jack Higginson	13.87	Sverre Helgesen	13.84	Harold Langley	13.51
shot put	Rex Woods	13.69	JÃ³zsef Daranyi	13.60	Hjalmar Johnsen	13.30
discus throw	Paddy Bermingham	43.38	Ketil Askildt	42.45	Hans Hoffmeister	41.31
hammer throw	Malcolm Nokes	48.62	John McHolm	42.16	Armando Poggioli	41.76
javelin throw	Olav Sunde	61.34	BÃ©la Szepes	56.90	Edward Sutherland	51.10

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