1888 AAA Championships
{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 1888 AAA Championships
|Host city = Crewe, England
|Dates = 30 June 1888
|Stadium = Alexandra Recreation Ground
|Level = Senior
|Type = Outdoor
|Events = 14
|Previous = 1887
|Next = 1889
|Games = AAA Championships
}}
The 1888 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 30 June 1888 at the Alexandra Recreation Ground in Crewe, England in front of 10,000 spectators.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003364/18880701/045/0003 |title=The Amateur Athletic Championship |work=Empire News & The Umpire |date=1 July 1888 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000632/18880702/092/0004 |title=The Amateur Athletic Championship |work=Yorkshire Evening Press |date=2 July 1888 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18880702/009/0001 |title=The Amateur Athletic Championships |work=Sporting Life |date=2 July 1888 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 July 2024}}
The 14 events were the same number and disciplines as in the previous year.
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Results
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| width=100|Event
!colspan="2" width="280" style="background:gold;|Gold !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:silver;|Silver !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:#CD7F32;|Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards
| {{flagicon|USA}} Frederick Westing | 10.2
| {{flagicon|Leinster}} Alfred Vigne | ¾ yd
| Frank Ritchie | ½ yd |
| 440 yards | 51.4
| W. Lock | 6 yd
| Ernest Pelling | 1 yd |
| 880 yards
| Alfred Le Maitre | 2.00.4
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Wilfrid Kent-Hughes | 4 yd
| {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Smith | 5 yd |
| 1 mile
| {{flagicon|USA}} 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
| {{flagicon|USA}} 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
| {{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Jordan | 6.62
| {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Smith | 5.33
|only 2 competed | |
| shot put
| {{flagicon|CAN|1930}} George Gray | 13.28
| {{flagicon|Leinster}} James Mitchel | 12.34
| {{flagicon|Leinster}} John Carroll Daly | 12.11 |
| hammer throw
| {{flagicon|Leinster}} James Mitchel | 38.00
| {{flagicon|Leinster}} John Carroll Daly | 34.34
| Robert Lindsay | 29.22 |
References
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{{British championships in athletics}}
Category:1888 in athletics (track and field)