| 1888 AAA Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 June 1888 |
| Host city | Crewe, England |
| Venue | Alexandra Recreation Ground |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 14 |
←1887 1889 → | |
The1888AAA Championships was an outdoortrack and field competition organised by theAmateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 30 June 1888 at theAlexandra Recreation Ground inCrewe, England in front of 10,000 spectators.[1][2][3]
The 14 events were the same number and disciplines as in the previous year.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards |  Frederick Westing | 10.2 |  Alfred Vigne | ¾ yd | Frank Ritchie | ½ yd |
| 440 yards | Henry Tindall | 51.4 | W. Lock | 6 yd | Ernest Pelling | 1 yd |
| 880 yards | Alfred Le Maitre | 2.00.4 |  Wilfrid Kent-Hughes | 4 yd | Charles Smith | 5 yd |
| 1 mile | Thomas Conneff | 4.31.6 | William Pollock-Hill | 5 yd | James Kibblewhite | 3 yd |
| 4 miles | Edward Parry | 20.22.2 | Sidney Thomas | 20.40.6 | only 2 finished | |
| 10 miles | Edward Parry | 53.43.4 | Sidney Thomas | 54.31.0 | George Pennington | 55.25.0 |
| steeplechase | J.C. Cope | 12.13.0 | n/a | n/a | only 1 finished | |
| 120yd hurdles | Sherard Joyce | 16.0 | Charles Daft | 2 yd | F. Winters | 3 yd |
| 7 miles walk | Christopher Clarke | 57.08.6 | J.R. Lewis | 57.41.0 | only 2 finished | |
| high jump | George Rowdon | 1.727 | Tom Ray | 1.575 | only 2 competed | |
| pole jump | Tom Ray &Lat Stones | 3.36 | not awarded | only 2 competed | ||
| long jump | Alexander Jordan | 6.62 | Charles Smith | 5.33 | only 2 competed | |
| shot put |  George Gray | 13.28 | James Mitchel | 12.34 | John Carroll Daly | 12.11 |
| hammer throw | James Mitchel | 38.00 | John Carroll Daly | 34.34 | Robert Lindsay | 29.22 |