1909 AAA Championships

{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1909 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 3 July 1909 |Stadium = [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)]] |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = 16 |Previous = [[1908 AAA Championships|1908]] |Next = [[1910 AAA Championships|1910]] |Games = [[AAA Championships]] }}

The '''1909 [[AAA Championships]]''' was the 1909 edition of the annual outdoor [[track and field]] competition organised by the [[Amateur Athletic Association]] (AAA). It was held on Saturday 3 July 1909 at the [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)]] in London, England. The attendance was estimated to be between 10 and 12,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002148/19090705/149/0008 |title=Athletics |work=Leicester Daily Post |date=5 July 1909 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19090705/005/0002 |title=AAA Championships |work=Manchester Courier |date=5 July 1909 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref>

The Championships consisted of 16 events.

== Results == [[File:Alan Patterson (6).JPG|thumb|right|150px|440 yards champion Alan Patterson would lose his life in WWI as did the 880 yards champion Hanns Braun of Germany]] [[File:Emil Voigt.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Olympic champion Emil Voigt won the 4 miles title]] <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=11 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 |- |[[List of British champions in 100 metres|100 yards]] | {{flagicon|SAF|1876}} Reginald Walker ||10.0 | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nathaniel Cartmell]] ||1 ft | {{flagicon|Canada|1868}} [[Robert Kerr (athlete)|Robert Kerr]] ||6 ins |- |[[List of British champions in 200 metres|220 yards]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nathaniel Cartmell]] ||22.0 | {{flagicon|Canada|1868}} [[Robert Kerr (athlete)|Robert Kerr]] ||2-3 yd | [[Ernest Haley]] ||4 yd |- |[[List of British champions in 400 metres|440 yards]] | [[Alan Patterson (athlete)|Alan Patterson]] ||50.6/51.2 |[[Lionel Reed]] ||50.6/4 yd |[[Edwin Montague]]|| |- |[[List of British champions in 800 metres|880 yards]] | {{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[Hanns Braun]]|| 1:57.6 |[[Arthur Astley]] ||1:57.8 |[[Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford]] ||1:59.0 |- |[[List of British champions in 1500 metres|1 mile]] | [[Eddie Owen (runner)|Eddie Owen]] ||4:23.0 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Arthur Robertson (athlete)|Arthur Robertson]] ||4:23.4 | [[Richard Yorke]]|| 4:24.4 |- |[[List of British champions in 5000 metres|4 miles]] | [[Emil Voigt (athlete)|Emil Voigt]] ||19:57.6 | [[Arthur Robertson (athlete)|Arthur Robertson]] ||19:59.0 | A. Edward Wood ||20 yd |- |[[List of British champions in 10 miles|10 miles]] | A. Edward Wood ||52:40.0 | [[William Scott (athlete)|William Scott]] ||53:49.0 | Bertie Long ||53:58.8 |- |[[List of British champions in 3000 metres steeplechase|steeplechase]] | [[Reginald Noakes]] ||11:02.4 | Harry Hart ||11:12.2 | G. M. Parkinson ||11:29.4 |- |[[List of British champions in sprint hurdles|120yd hurdles]] | [[Alfred Healey]] ||15.8 | [[Kenneth Powell (tennis)|Kenneth Powell]] ||inches-1 yd | {{flagicon|SAF|1876}} John Duncker ||inches-½ yd |- |[[List of British champions in 3000 metres walk|2 miles walk]] | [[Ernest Webb]] ||13:56.4 | {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Albert Rowland]] ||14:26.6 | T. J. Eaton ||14:40.6 |- |[[List of British champions in 10,000 metres walk|7 miles walk]] | [[Ernest Webb]] ||52:37.0 | [[Fred Carter (athlete)|Fred Carter]] ||54:44.6 | Alred Pateman ||55:14.0 |- |[[List of British champions in high jump|high jump]] | John Banks ||1.753 | {{flagicon|Leinster}} [[Tim Ahearne]] ||1.740 | [[Cyril Dugmore]] ||1.702 |- |[[List of British champions in pole vault|pole jump]] | [[Alf Flaxman]] ||2.93 | not awarded|| | only 1 competitor|| |- |[[List of British champions in long jump|long jump]] | {{flagicon|Leinster}} [[Tim Ahearne]]|| 6.81 | [[Sidney Abrahams]] ||6.53 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Wilfred Bleaden]] ||6.22 |- |[[List of British champions in shot put|shot put]] | {{flagicon|Leinster}} [[Denis Horgan]] ||13.43 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tom Nicolson]] ||12.20 | [[Henry Alan Leeke]] ||11.48 |- |[[List of British champions in hammer throw|hammer throw]] | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tom Nicolson]] ||50.20 | {{flagicon|Leinster}} [[Denis Horgan]] ||41.80 | [[Alan Fyffe]] ||39.71 |}

== References == {{reflist}}

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