1868 AAC Championships | |
Host City: | London, England |
Dates: | 19–20 June 1868 |
Stadium: | Beaufort House, Walham Green, London |
Level: | Senior |
Type: | Outdoor |
Previous: | 1867 |
Next: | 1869 |
Games: | AAC Championships |
The 1868 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held from 19 to 20 June 1868, in the grounds of Thomas Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh's Beaufort House.[1] [2] [3]
width=100 | Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||
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100 yards | 10.2 | Edward J. Colbeck | 1 ft | William MacLaren | Manchester AC | 1½ yd | ||||
quarter-mile | Edward J. Colbeck | 50.4 NR | William MacLaren | Manchester AC | 12 yd | Walter M. Chinnery | London AC | gave up | ||
half-mile | Edward J. Colbeck | 2:02.0 | Arthur King | 4½ yd | Walter R. M. Bethune | Civil Service AA | 3½ yd | |||
1 mile | Walter M. Chinnery | 4:33.2 | 27 yd | only 2 competitors | ||||||
4 miles | Walter M. Chinnery | 21:12.0 WR | Joseph Snow | Manchester AC | 270 yd | Sydenham Dixon | Civil Service AA | retired | ||
120yd hurdles | 17.4 | William MacLaren | Manchester AC | ½ yd | William F. Powell Moore | 5 yd | ||||
7 miles walk | 57:40 | Thomas Griffith | 58:00 | H. M. Wilkinson | Civil Service AA | a mile | ||||
high jump | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 1.727 | Civil Service AA | 1.676 | Frederick W. Parsons | 1.575 | |||
pole jump | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 3.21 WR | William F. Powell Moore | 3.06 | 2.59 | ||||
broad jump | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 6.01 | Edward Havers | Ingatestone | 5.92 | AAC | 4.91 | ||
shot put | John Stone | Liverpool AC | 11.56 NR | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 10.97 | William F. Powell Moore | AAC | 10.40 | |
hammer throw | 30.33 NR | Douglas Moffatt | 29.49 | Patrick Halkett | London Scottish | 28.42 |