{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1900 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 7 July 1900 |Stadium = Stamford Bridge (stadium) |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = 14 |Previous = 1899 |Next = 1901 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1900 AAA Championships''' was the 1900 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 7 July 1900 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) in London, England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19000709/019/0001 |title=The Amateur Athletic Association Championships |work=Sporting Life |date=9 July 1900 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19000709/144/0006 |title=The Amateur Athletic Association Championships |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=9 July 1900 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 July 2024}}</ref>
The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year and all 14 event disciplines remained the same.
{{clear}} thumb|right|150px|Maxie Long won the 440 Yards thumb|right|150px|Norman Pritchard of India competed in the hurdles
== 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=6 July 2024}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- !width=100|Event !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:gold;|Gold !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:silver;|Silver !colspan="2" width="280" style="background:#CD7F32;|Bronze |- |100 yards |{{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Duffey|| 10.0 |{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Jarvis || ½ yd |{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Tewksbury || inches |- |440 yards |{{flagicon|USA}} Maxie Long ||49.8 |{{flagicon|USA}} William Maloney ||4 yd |{{flagicon|SCO}} William Welsh ||2 yd |- |880 yards | Alfred Tysoe ||1:57.8 |{{flagicon|USA}} John Cregan || 10 yd |Jack Densham|| 15 yd |- |1 mile | Charles Bennett||4:28.2 | George Gazeley ||12 yd |{{flagicon|CAN|1868}} Alexander Grant ||10-15 yd |- |4 miles | John Rimmer ||20:11.0 | Charles Bennett|| 20:24.8 | Alfred Shrubb|| 20:29.8 |- |10 miles | Sidney Robinson ||53:14.4 | John Rimmer ||53:17.0 | Arthur Maples ||54:55.0 |- |steeplechase | Sidney Robinson ||11:08.8 | T. W. Walker ||100+ yd | Henry Lloyd|| |- |120yd hurdles |{{flagicon|USA}} Alvin Kraenzlein || 15.4 |{{flagicon|British Raj}} Norman Pritchard ||6 yd | Alfred Trafford ||2½ yd |- |4 miles walk | William Sturgess ||30:20.8 | Jack Butler ||30:35.0 | E. Middleton ||31:31.0 |- |high jump |{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Baxter ||1.880 |{{flagicon|Leinster}} Peter O'Connor<br>Walter Henderson<br> {{flagicon|USA}} Walter Carroll ||1.772<br>1.772<br>1.772 | not awarded|| |- |pole jump |{{flagicon|USA}} Bascom Johnson ||3.45 |{{flagicon|USA}} Meredith Colket ||3.38 |{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Coleman || 3.25 |- |long jump |{{flagicon|USA}} Alvin Kraenzlein ||6.96 |{{flagicon|Leinster}} Peter O'Connor ||6.81 |{{flagicon|Leinster}} Patrick Leahy ||6.75 |- |shot put |{{flagicon|USA}} Richard Sheldon ||13.98 |{{flagicon|Leinster}} Denis Horgan ||13.57 |{{flagicon|USA}} Josiah McCracken ||12.14 |- |hammer throw |{{flagicon|USA}} John Flanagan ||49.78 |{{flagicon|Leinster}} Tom Kiely ||42.42 |{{flagicon|USA}} Truxtun Hare ||42.30 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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