1938 AAA Championships

1938 AAA Championships
Dates	15–16 July 1938
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	26
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The 1938 AAA Championships was the 1938 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 15 to 16 July 1938 at White City Stadium in London, England.[1][2]

The Championships consisted of 26 events and covered two days of competition. The decathlon was held at Loughborough on 5–6 August.

Results

[3]

Maffei was one of 5 Italians to win a title

Don Finlay continued to dominate the 120 yards hurdles

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Tinus Osendarp	9.8	Orazio Mariani	1 yd - 4 ft	Maurice Scarr	1 ft - ½ yd
220 yards	Wil van Beveren	22.1	Robin Murdoch	1½ yd	Kenneth Jenkins	½-1½ yd
440 yards	Godfrey Brown	49.2	Alan Pennington	49.3	Bill Roberts	49.4
880 yards	Arthur Collyer	1:53.7	Alfred Baldwin	1:54.9	Brian MacCabe	1:55.2
1 mile	Sydney Wooderson	4:13.4	Denis Pell	4:14.2	Jim Alford	4:15.4
3 miles	Jack Emery	14:21.0	Peter Ward	14:21.1	Patrick Hennessy	14:22.4
6 miles	Giuseppe Beviacqua	30:06.6	Frank Cummins	30:23.4	Reginald Draper	30:56.2
10 miles	Reginald Draper	52:40.6	Samuel Palmer	52:47.0	Arthur Penny	52:52.0
marathon	John Beman	2:36:39.6	Francis O'Sullivan	2:40:03.0	George Latham	2:40:21.0
steeplechase	John Potts	10:39.2	Bernard Fishwick	10:44.2	A. Stokes	10:46.4
120y hurdles	Don Finlay	14.4	John Thornton	3-5 yd	Jan Brasser	1-2 yd
440y hurdles	Juul Bosmans	54.1	Prudent Joye	54.2	Robert Wallace	55.5
2 miles walk	Bert Cooper	14:02.2	Eddie Staker	14:07.6	Harry Churcher	14:11.4
7 miles walk	John Mikaelsson	51:48.2	Erik Hedberg	53:23.0	Joe Coleman	53:36.8
high jump	Richard O'Rafferty	1.854	Robert Kennedy	1.854	Hubert Stubbs	1.854
pole vault	Mario Romeo	3.96	Dick Webster	3.90	Alexander Gibson	3.50
long jump	Arturo Maffei	7.52	François Mersch	7.07	William Breach	7.03
triple jump	Edward Boyce	14.06	Bert Shillington	13.85	Sam Beattie	13.61
shot put	Angiolo Profeti	14.06	Robert Howland	13.90	Angus Milligan	13.30
discus throw	Adolfo Consolini	43.60	David Young	42.06	Jan Brasser	40.99
hammer throw	Bert Healion	52.46	Tom McAnallen	45.70	Duncan Clark	45.40
javelin throw	Ralph Blakeway	60.08	Stanley Wilson	57.90	Alp Lommerud	56.18
decathlon	Thomas Lockton	5513 NR	John Cotter	5396	Patrick Skipworth	4960
Tug of war (catchweight)	Royal Ulster Constabulary		Royal Army Service Corps (Feltham)
440 yards relay	GS Baracca Milano Pro Patria	45.2sec	GS Oberdan Pro Patria Milano		De Trekvogals
Tug of war (100st)	Royal Army Service Corps (Feltham)		Cranleigh & District British Legion

See also

• 1938 WAAA Championships

References

1. "Italian wins six-mile title". Western Mail. 16 July 1938. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 18 July 1938. Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2024.