The 1939 AAA Championships was the 1939 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 7 to 8 July 1939 at White City Stadium in London, England. The attendance was 20,300.

Summary The Championships consisted of 25 events and covered two days of competition.

It was the last championships to be held for six years following the outbreak of World War II shortly after the 1939 championships. The 1939 competitors Arthur Sweeney and Julien Saelens were among those to lose their lives during the war.

Jack Emery broke the British record when winning the 3 miles event and Sydney Wooderson won his fifth consecutive 1 mile event.

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Arthur Sweeney 9.9 Cyril Holmes inches John Cumberbatch 2 ft220 yards Cyril Holmes 21.9 Arthur Sweeney 1 ft Julien Saelens1 ft440 yards Alan Pennington 48.8 Henry Pack 49.4 Rowland Palmer 49.9880 yards Godfrey Brown 1:55.1 John Moreton 1:55.1 Austin Littler 1:55.41 mile Sydney Wooderson 4:11.8 Denis Pell 4:12.0 Arthur Collyer 4:15.03 miles Jack Emery 14:08.0 BR Peter Ward 14:08.6 Aubrey Reeve 14:11.66 miles Samuel Palmer 30:06.4Reginald Walker 30:09.4 Jean Chapelle 30:40.410 miles Jean Chapelle 51:56.0 Lawrence Weatherill 52:25.2 Charles Carter 52:54.0marathon Donald Robertson 2:35:37.0 Squire Yarrow 2:37:50.0 Tommy Lalande 2:44:01.0steeplechase Jean Chapelle 10:22.4 Anthony Etheridge 10:29.0 William Wylie 10:36.6120y hurdles Jan Brasser 14.7 Thomas Lockton ½ yd Frederick Scopes 4-8 yd440y hurdles Juul Bosmans 54.9 Christos Mantikas 2½-4 yd Rowland Palmer 6-7 yd2 miles walk Harry Churcher 13:50.0 Bert Cooper 14:05.4 Hew Neilson 14:11.27 miles walk Harry Churcher 52:37.0 Eddie Staker 53:31.4 Joe Coleman 54:32.2high jump John Lunn Newman 1.880 Hubert Stubbs 1.829 Richard O'Rafferty Eric Pierre 1.829pole vault Dick Webster 3.73 Douglas Redsull 3.66 Alexander Gibson 3.50long jump William Breach 7.21 Harry Askew 7.14 Harry Lister 7.13triple jump Ioannis Palamiotis 15.03 Willem Peters 14.58 F. Whalston 13.95shot put Aad de Bruyn 14.79 Robert Howland 13.74 Leonard Horan 13.35discus throw Nikolaos Syllas 49.12 Aad de Bruyn 42.38 James Nesbitt 41.76hammer throw Bert Healion 49.28 Norman Drake 46.76 Duncan Clark 44.19javelin throw James McKillop 56.88 E. W. Hibbard 50.64 Charles A. Melchior 50.01Tug of war (catchweight) Royal Ulster ConstabularySharlston West Colliery Royal Army Service Corps (Feltham) Tug of war (110st) Royal Ulster Constabulary Royal Army Service Corps (Feltham) 440 yards relay Blackheath Harriers43.4sec Herne Hill Harriersinches Polytechnic Harriers2 yd

See also 1939 WAAA Championships

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