1936 AAA Championships
{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 1936 AAA Championships
|Host city = London, England
|Dates = 10–11 July 1936
|Stadium = White City Stadium
|Level = Senior
|Type = Outdoor
|Events = 25
|Previous = 1935
|Next = 1937
|Games = AAA Championships
}}
The 1936 AAA Championships was the 1936 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 10 to 11 July 1936 at White City Stadium in London, England.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19360711/173/0006 |title=AAA Championships begin |work=Western Mail |date=11 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19360713/473/0017 |title=Wooderson wins again |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 July 2024}}
The Championships consisted of 25 events and covered two days of competition.
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Results
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100 yards
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tinus Osendarp | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
220 yards | 21.9 | 22.1
|{{flagicon|NED}} Wil van Beveren | 22.2 |
440 yards | 48.6 | 49.1 | inches |
880 yards | 1:54.7 | 1:54.9
|{{flagicon|POL}} Kazimierz Kucharski | 1:54.9 |
1 mile | 4:15.0
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jack Lovelock | 4:15.2
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Robert Graham | 4:16.5 |
3 miles | 14:15.8 NR | 14:20.2 | 14:22.3 |
6 miles
|{{flagicon|POL}} Józef Noji | 29:43.4 | 29:45.0 NR | 29:47.0 |
10 miles | 50:30.8 NR | 51:11.8
| Charles Carter | 52:40.2 |
marathon
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Donald Robertson | 2:35:02.4 | 2:35:03.6
| Francis O'Sullivan | 2:38:17.8 |
steeplechase | 10:24.8 | 10:25.2
| {{flagicon|SCO}} William Wylie | 10:29.0 |
120y hurdles | 14.6 | 3 yd | 15.0 |
440y hurdles | 55.6
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alf Watson | 1-2½ yd | ½ yd |
2 miles walk | 13:50.0
| {{flagicon|LAT}} Paul Bernhard | 14:01.4 | 14:02.8 |
7 miles walk | 52:21.2
| Alf Pope | 52:40.0 | 53:04.4 |
high jump
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Metcalfe | 1.854
| {{flagicon|NED}} Jan Brasser | 1.829 | 1.778 |
pole vault | 3.88 NR
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Frederick Woodhouse | 3.81 | 3.58 |
long jump | 7.07 | 6.92 | 6.88 |
triple jump
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Metcalfe | 15.07
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Basil Dickinson | 14.62
| {{flagicon|NIR|1924}} Edward Boyce | 13.74 |
shot put
|{{flagicon|NED}} Aad de Bruyn | 14.08 | 13.71
|Alfred Carver | 12.69 |
discus throw
|{{flagicon|JAM|1906}} Bernarr Prendergast | 43.10 | 43.09 | 41.02 |
hammer throw | 46.26
|{{flagicon|SCO}} Sandy Smith | 43.38 | 43.15 |
javelin throw
| {{flagicon|NED}} Jaap van der Poll | 57.66 | 54.98
|Robert Turner | 48.72 |
decathlon | 5291 NR
|John Cotter | 5129 | 4423 |
440 yards relay
| ATC Snelvoeters | | Blackheath Harriers | | Polytechnic Harriers | |
Tug of war
|Royal Army Service Corps Feltham | |B Div Metropolitan Polices | | |
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