1868 AAC Championships
{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name=1868 AAC Championships
|Host city=London, England
|Dates=19–20 June 1868
|Stadium=Beaufort House, Walham Green, London
|Level= Senior
|Type=Outdoor
|Events=
|Previous=1867
|Next= 1869
|Games= AAC Championships
}}
The 1868 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held from 19 to 20 June 1868, in the grounds of Thomas Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh's Beaufort House.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000355/18680620/070/0007 |title=Amateur Athletic Club |work=Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle |date=20 June 1868 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18680620/013/0003 |title=Amateur Championship Meeting |work=London Evening Standard |date=20 June 1868 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18680622/013/0003 |title=Amateur Athletic Club Sports |work=Morning Post |date=22 June 1868 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2024}}
Summary
- The championships were run over two days for the first time.
- A cup was presented to each winner and a medal was awarded to second place.
- Walter Chinnery set a world record for the 4 miles event with as time of 21:12.0.
- Robert Mitchell set a world record for the pole jump event with a jump of 3.21.
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Results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards | AAC | 10.2
| Edward J. Colbeck | London AC | 1 ft
| William MacLaren | Manchester AC | 1½ yd |
| quarter-mile
| Edward J. Colbeck | London AC | 50.4 NR
| William MacLaren | Manchester AC | 12 yd
| Walter M. Chinnery | London AC | gave up |
| half-mile
| Edward J. Colbeck | London AC | 2:02.0
| Arthur King | London AC | 4½ yd
| Walter R. M. Bethune | Civil Service AA | 3½ yd |
| 1 mile
| Walter M. Chinnery | London AC | 4:33.2 | Eton College | 27 yd
| only 2 competitors | ||
| 4 miles
| Walter M. Chinnery | London AC | 21:12.0 WR
| Joseph Snow | Manchester AC | 270 yd
| Sydenham Dixon | Civil Service AA | retired |
| 120yd hurdles | AAC | 17.4
| William MacLaren | Manchester AC | ½ yd
| William F. Powell Moore | AAC | 5 yd |
| 7 miles walk | London AC | 57:40
| Thomas Griffith | AAC | 58:00
| H. M. Wilkinson | Civil Service AA | a mile |
| high jump
| Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 1.727 | Civil Service AA | 1.676
| Frederick W. Parsons | Magdalen C | 1.575 |
| pole jump
| Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 3.21 WR
| William F. Powell Moore | AAC | 3.06 | AAC | 2.59 |
| broad jump
| Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 6.01
| Edward Havers | Ingatestone | 5.92 | AAC | 4.91 |
| shot put
| John Stone | Liverpool AC | 11.56 NR
| Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 10.97
| William F. Powell Moore | AAC | 10.40 |
| hammer throw | Trinity College | 30.33 NR
| Douglas Moffatt | AAC | 29.49
| Patrick Halkett | London Scottish | 28.42 |
References
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{{British championships in athletics}}
Category:1868 in English sport
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