1920 AAA Championships

{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}}

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{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name = 1920 AAA Championships

|Host city = London, England

|Dates = 2–3 July 1920

|Stadium = Stamford Bridge

|Level = Senior

|Type = Outdoor

|Events = 22

|Previous = 1919

|Next = 1921

|Games = AAA Championships

}}

The 1920 AAA Championships was the 1920 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 2–3 July 1920 at Stamford Bridge in London, England. The attendance was between 15,000 and 20,000 and the championships received a record entry of athletes.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19200704/166/0010 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=4 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000569/19200705/204/0009 |title=Athletics |work=Newcastle Journal |date=5 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=12 July 2024}}

The Championships consisted of 22 events and covered two days of competition. Two additional events in the form of the

56lb weight throw and tug of war were held during the 1920 championships.

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Results

{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=12 July 2024}}

File:Bevil Rudd 1920.jpg

File:Joe Blewitt 1921.jpg

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
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

| Harry Edward

10.0

| William Hill

½ yd

| {{flagicon|RSA|1912}} Jack Oosterlaak

1 ft
220 yards

| Harry Edward

21.6

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Brown

4 yd

|William Hill

4-6 yd
440 yards

| {{flagicon|RSA|1912}} Bevil Rudd

49.2

|Guy Butler

8½-10 yd

|{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Cecil Griffiths

12 yd
880 yards

| {{flagicon|RSA|1912}} Bevil Rudd

1:55.8

|Albert Hill

1:56.6

|Edgar Mountain

2-3 yd
1 mile

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Armand Burtin

4:23.0

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Duncan McPhee

4:25.8

| Wilfrid Tatham

12-20 yd
4 miles

| Joe Blewitt

20:10.8

| Evelyn Montague

20:14.4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gaston Heuet

25 yd
10 miles

| Charles Clibbon

53:53.4

| Bobby Mills

54:35.0

| Walter Pratt

54:49.2
steeplechase

| Percy Hodge

11:22.8

| Charles Ruffell

11:32.0

| Halland Britton

11:49.4
120y hurdles

| {{flagicon|USA}} George Trowbridge

15.4

| George Gray

2 yd

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Eric Dunbar

7 yd
440y hurdles

| Edward Wheller

57.4

|{{flagicon|USA}} W. A. Adams

4 yd

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Wilfrid Kent Hughes

2 miles walk

| Charles Dowson

14:32.0

| William Hehir

14:43.0

| Charles Gunn

14:49.0
7 miles walk

| Charles Dowson

53:50.0

| William Hehir

55:54.2

| James Belchamber

57:36.4
high jump

| Benjamin Howard Baker

1.911 NR

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Tim Carroll
{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Thomson

1.753

| n/a

pole jump

| {{flagicon|FRA}} André Francquenelle

3.20

| Joe Birkett

2.79

| only 2 competitors

long jump

| {{flagicon|USA}} Donald Lourie

6.81

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Georges Courtin

6.40

| {{flagicon|IRE}} G. Murphy

6.37
triple jump

| Charles Lively

13.19

|{{flagicon|IRE}} Tim Carroll

12.56

| T. Welch

11.95
shot put

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Raoul Paoli

13.36

|{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Thomson

13.27

|{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Halsey

13.00
discus throw

|{{flagicon|IRE}} Patrick Quinn

37.62

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Raoul Paoli

37.40

|{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Halsey

31.76
hammer throw

|{{flagicon|USA}} Theodore Speers

42.81

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Donald Rose

42.64

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Denis Carey

40.42
javelin throw

|{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Murrey

45.64

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Arthur Picard

45.61

|{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Thomson

41.16
56lb weight throw

|{{flagicon|USA}} Wesley Coe

7.21

|{{flagicon|IRE}} James Barrett

6.67

|{{flagicon|IRE}} Denis Carey

6.59
Tug of war

| City of London Police AC

w/o

|n/a

|n/a
1 mile Relay

| Achilles AC
Philip Noel-Baker
C. F. Wood
William Milligan
Bevil Rudd

3.39 1-5sec

| South London AC

80 yards

| Crompton AC

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