1927 AAA Championships
{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 1927 AAA Championships
|Host city = London, England
|Dates = 1–4 July 1927
|Stadium = Stamford Bridge
|Level = Senior
|Type = Outdoor
|Events = 23
|Previous = 1926
|Next = 1928
|Games = AAA Championships
}}
The 1927 AAA Championships was the 1927 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1 to 4 July 1927 at Stamford Bridge in London, England.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003212/19270702/184/0010 |title=Bid for Athletics titles |work=Daily News (London) |date=2 July 1927 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19270703/260/0017 |title=An Olympiad |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=3 July 1927 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/19270705/022/0004 |title=Records go abroad|work=Western Daily Press |date=5 July 1927 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 July 2024}}
The Championships consisted of 23 events and covered three days of competition. The marathon was held in Fallowfield, Manchester on 30 July.
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Results
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100 yards
| {{flagicon|GER}} Helmut Körnig | 10.1
| {{flagicon|GER}} Hubert Houben | 1 ft | 1½-2 yd |
220 yards
| {{flagicon|GER}} Hubert Houben | 21.8 | inches
|{{flagicon|GER}} Jokob Schuller | 2 yd |
440 yards | 48.8
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Alfredo Gargiullo | 5-6 yd | inches |
880 yards | 1:54.6
|{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Cecil Griffiths | 1:56.8
|{{flagicon|FRA}} René Feger | 2 yd |
1 mile | 4:17.0
| {{flagicon|GER}} Herbert Böcher | 4:18.2
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Séra Martin | 2 yd |
4 miles
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Bror Ohrn | 19:40.8 | 19:42.4 | 60 yd |
10 miles | 52:21.2 | 54:26.2
| Louis Payne | 55:23.2 |
marathon
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Sam Ferris | 2:48:46.4 | 3:00:22.4
| C. E. Mitchell | 3:02:13.6 |
steeplechase | 11:06.0 | 10:59.6
| H. Blades | 100 yd |
120y hurdles | 14.9 NR
| {{flagicon|SAF|1912}} George Weightman-Smith | 1 yd
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sten Pettersson | |
440y hurdles | 54.2 WR
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth | 55.2
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Luigi Facelli | 55.4 |
2 miles walk
| Alf Pope | 14:21.6
|Albert Fletcher | 8 yd
| C. C. Coulson | 10 yd |
7 miles walk | 55:46.4
| L. G. Sandy | 56:25.0
| Edward Presland | 56:59.0 |
high jump
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Herbert Adolfsson | 1.829
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Con O'Connor | 1.803
| n/a | |
pole jump
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Henry Lindblad | 3.81
| {{flagicon|DEN}} Henry Petersen | 3.66
| {{flagicon|HUN}} Janos Karlovits | 3.66 |
long jump
| {{flagicon|GER}} Rudolf Dobermann | 7.31
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Eric Svensson | 7.28
| {{flagicon|NED}} Willem Peters | 7.28 |
triple jump
| {{flagicon|NED}} Willem Peters | 15.47
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Eric Svensson | 14.92
| {{flagicon|HUN}} Elemér Somfay | 14.25 |
shot put
| {{flagicon|GER}} Georg Brechenmacher | 14.18
|{{flagicon|HUN}} József Darányi | 14.16
|{{flagicon|GER}} Ernst Söllinger | 13.62 |
discus throw
| {{flagicon|HUN}} Kálmán Marvalits | 44.40
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Kalman Egri | 43.76
|{{flagicon|GER}} Hans Hoffmeister | 42.30 |
hammer throw
|{{flagicon|SWE}} Ossian Skiöld | 50.30 | 49.31
|{{flagicon|GER}} Josef Mang | 42.71 |
javelin throw
| {{flagicon|HUN}} Béla Szepes | 64.80
|{{flagicon|NOR}} Olav Sunde | 62.12
|{{flagicon|DEN}} Svend Gjorling | 55.96 |
1 mile relay | 3m 19.2-5 sec
| Surrey AC | 50 yd
| Herne Hill | |
Tug of war
| M Division Met Police | |London Fire Brigade | | n/a |
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