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1921 AAA Championships

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1921 AAA Championships
Dates1–2 July 1921
Host cityLondon, England
VenueStamford Bridge
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events21
1920
1922


The 1921 AAA Championships was the 1921 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1–2 July 1921 at Stamford Bridge in London, England. The attendance was between 15,000 and 20,000 and the championships received a record entry of athletes.[1][2]

The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition.

Results

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Edgar Mountain the 880 yards champion
Carl-Axel Christiernsson was one of seven Swedes who won an AAA title
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Harry Edward 10.2 Harold Abrahams ½ yd William Hill 1 ft
220 yards Harry Edward 22.2 Harold Abrahams 1½ yd France Henri Nozières 1 ft
440 yards Robert Lindsay 50.4 South Africa Bevil Rudd 50.4 Wales Cecil Griffiths 51.4
880 yards Edgar Mountain 1:56.8 South Africa Bevil Rudd 4-6 yd Sweden Sven Lundgren 8-9 yd
1 mile Albert Hill 4:13.8 NR Henry Stallard 4:14.2 France Lucien Duquesne 20-80 yd
4 miles Walter Monk 19:59.2 James Hatton 20:03.8 Sweden Eric Backman 20 yd
10 miles Halland Britton 54:58.2 Joe Blewitt 55:38.2 William Cotterell 56:12.2
steeplechase Percy Hodge 10:57.2 Evelyn Montague 7 yd Bert Rippington 180 yd
120y hurdles France Henri Bernard 15.8 Sweden Carl-Axel Christiernsson inches Frederick Nicholas ½ yd
440y hurdles Sweden Carl-Axel Christiernsson 55.4 France Géo André 58.0 Australia Wilfrid Kent Hughes 58.2
2 miles walk John Evans 14:40.2 Charles Gunn 14:49.2 Fred Poynton 14:51.0
7 miles walk Harold Ross 55:48.6 William Hehir 56:21.6 Reg Goodwin 56:21.8
high jump Benjamin Howard Baker 1.897 France Pierre Guilloux 1.848 Sweden Bertil Jansson 1.803
pole jump Sweden Ernfrid Rydberg 3.71 France André Francquenelle 3.40 Wilholm Wihuri 2.74
long jump United States H.C. Taylor 6.73 Sweden William Petersson 6.69 Leonard Ingrams 6.59
triple jump Sweden Folke Jansson 14.19 Benjamin Howard Baker 13.31 John Odde 12.27
shot put Sweden Bertil Jansson 14.08 France Raoul Paoli 12.89 Sweden Oscar Zallhagen 12.41
discus throw Sweden Oscar Zallhagen 41.00 Sweden Carl Johan Lind 35.83 France Raoul Paoli 35.55
hammer throw Sweden Carl Johan Lind 49.36 Malcolm Nokes 47.52 Scotland John Jackson 35.27
javelin throw Sweden Gunnar Lindström 62.48 Sweden Folke Jansson 50.71 Sweden Bertil Jansson 47.40
1 mile relay Polytechnic Harriers Surrey AC 6 yd Queen's Park Harriers 30 yd

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 12 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 July 2024.