1868 AAC Championships - Misplaced Pages

Outdoor track and field competition

International athletics championship event

1868 AAC Championships
Dates	19–20 June 1868
Host city	London, England
Venue	Beaufort House, Walham Green, London
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 1867 1869 → AAC Championships

The 1868 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held from 19 to 20 June 1868, in the grounds of Thomas Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh's Beaufort House.

Summary

The championships were run over two days for the first time.
A cup was presented to each winner and a medal was awarded to second place.
Walter Chinnery set a world record for the 4 miles event with as time of 21:12.0.
Robert Mitchell set a world record for the pole jump event with a jump of 3.21.

Results

Event	1st			2nd			3rd
100 yards	William Tennent	AAC	10.2	Edward J. Colbeck	London AC	1 ft	William MacLaren	Manchester AC	1½ yd
quarter-mile	Edward J. Colbeck	London AC	50.4 NR	William MacLaren	Manchester AC	12 yd	Walter M. Chinnery	London AC	gave up
half-mile	Edward J. Colbeck	London AC	2:02.0	Arthur King	London AC	4½ yd	Walter R. M. Bethune	Civil Service AA	3½ yd
1 mile	Walter M. Chinnery	London AC	4:33.2	Edward Hawtrey	Eton College	27 yd	only 2 competitors
4 miles	Walter M. Chinnery	London AC	21:12.0 WR	Joseph Snow	Manchester AC	270 yd	Sydenham Dixon	Civil Service AA	retired
120yd hurdles	William Tennent	AAC	17.4	William MacLaren	Manchester AC	½ yd	William F. Powell Moore	AAC	5 yd
7 miles walk	Walter Rye	London AC	57:40	Thomas Griffith	AAC	58:00	H. M. Wilkinson	Civil Service AA	a mile
high jump	Robert J. C. Mitchell	Manchester AC	1.727	Charles Guy Pym	Civil Service AA	1.676	Frederick W. Parsons	Magdalen C	1.575
pole jump	Robert J. C. Mitchell	Manchester AC	3.21 WR	William F. Powell Moore	AAC	3.06	Alfred Lubbock	AAC	2.59
broad jump	Robert J. C. Mitchell	Manchester AC	6.01	Edward Havers	Ingatestone	5.92	William Tennent	AAC	4.91
shot put	John Stone	Liverpool AC	11.56 NR	Robert J. C. Mitchell	Manchester AC	10.97	William F. Powell Moore	AAC	10.40
hammer throw	Henry Leeke	Trinity College	30.33 NR	Douglas Moffatt	AAC	29.49	Patrick Halkett	London Scottish	28.42

References

"Amateur Athletic Club". Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle. 20 June 1868. Retrieved 20 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Amateur Championship Meeting". London Evening Standard. 20 June 1868. Retrieved 20 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Amateur Athletic Club Sports". Morning Post. 22 June 1868. Retrieved 20 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

v t e British national championships in athletics
British Athletics Championships (current outdoor)	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
British Indoor Athletics Championships (current indoor)	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024
AAC Championships	1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
AAA Championships	1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
WAAA Championships	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
UK Championships	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1997 2001
AAA Indoor Championships	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Categories: