1931 AAA Championships

The 1931 AAA Championships was the 1931 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 3 to 4 July 1931 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.^[1][2]

1931 AAA Championships
Dates	3–4 July 1931
Host city	London, England
Venue	Stamford Bridge
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	24
← 1930 1932 → AAA Championships

After 19 consecutive years at Stamford Bridge, it would be the last time that the venue hosted the championships. The Championships consisted of 24 events and covered two days of competition. The marathon was held from Windsor to Stamford Bridge.

The steeplechase event saw the number of hurdles standardised and the pole jump was renamed the pole vault.

Results

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Scotsman Dunky Wright retained his marathon title

Tom Evenson won the steeplechase

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Ernie Page	10.0	Fred Reid	inches	Edgardo Toetti	inches
220 yards	Robin Murdoch	22.5	John Hanlon	inches	Andrej Engel
440 yards	Godfrey Rampling	48.6	Laszlo Barsi	49.6	Felix Rinner	50.0
880 yards	Tommy Hampson	1:54.8	Stuart Townend	1:56.4	Otto Peltzer	1:56.7
1 mile	Reg Thomas	4:16.4	Cyril Ellis	4:20.6	Reidar Jørgensen	4:21.0
4 miles	Alec Burns	19:49.4	James Wood	20:00.0	Robert Sutherland	20:07.4
10 miles	Jack Winfield	54:34.4	Thomas Evenson	54:41.4	John Potts	54:48.4
marathon	Dunky Wright	2:49:54.2	Stan Smith	2:50:09.4	Henry Clarke	2:54:06.4
steeplechase	Thomas Evenson	10:36.4	George Bailey	10:39.0	Sidney Binfield
120y hurdles	Lord Burghley	14.8	Donald Finlay	½ yd	Holger Albrechtsen	1 ft
440y hurdles	Luigi Facelli	54.4	Johan Areskoug	3-5 yd	Lord Burghley	1 yd
2 miles walk	Alf Pope	13:52.6	Bert Cooper	13:57.8	Janis Dalins	14:10.0
7 miles walk	Ugo Frigerio	53:32.0	Janis Dalins	53:40.0	Alf Pope	54:09.0
high jump	Arthur Gray	1.829	Colin Gordon & Alec James (shared silver)			1.803
pole vault	Henry Lindblad	3.88	Age van der Zee	3.81	Laurence Bond	3.66
long jump	Hannes de Boer	7.21	Arturo Maffei	7.06	Anton van Welsenses	6.98
triple jump	Jan Blankers	14.22	Willem Peters	14.16	Harold Langley	13.43
shot put	József Daranyi	15.23	František Douda	15.16	Kenneth Pridie	13.46
discus throw	Endre Madarász	43.10	Emil Janausch	42.30	Kenneth Pridie	38.74
hammer throw	Ossian Skiöld	51.36	Gunnar Jansson	48.83	Fernando Vandelli	46.84
javelin throw	Olav Sunde	60.76	Willem Hertzog	53.13	Stanley Wilson	53.03
440 yards relay	Achilles Club	43.3–5sec	Blackheath Harriers		Polytechnic Harriers
Tug of war (100 st)	Royal Marines Portsmouth		Luton Borough Police		Willesden Loco RN Barracks Chatham
Tug of war (catch weight)	Royal Marines Portsmouth		London Fire Brigade

See also

• 1931 WAAA Championships