1914 AAA Championships

The 1914 AAA Championships was the 1914 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 3–4 July 1914 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England. The attendance was described as a record attendance of around 13,000, despite estimates that were higher the year previous.^[1][2]

1914 AAA Championships
Dates	3–4 July 1914
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	20
← 1913 1919 → AAA Championships

The Championships consisted of 20 events and covered two days of competition for the first time, following the introduction of four new events. The new disciplines introduced were the 440 yards hurdles, javelin throw, discus throw and triple jump. It was also the last Championships for five years due to the outbreak of war shortly after the 1914 championships.^[3]

Results

Philip Kingsford

Armas Taipale

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Willie Applegarth	10.0	Clive Taylor	2 ft	Victor d'Arcy	2 yd
220 yards	Willie Applegarth	21.2 WR	Victor d'Arcy	4½ yd	John Rooney	2½ yd
440 yards	Cyril Seedhouse	50.0	Andrew Mitchell	2½ yd	Homer Baker	1 yd
880 yards	Homer Baker	1:54.4	Albert Hill	3 yd	Rollo Atkinson	2 yd
1 mile	George Hutson	4:22.0	Samuel Wood	5 yd	Duncan McPhee	½ yd
4 miles	George Hutson	19:41.2	Alfred Nichols	19:50.0	Cliff Price	19:57.0
10 miles	Thomas Fennah	53:33.4	John Ireland Daly	54:10.2	Cliff Price	54:39.2
2 miles steeplechase	Sydney Frost	11:10.6	Jack Cruise	30-50 yd	Charles Ruffell	8-12 yd
120y hurdles	George Gray	15.8	William Potter	2 ft	Kenneth Powell	1 ft
440y hurdles	Joseph English	59.8	Harry Blakeney	10 yd	Percy Smith	30 yd
2 miles walk	Bobby Bridge	13:57.2	William Hehir	14:20.0	Jack Lynch	14:25.0
7 miles walk	Bobby Bridge	52:32.0	Jack Lynch	53:06.6	William Hehir	55:14.6
high jump	Wesley Oler	1.892	Benjamin Howard Baker	1.880	John Simons	1.829
pole jump	Richard Sjöberg	3.40	Tim Leahy	3.20	A. Anderson	2.74
long jump	Philip Kingsford	7.09	T. F. Garnier	6.78	E. T. Concannon	6.61
triple jump	Ivar Sahlin	14.03	Juho Halme	14.02	Erik Almlöf	13.80
shot put	Armas Taipale	13.60	Hugh Harbison	13.27	Imre Mudin	13.26
discus throw	Armas Taipale	44.04	Patrick Quinn	38.12	Sándor Toldi	37.50
hammer throw	Carl Johan Lind	49.77	Tom Nicolson	49.59	Denis Carey	45.08
javelin throw	Mór Kóczán	59.72	Juho Halme	59.05	Jorgen Kornerup-Bang	52.87