The 1898 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 2 July 1898 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England, in front of 7,000 spectators.
The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.
Results
EventGoldSilverBronze100 yards Frederick Cooper 10.0 =NRNorman Morgan (N Ireland) inches Reginald Wadsley inches440 yards William Fitzherbert 50.0 James Meredith ½ ydCharles Davison ½ yd880 yards Albert Relf 1:56.2William Lutyens 4 ydAlan Hunter 10 yd1 mile Hugh Welsh 4:17.2 William Lutyens 16-20 yd D. G. Harris 4:32.04 miles Charles Bennett 20:14.4 Henry Munro 25 yd Jason Tennant 100 yd10 miles Sidney Robinson 53:12.0 Charles Bennett 53:18.0 Edward Barlow 53:22.0steeplechase George Orton11:48.4 Charles Lee 80 yd A.E. Williamson 20 yd120yd hurdles Howard Parkes 16.4 Tom Kiely 3 yd Patrick Harding 4 miles walk William Sturgess 29:10.0 Jack Butler 30:15.8 G. Topliss 30:41.0high jump Patrick Leahy 1.819 Robert Perry & Henry Adair 1.753 not awardedpole jump James Poole 3.12 E. C. Pritchard 3.07 A. Fraser 2.66long jump William Newburn 7.19 NR Gilbert Vassall 6.60 Edmund Faunce de Laune 6.45shot put Denis Horgan 13.71Nigel Harrison 11.44R. E. Bascombe 9.88hammer throw Tom Kiely 42.70 Denis Horgan 38.28 Walter Lawrence 33.50
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