Britain (AAA)

After the domestic trials, Finland's top team travelled to England by boat. Missing from the team were Ville Ritola, who was living in America, and the javelin Olympic champion and bank manager Jonni Myyrä, who threw 62.56 meters (205-5) in Terijoki, which would have qualified him for third place in the 1922 world rankings, instead of competing in the Tampere trials.

Finnish track and field athletes performed with a fierce success rate in the British Championships. Five out of the six-man squad returned home from London's Stamford Bridge with the championship trophy in their backpack.

Nurmi wins the 4 miles and the 2 miles steeple

Paavo Nurmi beat Hannes Kolehmainen in the four miles, although Kolehmainen was running a shorter distance for training purposes. His main goal was the invitational competition in Paris, which he travelled to after London. On the second day, Nurmi warmed up by winning the two-mile steeplechase, in which Antwerp Olympic champion Percy Hodge was the opponent. Even the poor track conditions did not stop him, only slowing him down slightly. It was no wonder that the King of England came to shake hands with the running king after the match. Five thousand spectators sat in the stands.

Olympic champion Ville Pörhölä won the shot put, triple Olympic medalist Vilho Tuulos the triple jump, Olympic silver medalist Vilho Niittymaa the discus, and Olympic bronze medalist Paavo Johansson (later Jaale) won the javelin, in which he later defeated Estonia's Aleksander Klumberg, who would thrown over 63 meters (206-8) same fall.

Harry Edward, a German-born Briton and double bronze medalist from the Antwerp Games, did even better than Nurmi. He made a clean sweep of the sprint events: he won the 100, 220, and 440 yards.

Norway won two championships, although both were won by the same man, Charles Hoff. The Viking kicked a respectable 7.08m (23-3) in the long jump and cleared a rather modest 3.86m (12-8) in the pole vault, considering that Hoff later that fall set a world record of 4.12m (13-6).

Even Sweden got in on the championships. The portly Carl-Johan Lind threw a world-leading 52.51 meters (172-3) in the hammer throw.

The 880 yards was a good race. Edgar Mountain and Cecil Griffiths crossed the finish line at the same time. Both had a time of 1:56.6, which put them in the top six in the world rankings for the year.