{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1920 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 2–3 July 1920 |Stadium = Stamford Bridge |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = 22 |Previous = 1919 |Next = 1921 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1920 AAA Championships''' was the 1920 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 2–3 July 1920 at Stamford Bridge in London, England. The attendance was between 15,000 and 20,000 and the championships received a record entry of athletes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19200704/166/0010 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=4 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000569/19200705/204/0009 |title=Athletics |work=Newcastle Journal |date=5 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>
The Championships consisted of 22 events and covered two days of competition. Two additional events in the form of the 56lb weight throw and tug of war were held during the 1920 championships.
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== 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=12 July 2024}}</ref> thumb|right|150px|South African Bevil Rudd won the 440 and 880 yard events thumb|right|150px|4 miles champion Joe Blewitt {| 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 | Harry Edward ||10.0 | William Hill ||½ yd | {{flagicon|RSA|1912}} Jack Oosterlaak ||1 ft |- |220 yards | Harry Edward ||21.6 |{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Brown ||4 yd |William Hill ||4-6 yd |- |440 yards | {{flagicon|RSA|1912}} Bevil Rudd ||49.2 |Guy Butler|| 8½-10 yd |{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Cecil Griffiths ||12 yd |- |880 yards | {{flagicon|RSA|1912}} Bevil Rudd || 1:55.8 |Albert Hill ||1:56.6 |Edgar Mountain ||2-3 yd |- |1 mile | {{flagicon|FRA}} Armand Burtin ||4:23.0 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Duncan McPhee ||4:25.8 | Wilfrid Tatham ||12-20 yd |- |4 miles | Joe Blewitt ||20:10.8 | Evelyn Montague ||20:14.4 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Gaston Heuet ||25 yd |- |10 miles | Charles Clibbon ||53:53.4 | Bobby Mills ||54:35.0 | Walter Pratt ||54:49.2 |- |steeplechase | Percy Hodge ||11:22.8 | Charles Ruffell ||11:32.0 | Halland Britton ||11:49.4 |- |120y hurdles | {{flagicon|USA}} George Trowbridge ||15.4 | George Gray ||2 yd | {{flagicon|AUS}} Eric Dunbar ||7 yd |- |440y hurdles | Edward Wheller ||57.4 |{{flagicon|USA}} W. A. Adams ||4 yd | {{flagicon|AUS}} Wilfrid Kent Hughes || |- |2 miles walk | Charles Dowson ||14:32.0 | William Hehir ||14:43.0 | Charles Gunn ||14:49.0 |- |7 miles walk | Charles Dowson ||53:50.0 | William Hehir|| 55:54.2 | James Belchamber ||57:36.4 |- |high jump | Benjamin Howard Baker ||1.911 NR | {{flagicon|IRE}} Tim Carroll<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Thomson ||1.753 | n/a|| |- |pole jump | {{flagicon|FRA}} André Francquenelle ||3.20 | Joe Birkett ||2.79 | only 2 competitors|| |- |long jump | {{flagicon|USA}} Donald Lourie || 6.81 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Georges Courtin || 6.40 | {{flagicon|IRE}} G. Murphy ||6.37 |- |triple jump | Charles Lively ||13.19 |{{flagicon|IRE}} Tim Carroll ||12.56 | T. Welch ||11.95 |- |shot put |{{flagicon|FRA}} Raoul Paoli ||13.36 |{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Thomson ||13.27 |{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Halsey ||13.00 |- |discus throw |{{flagicon|IRE}} Patrick Quinn ||37.62 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Raoul Paoli ||37.40 |{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Halsey ||31.76 |- |hammer throw |{{flagicon|USA}} Theodore Speers ||42.81 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Donald Rose ||42.64 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Denis Carey ||40.42 |- |javelin throw |{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Murrey || 45.64 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Arthur Picard ||45.61 |{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Thomson ||41.16 |- |56lb weight throw |{{flagicon|USA}} Wesley Coe ||7.21 |{{flagicon|IRE}} James Barrett ||6.67 |{{flagicon|IRE}} Denis Carey ||6.59 |- |Tug of war | City of London Police AC ||w/o |n/a || |n/a || |- |1 mile Relay | Achilles AC <br>Philip Noel-Baker<br>C. F. Wood<br>William Milligan<br>Bevil Rudd||3.39 1-5sec | South London AC ||80 yards | Crompton AC || |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
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