1902 AAA Championships

1902 AAA Championships
1902 AAA Championships
Dates	5 July 1902
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	16
	← 1901 1903 → ; AAA Championships

The 1902 AAA Championships was the 1902 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 5 July 1902 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England, in front of 4,000 spectators.^[1]^[2]

For the second successive year a new event was added to the Championships, when the 220 yards sprint was introduced. There were now 16 events contested.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Arthur Duffey USA	10.0	Reginald Wadsley	1 yd	Denis Murray IRE	2 ft
220 yards	Reginald Wadsley	22.4	Leonard Tremeer	2 yd	George Brewill	1 yd
440 yards	George White	50.2	Reginald Wadsley	4 yd	G.P. Constantine	2 yd
880 yards	Arthur Manning	1:59.8	David Cowan	2 yd	J.H. Bessell	2 yd
1 mile	Joseph Binks	4:16.8 NR	Henry Hawtrey	2 yd	Albert Barker	12 yd
4 miles	Alfred Shrubb	20:01.4	Frederick Appleby	20:16.6	William Simpson NZL	20:55.4
10 miles	Alfred Shrubb	52:25.4	Albert Barker	52:57.0	Albert Aldridge	53:19.0
steeplechase	George Martin	11:31.2	J. Sturt	5 yd	only 2 finished
120yd hurdles	George Smith NZL	16.0	Alfred Trafford	2 yd	William Phillips	16.8
2 miles walk	William Sturgess	14:46.6	G.A. Bush	40 yd	W. Endean	50 yd
7 miles walk	William Sturgess	52:49.4	Jack Butler	52:58.0	H.W. Hartley	55:52.5
high jump	Samuel Jones USA	1.905	Peter O'Connor IRE	1.880	Con Leahy IRE	1.854
pole vault	Jakab Kauser HUN	3.25	W.H. Hodgson	3.22	only 2 competitors
long jump	Peter O'Connor IRE	7.20	Con Leahy IRE & Lionel Cornish	6.73	not awarded
shot put	Wesley Coe USA	13.07	Robert W. Edgren USA	11.78	only 2 competitors
hammer throw	Tom Kiely IRE	43.52	Ernest May	39.62 NR	Robert Edgren USA	36.90

References

^ "The Amateur Championships". Gloucestershire Echo. 7 July 1902. Retrieved 7 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Amateur Athletic Championships". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 7 July 1902. Retrieved 7 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

[1] "The Amateur Championships". Gloucestershire Echo. 7 July 1902. Retrieved 7 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "The Amateur Athletic Championships". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 7 July 1902. Retrieved 7 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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