{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name=1872 AAC Championships |Host city=London, England |Dates=27 March 1872 |Stadium=Lillie Bridge Grounds, London |Level= Senior |Type=Outdoor |Events= |Previous=1871 |Next= 1873 |Games= AAC Championships }}
The '''1872 AAC Championships''' was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held on 27 March 1872, at the Lillie Bridge Grounds in London.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004596/18720328/033/0005 |title=The Amateur Championship Meeting |work=Echo (London) |date=28 March 1872 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000609/18720328/060/0008 |title=Championship Amateur Athletic Meeting |work=London Evening Standard |date=28 March 1872 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref>
== Summary == *Thomas Christie and George Templer tied and both set a new world record in the half-mile, recording 2.01.0.
{{clear}} == Results == <ref>{{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=21 July 2024}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- !width=100|Event !colspan="3" width="380" style="background:gold;|1st !colspan="3" width="380" style="background:silver;|2nd !colspan="3" width="380" style="background:#CD7F32;|3rd |- |100 yards | William A. Dawson||First Trinity ||10.5 | Robert Philpot||Third Trinity ||2½ yd | George E. R. Johnstone||Civil Service AA ||1½ yd |- |quarter-mile | Robert Philpot||Third Trinity ||52.8 | Arthur W. Brodie||Sidney Sussex C ||1½ yd | Edmund Loder||Trinity C ||4 yd |- |half-mile | Thomas Christie<br>George Templer|| Lincoln C<br>Trinity C ||2:01.0 WR | n/a|| || | Hon. Arthur L. Pelham ||Third Trinity || 8yd |- |1 mile | Charles H. Mason ||London AC ||4:42.25 | Thomas R. Hewitt||Trinity Hall ||8 yd | Edward Hawtrey ||St John's C||8 yd |- |4 miles | James B. Edgar||Isle of Man ||21:31.25 | Alfred Wheeler||German Gymnastic Society ||21:44.0 | J. Powell||Barnes Football Club ||22:22.0 |- |120yd hurdles | John L. Stirling||London AC ||16.8 | Edward Garnier || University C ||½ yd | Henry W. Beauchamp||Corpus Christi C ||2 yd |- |7 miles walk |T. R. Hogg||Lewisham CC ||57:22 | H. W. Steib||Preston GC ||5 yd | J. A. Jobling||Northumberland CC ||600 yd |- |high jump | Edward S. Prior||Caius C ||1.626 | Francis H. Woods||Jesus C ||1.600 | James F. Bland (Ireland)||University of Dublin || |- |pole jump | Henry Fellowes||Lichfield College ||2.90 | William F. Powell Moore || AAC ||2.84 | only 2 competitors|| |- |long jump | E. Jenner Davies|| Pembroke C || 6.88 NR | Ralph L. Dixon||Catherine Hall ||6.17 | William A. Dawson||First Trinity ||5.79 |- |shot put | Edward J. Bor (Ireland)||Royal Engineers ||12.93 NR | William F. Powell Moore || AAC ||10.74 | Henry W. R. Domville || Pembroke C || 10.67 |- |hammer throw | Henry Leeke || Stafford ||34.01 NR | James Paterson||Trinity C ||33.86 | William A. Burgess || Derby School || 32.08 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
Athletics Outdoor Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:Athletics competitions in England AAC Category:March 1872 in the United Kingdom