# 1904 AAA Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1904_AAA_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1904_AAA_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_AAA_Championships > Source revision: 1309674216 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1904 AAA Championships |Host city = Rochdale, England |Dates = 2 July 1904 |Stadium = [Athletic Grounds, Rochdale](/source/Athletic_Grounds%2C_Rochdale) |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = 16 |Previous = [1903](/source/1903_AAA_Championships) |Next = [1905](/source/1905_AAA_Championships) |Games = [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) }} The '''1904 [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships)''' was the 1904 edition of the annual outdoor [track and field](/source/track_and_field) competition organised by the [Amateur Athletic Association](/source/Amateur_Athletic_Association) (AAA). It was held on Saturday 2 July 1904 at the [Athletic Grounds, Rochdale](/source/Athletic_Grounds%2C_Rochdale) in [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale), England, in front of 10,000 spectators.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/19040704/260/0011 |title=The Amateur Championships |work=Daily News (London) |date=4 July 1904 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19040704/027/0002 |title=Amateur Championships at Rochdale |work=Sporting Life |date=4 July 1904 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}} The Championships consisted of 16 events. {{clear}} thumb|right|150px|George Larner == Results == {{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=11 July 2024}} {| 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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_100_metres) |[John Morton](/source/John_W._Morton_(runner)) ||10.0 |{{flagicon|USA}} [Arthur Duffey](/source/Arthur_Duffey) || inches | [Claude Jupp](/source/Claude_Jupp) ||1 ft |- |[220 yards](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_200_metres) |[Claude Jupp](/source/Claude_Jupp) ||22.8 |[Jimmy Tremeer](/source/Jimmy_Tremeer) ||6 yd |Ernest Green ||8 yd |- |[440 yards](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_400_metres) | {{flagicon|SCO}} Robert Watson ||51.8 |[Edwin Montague](/source/Edwin_Montague)|| 1 yd |E. Harrison Kenyon ||1 yd |- |[880 yards](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_800_metres) | Herbert Workman ||1:59.4 |Bernard Blunden ||3-6 yd |E.S. Ward ||6-8 yd |- |[1 mile](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_1500_metres) | [Alfred Shrubb](/source/Alfred_Shrubb) ||4:22.0 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [John McGough](/source/John_McGough_(athlete)) ||2 yd | [George Butterfield](/source/George_Butterfield_(athlete)) ||6-10 yd |- |[4 miles](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_5000_metres) | [Alfred Shrubb](/source/Alfred_Shrubb) ||19:56.8 | [Josh Smith](/source/Josh_Smith_(runner)) ||20:51.0 | [George Butterfield](/source/George_Butterfield_(athlete)) ||21:21.0 |- |[10 miles](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_10_miles) | [Alfred Shrubb](/source/Alfred_Shrubb)||54:30.4 | [George Butterfield](/source/George_Butterfield_(athlete)) ||55:55.2 | James Roberts|| 55:55.6 |- |[steeplechase](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres_steeplechase) | [Arthur Russell](/source/Arthur_Russell_(athlete)) ||10:55.8 |{{flagicon|Leinster}} John James Daly ||6 yd | Charles Straw ||10 yd |- |[120yd hurdles](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_sprint_hurdles) | {{flagicon|SCO}} [Robert Stronach](/source/Robert_Stronach) ||16.0 | {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} [Wallis Walters](/source/Wallis_Walters)|| 6-7 yd | Alfred Trafford|| |- |[2 miles walk](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres_walk) | [George Larner](/source/George_Larner) ||13:57.6 |{{flagicon|Leinster}} George Deyermond ||80-110 yd |[Fred Carter](/source/Fred_Carter_(athlete)) ||25-40 yd |- |[7 miles walk](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_10%2C000_metres_walk) | [George Larner](/source/George_Larner) ||52:57.4 | [Fred Carter](/source/Fred_Carter_(athlete))|| | W. H. Martindale|| |- |[high jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_high_jump) | {{flagicon|Leinster}} [Peter O'Connor](/source/Peter_O'Connor_(athlete))
{{flagicon|SCO}} John Milne
{{flagicon|SCO}} R.G. Murray ||1.765 | not awarded|| | not awarded|| |- |[pole jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_pole_vault) |{{flagicon|FRA}} André Puységur ||3.20 | Herbert Dickinson ||3.17 |{{flagicon|GER|1866}} S. Morriss ||2.97 |- |[long jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_long_jump) |{{flagicon|Leinster}} [Peter O'Connor](/source/Peter_O'Connor_(athlete)) ||7.07 |{{flagicon|SWE}} [Hjalmar Mellander](/source/Hjalmar_Mellander) ||6.68 |{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} [Wallis Walters](/source/Wallis_Walters) ||6.17 |- |[shot put](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_shot_put) |{{flagicon|Leinster}} [Denis Horgan](/source/Denis_Horgan) ||13.76 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [Tom Nicolson](/source/Tom_Nicolson) ||13.00 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Tom Kirkwood ||12.77 |- |[hammer throw](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_hammer_throw) |{{flagicon|SCO}} [Tom Nicolson](/source/Tom_Nicolson) ||47.98 NR |{{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Shevlin](/source/Tom_Shevlin) ||42.28 |{{flagicon|Leinster}} [Denis Horgan](/source/Denis_Horgan) ||39.36 |} == References == {{reflist}} {{British championships in athletics}} Category:AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:Sport in Rochdale Category:1904 in the sport of athletics Category:1900s in Lancashire Category:July 1904 sports events in the United Kingdom --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1904 AAA Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_AAA_Championships) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_AAA_Championships?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.