1937 AAA Championships
Outdoor track and field competition
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The 1937 AAA Championships was the 1937 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 16 to 17 July 1937 at White City Stadium in London, England.[1][2]
| 1937 AAA Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–17 July 1937 |
| Host city | London, England |
| Venue | White City Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 25 |
← 1936 1938 → | |
The Championships consisted of 25 events and covered two days of competition. The decathlon was held at Loughborough on 21–22 August.
Results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards | Cyril Holmes | 9.9 | Arthur Sweeney | 1 yd | Ernie Page | 2 ft |
| 220 yards | Arthur Sweeney | 21.9 | Cyril Holmes | ½ yd |  Gyula Gyenes | 1 yd |
| 440 yards | Bill Roberts | 48.2 |  Ronald Wylde | 49.2 |  John Horsfall | 49.3 |
| 880 yards | Arthur Collyer | 1:53.3 | Frank Handley | 1:53.5 |  Jim Alford | 1:54.3 |
| 1 mile | Sydney Wooderson | 4:12.2 | Denis Pell | 4:15.4 |  Bobby Graham | 4:15.9 |
| 3 miles | Peter Ward | 14:19.8 | János Kelen | 14:21.6 |  Jack Parker | 14:32.0 |
| 6 miles | János Kelen | 30:07.8 | Alec Burns | 30:10.5 | Lawrence Weatherill | 30:38.2 |
| 10 miles | Reginald Walker | 52:33.8 | Alec Burns | 52:37.0 | Lawrence Weatherill | 52:54.0 |
| marathon | Donald Robertson | 2:37:19.2 |  Stylianos Kyriakides | 2:40:10.0 | Albert Norris | 2:41:41.0 |
| steeplechase | William Wylie | 10:27.0 | Robert Sutherland | 10:28.1 | Henry Clark | 10:33.0 |
| 120y hurdles | Don Finlay | 14.5 | John Thornton | 2 yd |  Jan Brasser | 3 yd |
| 440y hurdles |  Juul Bosmans | 55.0 | Christos Mantikas | 55.6 |  Robert Wallace | 2 yd |
| 2 miles walk | Bert Cooper | 13:58.2 | Eddie Staker | 14:24.4 | Don Brown | 14:33.4 |
| 7 miles walk |  John Mikaelsson | 50:19.2 | Harry Churcher | 51:13.0 | Fred Redman | 51:55.0 |
| high jump | John Lunn Newman | 1.880 | Charles Walker | 1.880 | Arthur Gold Richard O'Rafferty | 1.778 |
| pole vault | John Dodd | 3.68 | Alfred Kinally | 3.58 | Alexander Gibson | 3.58 |
| long jump |  Luz Long | 7.48 | Sam Beattie | 7.19 | William Breach | 7.02 |
| triple jump | Willem Peters | 14.32 | Bert Shillington | 14.26 | Jack Higginson Jr. | 13.90 |
| shot put | Hans Wöllke | 15.39 | Robert Howland | 13.89 | A. Rosser | 12.66 |
| discus throw | Nikolaos Syllas | 49.18 | Willy Schröder | 47.39 | Jeno Kulitzy | 44.12 |
| hammer throw | Karl Hein | 55.86 | Erwin Blask | 54.64 | Otto Lutz | 49.36 |
| javelin throw | Stanley Wilson | 59.18 NR | Ralph Blakeway | 57.80 | Robert Turner | 53.98 |
| decathlon | Jim Miggins | 4647 | James Nesbitt | 4506 | N. A. Hewson | 4361 |
| 440 yards relay | Blackheath Harriers | 42.0sec | Magyar Athletikai Club Budapest | ½ yd | Vuictoria Park Harriers | 7 yd |
| Tug of war | Royal Army Service Corps | Cranleigh & District British Legion | ||||