1925 AAA Championships
{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 1925 AAA Championships
|Host city = London, England
|Dates = 17–18 July 1925
|Stadium = Stamford Bridge
|Level = Senior
|Type = Outdoor
|Events = 21
|Previous = 1924
|Next = 1926
|Games = AAA Championships
}}
The 1925 AAA Championships was the 1925 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 17 to 18 July 1925 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19250718/019/0007 |title=AAA Championships |work=Gloucester Citizen |date=18 July 1925 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003212/19250720/219/0010 |title=New Holders |work=Daily News (London) |date=20 July 1925 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 July 2024}}
The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition. The competition included the introduction of the marathon, which was held from Windsor to Stamford Bridge on 30 May.
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Results
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100 yards
| {{flagicon|USA}} Loren Murchison | 9.9
| {{flagicon|HAI|1859}} Valéry Théard | ½ yd | inches |
220 yards
| {{flagicon|USA}} Loren Murchison | 21.6 | 3 yd
|{{flagicon|USA}} Harry Evans | 1 yd |
440 yards | 50.0
|Thomas Cushing | 5-6 yd | 1-7 yd |
880 yards
|{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Cecil Griffiths | 1:57.2
|William Nelson | 4 yd
|{{flagicon|USA}} Ray Dodge | 1-2 yd |
1 mile | 4:18.0 | 1½ yd
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Robert McAlpine-Downie | 10-15 yd |
4 miles | 19:54.6 | 19:56.6 | 19:56.8 |
10 miles | 52:32.6 | 53:04.6 | 53:10.6 |
marathon
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Sam Ferris | 2:35:58.2 NR
| {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Zuna | 2:38:27.4
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Dunky Wright | 2:42:28.4 |
steeplechase | 11:01.4 | 11:17.8
| A. J. Smith | 11:33.0 |
120y hurdles | 15.2 =NR
| {{flagicon|USA}} Ivan Riley | 1 yd
| S. James Murphy | 2 yd |
440y hurdles
| {{flagicon|USA}} Ivan Riley | 57.8
| William Boardman | 10 yd | dnf |
2 miles walk | 14:07.4 | 14:21.8
| C. W. Cater | 14:32.2 |
7 miles walk | 52:53.8 | 54:08.0
| Fred Clark | 54:39.8 |
high jump
| {{flagicon|USA}} Harold Osborn | 1.930
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Lewden | 1.905
| Fred Nuttall | 1.803 |
pole jump
| {{flagicon|USA}} Paul Jones | 3.50
| {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Greening | 3.50
| {{flagicon|USA}} Franklin Kelley | 3.50 |
long jump
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Richard Honner | 7.30
| {{flagicon|SAF|1912}} Christiaan Steyn | 7.17
| {{flagicon|USA}} Paul Jones | 7.15 |
triple jump
| {{flagicon|HUN}} Elemér Somfay | 14.29
| {{flagicon|USA}} Harold Osborn | 14.26
| J. Connor | 13.83 |
shot put
|{{flagicon|USA}} Herb Schwarze | 14.40
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Raoul Paoli | 14.07
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Kálmán Egri | 12.49 |
discus throw
|{{flagicon|IRE}} Patrick Bermingham | 41.24
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Kálmán Egri | 40.97
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Elemér Somfay | 39.20 |
hammer throw | 46.04
|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Jackson | 38.42
| John Freeborn | 36.67 |
javelin throw
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Béla Szepes | 53.92
|{{flagicon|POL}} Julian Gruner | 51.09
|{{flagicon|POL}} Sławosz Szydłowski | 49.48 |
See also
References
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{{British championships in athletics}}
Category:International sports competitions in London
Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham