| 1899 AAA Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 July 1899 |
| Host city | Wolverhampton, England |
| Venue | Molineux Grounds |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 14 |
←1898 1900 → | |
The1899AAA Championships was the 1899 edition of the annual outdoortrack and field competition organised by theAmateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 1 July 1899 at theMolineux Grounds in Wolverhampton, England, in front of 5,000 spectators.[1][2]
The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards | Reginald Wadsley | 10.2 | Claude Jupp | ½ yd | Frederick Cooper | 2 yd |
| 440 yards | Reginald Wadsley | 54.6 | Herbert Pride-Jones | 2 ft | Charles Sheppard | 5 yd |
| 880 yards | Alfred Tysoe | 1:58.6 | William Lutyens | 4 ft | Joseph Binks | 15 yd |
| 1 mile |  Hugh Welsh | 4:25.0 | Charles Bennett | 1½ yd | Robert Wellin | 10 yd |
| 4 miles | Charles Bennett | 20:49.6 | Arthur Hutchings | 20:58.6 | Edward Ratcliffe | 21:10.6 |
| 10 miles | Charles Bennett | 54:18.4 | John Rimmer | 54:37.4 | George Smith | 55:31.6 |
| steeplechase | Walter Stokes | 11:16.8 | W. S. Ingmere | 120 yd | Henry Lloyd | 80 yd |
| 120yd hurdles | William Paget-Tomlinson | 16.4 | Alfred Trafford | 1½ yd | Joseph Gould | |
| 4 miles walk | William Sturgess | 29:20.6 | Jack Butler | 29:47.0 | E. Middleton | 31:07.4 |
| high jump |  Patrick Leahy | 1.784 | Claude Leggatt | 1.734 | Robert Perry | 1.683 |
| pole jump | E.C. Pritchard | 2.77 | G. Pheysey | nh | only 2 competitors | |
| long jump | William Newburn | 6.75 | Hugh Barr | 6.52 | Claude Leggatt | 6.04 |
| shot put | Denis Horgan | 14.03 | R. Nelson Robbie | 10.72 | only 2 competitors | |
| hammer throw | Tom Kiely | 41.57 | Denis Horgan | 40.14 | R. Nelson Robbie | 33.84 |