The 1888 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 30 June 1888 at the Alexandra Recreation Ground in Crewe, England in front of 10,000 spectators.
The 14 events were the same number and disciplines as in the previous year.
Results
EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Frederick Westing 10.2 Alfred Vigne ¾ yd Frank Ritchie½ yd440 yards Henry Tindall 51.4 W. Lock 6 yd Ernest Pelling 1 yd880 yards Alfred Le Maitre 2.00.4 Wilfrid Kent-Hughes 4 yd Charles Smith5 yd1 mile Thomas Conneff 4.31.6 William Pollock-Hill 5 yd James Kibblewhite3 yd4 miles Edward Parry 20.22.2 Sidney Thomas20.40.6 only 2 finished10 miles Edward Parry 53.43.4 Sidney Thomas54.31.0 George Pennington55.25.0steeplechase J.C. Cope 12.13.0 n/an/a only 1 finished120yd hurdles Sherard Joyce16.0 Charles Daft 2 yd F. Winters3 yd7 miles walk Christopher Clarke 57.08.6 J.R. Lewis57.41.0 only 2 finishedhigh jump George Rowdon 1.727 Tom Ray1.575 only 2 competedpole jump Tom Ray & Lat Stones3.36 not awarded only 2 competedlong jump Alexander Jordan6.62 Charles Smith5.33only 2 competedshot put George Gray13.28 James Mitchel 12.34 John Carroll Daly12.11hammer throw James Mitchel38.00 John Carroll Daly34.34 Robert Lindsay29.22
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