{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 1921 AAA Championships |Host city = London, England |Dates = 1–2 July 1921 |Stadium = Stamford Bridge |Level = Senior |Type = Outdoor |Events = 21 |Previous = 1920 |Next = 1922 |Games = AAA Championships }}
The '''1921 AAA Championships''' was the 1921 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 1–2 July 1921 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/0001542/19210702/056/0003 |title=Athletics |work=Northern Whig |date=2 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19210704/131/0006 |title=Where Britain leads |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=4 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>
The Championships consisted of 21 events and covered two days of competition.
{{clear}} == 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|Edgar Mountain the 880 yards champion thumb|right|150px|Carl-Axel Christiernsson was one of seven Swedes who won an AAA title {| 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 ||10.2 | Harold Abrahams|| ½ yd | William Hill ||1 ft |- |220 yards | Harry Edward ||22.2 | Harold Abrahams ||1½ yd | {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Nozières ||1 ft |- |440 yards | Robert Lindsay ||50.4 |{{flagicon|RSA|1912}} Bevil Rudd ||50.4 |{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Cecil Griffiths ||51.4 |- |880 yards | Edgar Mountain ||1:56.8 |{{flagicon|RSA|1912}} Bevil Rudd ||4-6 yd |{{flagicon|SWE}} Sven Lundgren ||8-9 yd |- |1 mile | Albert Hill ||4:13.8 NR | Henry Stallard ||4:14.2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lucien Duquesne ||20-80 yd |- |4 miles | Walter Monk ||19:59.2 | James Hatton ||20:03.8 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Eric Backman || 20 yd |- |10 miles | Halland Britton ||54:58.2 | Joe Blewitt ||55:38.2 | William Cotterell ||56:12.2 |- |steeplechase | Percy Hodge ||10:57.2 | Evelyn Montague ||7 yd | Bert Rippington ||180 yd |- |120y hurdles | {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Bernard ||15.8 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Carl-Axel Christiernsson|| inches | Frederick Nicholas ||½ yd |- |440y hurdles | {{flagicon|SWE}} Carl-Axel Christiernsson ||55.4 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Géo André ||58.0 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Wilfrid Kent Hughes ||58.2 |- |2 miles walk | John Evans ||14:40.2 | Charles Gunn ||14:49.2 | Fred Poynton ||14:51.0 |- |7 miles walk | Harold Ross ||55:48.6 | William Hehir ||56:21.6 | Reg Goodwin ||56:21.8 |- |high jump | Benjamin Howard Baker ||1.897 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Guilloux|| 1.848 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Bertil Jansson ||1.803 |- |pole jump | {{flagicon|SWE}} Ernfrid Rydberg ||3.71 | {{flagicon|FRA}} André Francquenelle ||3.40 | Wilholm Wihuri ||2.74 |- |long jump | {{flagicon|USA}} H.C. Taylor ||6.73 | {{flagicon|SWE}} William Petersson ||6.69 | Leonard Ingrams ||6.59 |- |triple jump | {{flagicon|SWE}} Folke Jansson ||14.19 | Benjamin Howard Baker ||13.31 | John Odde ||12.27 |- |shot put | {{flagicon|SWE}} Bertil Jansson ||14.08 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Raoul Paoli || 12.89 |{{flagicon|SWE}} Oscar Zallhagen ||12.41 |- |discus throw | {{flagicon|SWE}} Oscar Zallhagen ||41.00 |{{flagicon|SWE}} Carl Johan Lind ||35.83 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Raoul Paoli ||35.55 |- |hammer throw | {{flagicon|SWE}} Carl Johan Lind ||49.36 |Malcolm Nokes ||47.52 | {{flagicon|SCO}} John Jackson ||35.27 |- |javelin throw | {{flagicon|SWE}} Gunnar Lindström ||62.48 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Folke Jansson ||50.71 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Bertil Jansson ||47.40 |- |1 mile relay | Polytechnic Harriers || | Surrey AC||6 yd | Queen's Park Harriers||30 yd |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{British championships in athletics}}
Category:AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:July 1921 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1921 in the sport of athletics