1937 AAA Championships

The 1937 AAA Championships was the 1937 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 16 to 17 July 1937 at White City Stadium in London, England.^[1][2]

1937 AAA Championships
Dates	16–17 July 1937
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	25
← 1936 1938 → AAA Championships

The Championships consisted of 25 events and covered two days of competition. The decathlon was held at Loughborough on 21–22 August.

Results

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John Mikaelsson

Karl Hein

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Cyril Holmes	9.9	Arthur Sweeney	1 yd	Ernie Page	2 ft
220 yards	Arthur Sweeney	21.9	Cyril Holmes	½ yd	Gyula Gyenes	1 yd
440 yards	Bill Roberts	48.2	Ronald Wylde	49.2	John Horsfall	49.3
880 yards	Arthur Collyer	1:53.3	Frank Handley	1:53.5	Jim Alford	1:54.3
1 mile	Sydney Wooderson	4:12.2	Denis Pell	4:15.4	Bobby Graham	4:15.9
3 miles	Peter Ward	14:19.8	János Kelen	14:21.6	Jack Parker	14:32.0
6 miles	János Kelen	30:07.8	Alec Burns	30:10.5	Lawrence Weatherill	30:38.2
10 miles	Reginald Walker	52:33.8	Alec Burns	52:37.0	Lawrence Weatherill	52:54.0
marathon	Donald Robertson	2:37:19.2	Stylianos Kyriakides	2:40:10.0	Albert Norris	2:41:41.0
steeplechase	William Wylie	10:27.0	Robert Sutherland	10:28.1	Henry Clark	10:33.0
120y hurdles	Don Finlay	14.5	John Thornton	2 yd	Jan Brasser	3 yd
440y hurdles	Juul Bosmans	55.0	Christos Mantikas	55.6	Robert Wallace	2 yd
2 miles walk	Bert Cooper	13:58.2	Eddie Staker	14:24.4	Don Brown	14:33.4
7 miles walk	John Mikaelsson	50:19.2	Harry Churcher	51:13.0	Fred Redman	51:55.0
high jump	John Lunn Newman	1.880	Charles Walker	1.880	Arthur Gold Richard O'Rafferty	1.778
pole vault	John Dodd	3.68	Alfred Kinally	3.58	Alexander Gibson	3.58
long jump	Luz Long	7.48	Sam Beattie	7.19	William Breach	7.02
triple jump	Willem Peters	14.32	Bert Shillington	14.26	Jack Higginson Jr.	13.90
shot put	Hans Wöllke	15.39	Robert Howland	13.89	A. Rosser	12.66
discus throw	Nikolaos Syllas	49.18	Willy Schröder	47.39	Jeno Kulitzy	44.12
hammer throw	Karl Hein	55.86	Erwin Blask	54.64	Otto Lutz	49.36
javelin throw	Stanley Wilson	59.18 NR	Ralph Blakeway	57.80	Robert Turner	53.98
decathlon	Jim Miggins	4647	James Nesbitt	4506	N. A. Hewson	4361
440 yards relay	Blackheath Harriers	42.0sec	Magyar Athletikai Club Budapest	½ yd	Vuictoria Park Harriers	7 yd
Tug of war	Royal Army Service Corps		Cranleigh & District British Legion

See also

• 1937 WAAA Championships