The 1899 AAA Championships was the 1899 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1899 at the Molineux Grounds in Wolverhampton, England, in front of 5,000 spectators.
The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.
Results
EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Reginald Wadsley 10.2 Claude Jupp ½ yd Frederick Cooper 2 yd440 yards Reginald Wadsley54.6Herbert Pride-Jones 2 ftCharles Sheppard 5 yd880 yards Alfred Tysoe 1:58.6William Lutyens 4 ftJoseph Binks 15 yd1 mile Hugh Welsh 4:25.0 Charles Bennett 1½ yd Robert Wellin 10 yd4 miles Charles Bennett 20:49.6 Arthur Hutchings 20:58.6 Edward Ratcliffe 21:10.610 miles Charles Bennett 54:18.4 John Rimmer 54:37.4 George Smith 55:31.6steeplechase Walter Stokes 11:16.8 W. S. Ingmere 120 yd Henry Lloyd 80 yd120yd hurdles William Paget-Tomlinson 16.4 Alfred Trafford 1½ yd Joseph Gould4 miles walk William Sturgess 29:20.6 Jack Butler 29:47.0 E. Middleton 31:07.4high jump Patrick Leahy 1.784 Claude Leggatt 1.734 Robert Perry 1.683pole jump E.C. Pritchard 2.77 G. Pheysey nh only 2 competitorslong jump William Newburn 6.75 Hugh Barr 6.52 Claude Leggatt 6.04shot put Denis Horgan 14.03 R. Nelson Robbie 10.72only 2 competitorshammer throw Tom Kiely 41.57 Denis Horgan 40.14 R. Nelson Robbie 33.84
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