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Outdoor track and field competition

International athletics championship event
1927 AAA Championships
Dates1–4 July 1927
Host cityLondon, England
VenueStamford Bridge
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events23
1926 1928

AAA Championships

The 1927 AAA Championships was the 1927 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1 to 4 July 1927 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.

The Championships consisted of 23 events and covered three days of competition. The marathon was held in Fallowfield, Manchester on 30 July.

Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Helmut Körnig GER 10.1 Hubert Houben GER 1 ft Harold Hodge 1½-2 yd
220 yards Hubert Houben GER 21.8 Guy Butler inches Jokob Schuller GER 2 yd
440 yards Douglas Lowe 48.8 Alfredo Gargiullo ITA 5-6 yd Roger Leigh-Wood inches
880 yards Dougles Lowe 1:54.6 Cecil Griffiths 1:56.8 René Feger FRA 2 yd
1 mile Cyril Ellis 4:17.0 Herbert Böcher GER 4:18.2 Séraphim Martin FRA 2 yd
4 miles Bror Ohrn SWE 19:40.8 Charles Frith 19:42.4 Brian Oddie 60 yd
10 miles Ernest Harper 52:21.2 George Constable 54:26.2 Louis Payne 55:23.2
marathon Sam Ferris 2:48:46.4 Tom Heeley 3:00:22.4 C.E. Mitchell 3:02:13.6
steeplechase Jack Webster 11:06.0 Edward Oliver 10:59.6 H. Blades 100 yd
120y hurdles Frederick Gaby 14.9 NR George Weightman-Smith RSA 1 yd Sten Pettersson SWE
440y hurdles Lord Burghley 54.2 WR Scotland Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth 55.2 Luigi Facelli ITA 55.4
2 miles walk Alf Pope 14:21.6 Albert Fletcher 8 yd C.C. Coulson 10 yd
7 miles walk Wilf Cowley 55:46.4 L.G. Sandy 56:25.0 Edward Presland 56:59.0
high jump Herbert Adolfsson SWE 1.829 Con O'Connor IRL
Jack London
Thomas Tweed CEY
1.803 n/a
pole jump Henry Lindblad SWE 3.81 Henry Petersen DEN 3.66 Janos Karlovits HUN 3.66
long jump Rudolf Dobermann GER 7.31 Eric Svensson SWE 7.28 Willem Peters NED 7.28
triple jump Willem Peters NED 15.47 Eric Svensson SWE 14.92 Elemér Somfay HUN 14.25
shot put Georg Brechenmacher GER 14.18 József Daranyi HUN 14.16 Ernst Söllinger GER 13.62
discus throw Koloman Marvalits HUN 44.40 Kalman Egri HUN 43.76 Hans Hoffmeister GER 42.30
hammer throw Ossian Sköld SWE 50.30 Malcolm Nokes 49.31 Josef Mang GER 42.71
javelin throw Bela Szepes HUN 64.80 Olav Sunde NOR 62.12 Svend Gjorling DEN 55.96
1 mile relay Achilles Club 3m 19.2-5 sec Surrey AC 50 yd Herne Hill
Tug of war M Division Met Police London Fire Brigade n/a

See also

References

  1. "Bid for Athletics titles". Daily News (London). 2 July 1927. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "An Olympiad". Weekly Dispatch (London). 3 July 1927. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Records go abroad". Western Daily Press. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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