1901 AAA Championships

The 1901 AAA Championships was the 1901 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 6 July 1901 at the Fartown Ground in Huddersfield, England.^[1][2]

1901 AAA Championships
Dates	6 July 1901
Host city	Huddersfield, England
Venue	Fartown Ground
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	15
← 1900 1902 → AAA Championships

A new event was added to the Championships when the 2 miles walk was introduced. This also resulted in the 4 miles walk reverting to the distance of 7 miles (which was held previously from 1866 until 1893).

Alfred Shrubb won two more AAA titles

Olympic champion Alvin Kraenzlein successfully defended his hurdles title

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Arthur Duffey	10.0	Reginald Wadsley	3 yd	Denis Murray	inches
440 yards	Reginald Wadsley	49.8	Maxie Long	2 yd	William Welsh	1 yd
880 yards	John Cleave	1:59.6	E. Harrison Kenyon	2:01.6	Alec Nelson	5 yd
1 mile	Francis Cockshott	4:21.4	Alfred Shrubb	4:27.0	Henri Deloge	4:28.0
4 miles	Alfred Shrubb	20:01.8	Albert Barker	20:42.4	Fred Appleby	21:08.0
10 miles	Alfred Shrubb	53:32.0	John Rimmer	54:01.0	Albert Barker	54:35.0
steeplechase	Sidney Robinson	11:07.4	T. W. Walker	100 yd	Alfred Shrubb	4 yd
120yd hurdles	Alvin Kraenzlein	15.6	Alfred Trafford	4½ yd	Irving Baxter
2 miles walk	George Deyermond	14:17.4	H. T. Simpson	5 yd	W. H. Martindale	8 yd
7 miles walk	Jack Butler	54:37.0	H. T. Simpson	55:40.0	W. H. Martindale	56:30.0
high jump	Irving Baxter	1.803	Peter O'Connor	1.753	only 2 competitors
pole jump	Irving Baxter W. H. Hodgson	2.99 2.99	not awarded		only 2 competitors
long jump	Peter O'Connor	7.22	not awarded		only 1 competitor
shot put	Wesley Coe	13.85	not awarded		only 1 competitor
hammer throw	Tom Kiely	45.28	Ernest May	36.66	Henry Alan Leeke	35.06