# 1905 AAA Championships
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{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 1905 AAA Championships
|Host city = London, England
|Dates = 1 July 1905
|Stadium = [Stamford Bridge (stadium)](/source/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium))
|Level = Senior
|Type = Outdoor
|Events = 16
|Previous = [1904](/source/1904_AAA_Championships)
|Next = [1906](/source/1906_AAA_Championships)
|Games = [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships)
}}
The '''1905 [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships)''' was the 1905 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 1 July 1905 at the [Stamford Bridge (stadium)](/source/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)) in London, England, in front of 7–8,000 spectators.[{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19050703/347/0012 |title=Amateur Athletic Championships |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=3 July 1905 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}}][{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19050703/021/0002 |title=The Amateur Championships |work=Sporting Life |date=3 July 1905 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}}]
The Championships consisted of 16 events.
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thumb|right|200px|Frenchman Gonder won the pole jump event
== 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)) ||10.2
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [James Stark](/source/James_P._Stark) ||2½ yd
| [Harold Watson](/source/Harold_Watson_(athlete))|| ½ yd
|-
|[220 yards](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_200_metres)
| {{flagicon|USA}} Henry Hyman || 22.4
|[Claude Jupp](/source/Claude_Jupp) ||6 yd
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [James Stark](/source/James_P._Stark) ||2 yd
|-
|[440 yards](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_400_metres)
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [Wyndham Halswelle](/source/Wyndham_Halswelle) ||50.8
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [Georges Malfait](/source/Georges_Malfait) ||1½-5 yd
|[Edwin Montague](/source/Edwin_Montague) ||3 yd
|-
|[880 yards](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_800_metres)
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [Bernard Blunden](/source/Bernard_Blunden) ||2:02.0
|[Reginald Crabbe](/source/Reginald_Crabbe)|| 2 yd
|David Cowan|| 5 yd
|-
|[1 mile](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_1500_metres)
| [George Butterfield](/source/George_Butterfield_(athlete)) ||4:25.2
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [John McGough](/source/John_McGough_(athlete)) ||2-6 yd
| E. Gardner ||1 yd
|-
|[4 miles](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_5000_metres)
| [Josh Smith](/source/Josh_Smith_(runner)) ||21:08.8
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Douglas McNicol ||21:34.6
| H. Hobbs ||21:43.0
|-
|[10 miles](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_10_miles)
| Albert Aldridge ||51:49.0
| E. Gardner ||53:12.2
| [Joe Deakin](/source/Joe_Deakin)|| 53:44.2
|-
|[steeplechase](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres_steeplechase)
| [Arthur Russell](/source/Arthur_Russell_(athlete)) ||11:11.0
| Albert Aldridge ||10 yd
| only 2 finished||
|-
|[120yd hurdles](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_sprint_hurdles)
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Robert Stronach](/source/Robert_Stronach) ||16.8
| {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} [Wallis Walters](/source/Wallis_Walters) ||3 yd
|{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Amsler ||
|-
|[2 miles walk](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres_walk)
| [George Larner](/source/George_Larner) ||13:50.0
| Robert Wilkinson ||140 yd
| W. H. Martindale ||100 yd
|-
|[7 miles walk](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_10%2C000_metres_walk)
| [George Larner](/source/George_Larner) ||52:34.0
| [Frederick Thompson](/source/Frederick_Thompson_(athlete)) ||54:29.0
| W. H. Martindale ||54:47.0
|-
|[high jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_high_jump)
| {{flagicon|Leinster}}[Con Leahy](/source/Con_Leahy) || 1.784
| [Edward Leader](/source/Edward_Leader) ||1.733
| only 2 competed||
|-
|[pole jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_pole_vault)
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [Fernand Gonder](/source/Fernand_Gonder) ||3.10
| not awarded||
| only 1 competitor||
|-
|[long jump](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_long_jump)
| {{flagicon|Leinster}} [Peter O'Connor](/source/Peter_O'Connor_(athlete)) || 7.25
| [Lionel Cornish](/source/Lionel_Cornish) ||7.10
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [Hjalmar Mellander](/source/Hjalmar_Mellander)||6.60
|-
|[shot put](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_shot_put)
|{{flagicon|Leinster}} [Denis Horgan](/source/Denis_Horgan) ||13.55
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Tom Nicolson](/source/Tom_Nicolson) ||12.43
|{{flagicon|Leinster}} [Michael Collins](/source/Michael_Collins_(athlete)) ||11.35
|-
|[hammer throw](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_hammer_throw)
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Tom Nicolson](/source/Tom_Nicolson) ||47.51
| {{flagicon|Leinster}} [Denis Horgan](/source/Denis_Horgan) || 40.24
| [Alf Flaxman](/source/Alf_Flaxman) ||35.46
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
Category:AAA Championships
Athletics Outdoor
Category:International sports competitions in London
Category:1905 in the sport of athletics
Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Category:July 1905 sports events in the United Kingdom
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