Open 220 Yard Hurdles at the Outdoor National Championship:
Outdoor National Championships (including the AAU): In the early years, the 220 yard hurdles were included for many years in lieu of the 440 yard hurdles.
1876 through 1886: No 220 yard hurdle race is listed in the results.
At the Sept 17, 1887 championship: Al F. Copeland won the 220 yard hurdles in 26 2/5 at Manhattan AC grounds, New York city (breaking his own existing American Record of 27 1/5) (Sept 18, 1887 New York Times). (27.0 per 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac) (27.0 per USATF website Oct. 11, 2007)
Oct. 13, 1888 Al F. Copeland won the 220 yard hurdles in 26.8 and 26.6 (Oct 15, 1888 Gazette, Montreal). (26 4/5 per 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac) (26.8 per USATF website Oct. 11, 2007) (26.8 and 26.6 per USATF Past Open Championships: (External Link: USATF Outdoor Champions))
1889 Al F. Copeland 27 2/5 (per 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac). (27.8 per USATF Past Open Championships: (External Link: USATF Outdoor Champions))
1890 F. T. Ducharme 25 4/5 (per 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac).
The 1891 220 yard hurdle champ was Harry H Morrell (Oct 4, 1891 St Louis Post-Dispatch). 25 1/5 (per 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac).
The 1892 220 yard hurdle champ was A. F. Copeland 25 3/5 seconds, 2nd was H. H. Morrell 25 4/5 seconds (Oct 2, 1892 St Louis Post-Dispatch). Per 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac: 1893 Winner was Fred C. Puffer 25 4/5. Winner and time Fred C. Puffer 25.4 per USATF Past Open Championships: (External Link: USATF Outdoor Champions)) Possibly the 25.4 was a typo, and the 25 4/5 was probably the correct time. Possibly Copeland was DQ-ed (not verified).
The 1893 220 yard hurdle champ was Fred C. Puffer in 25 2/5 seconds. (Sept 17, 1893 St Louis Globe-Democrat) (Sept 18, 1893 The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec newspaper).
The 1894 220 yard hurdle champ was Frederick C Puffer (New Jersey AC) 25 3/5 seconds (Sept 16, 1894 Brooklyn Daily Eagle).
The 1895 220 yard hurdle champ was Sidney A. Syme in 28 1/5 (his qualifying was 26 3/5 was the best mark) (Sept 15, 1895 Brooklyn Daily Eagle).
The 1896 220 yard hurdle champ was J. Buck in 25 2/5 (Sept 13, 1896 Buffalo Morning Express).
The 1897 220 yard hurdle champ was A. C. Kraenzlein in 25.0 seconds (Aug 29, 1897 New York Times).
The 1898 220 yard hurdle champ was A. C. Kraenzlein in 25 3/5 seconds (June 24, 1898 Baltimore Sun). Per 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac: 1898 Winner was 25 2/5.
The 1899 220 yard hurdle champ was A. C. Kraenzlein in 26 1/5 seconds (Aug 27, 1899 Sunday News, Wilkes-Barre).
The 1900 220 yard hurdle “senior” champ was H. S. Arnold in 27 2/5 and the “junior” champ was H. Arnold in 26 4/5 seconds (same person) (Sept 16, 1900 New York Times).
The 1901 220 yard hurdle “senior” champ was Henry Arnold in 26.0 seconds (June 16, 1901 Brooklyn Daily Eagle).
1902 Harry L. Hillman 27 1/5 (Sept 14, 1902 Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
1903 M. W. Bockman 26.0 (Sept 12, 1903 Indianapolis Journal; and confirmed June 5, 1904 Kansas City Star) (per USATF Past Open Championships: (External Link: USATF Outdoor Champions))
1904 Joseph S Hill 25 1/5 (June 5, 1904 Kansas City Star) Winning time 27.4 per USATF Past Open Championships: (External Link: USATF Outdoor Champions)
1905 Frank Waller 25 4/5 (Aug 6, 1905 Indianapolis Star)
1906 H.L. Hillman 25 1/5 (Sept 9, 1906 Chicago Tribune)
1907 John J Eller 25 1/5 (Sept 8, 1907 Washington Herald, DC)
1908 JJ Eller 24 4/5 (Sept 20, 1908 Sun, New York)
1909 Joe Malcolmson 25.0 (Aug 16, 1909 Fall Rivers Globe, Mass.)
1910 JJ Eller 25 1/5 (surpassing southern-association record of 26.0) (Oct 16, 1910 New-York Tribune)
1911 JJ Eller 24 4/5 (July 2. 1911 Washington Post, DC)
1912 JJ Eller 25 1/5 (Sept 22, 1912 Evening Star, Washington, DC)
1913 Charles Cory 25 3/5 (July 6, 1913 Chicago Tribune and 1914 Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year)
1914 Jo Loomis 24 4/5 (Sept 13, 1914 Houston Post and 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac)
1915 F. S. Murray 23 3/5 wind-aided (heats: J. G. Loomis 24.0 and F. S. Murray 24 1/5) (Aug 9, 1915 Sacramento Bee and 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac)
1916 Fred Murray 24.0 (new AAU-championship-meet-record) (Sept 11, 1916 Ithaca Journal, NY and 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac)
1917 F. F. Loomis 24 4/5 (Sept 2, 1917 Sun, New York)
1918 Frank Loomis 24 1/5 (Sept 22, 1918 Los Angeles Evening Express)
1919 R. Simpson 24 2/5 (Sept 14, 1919 Standard Union, Brooklyn)
1920: Per 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac the 220 yard hurdles were not contested in 1920. (Not Held per USATF website Oct. 11, 2007) (440 Y IH instead)
1921: Earl J Thomson (BosAA/CAN) 24 3/5 (July 5, 1921 Oregon Daily Journal) (Per 1922 Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac) (24. 6 per USATF website Oct. 11, 2007)
1922: J. C. Taylor 24 3/5 (Sept 10, 1922 Standard Union, Brooklyn)
1923: Charles Brookins 24.5 (Sept 2, 1923 Nebraska State Journal per the Associated Press)
Winners from 1887 to 1962: (External Link: USATF Outdoor Champions)
Winners from 1887 to 1962: (External Link: woodhurdles website)
Winners from Past Open Championships: (External Link: USATF Outdoor Champions)
220 Yard Hurdles at the Open Outdoor National Championship: (Link)
Above marks are from the “Senior Championships”
Junior Championship: 220 Yard LH at AAU Junior Championship: 1921: Earl Frazier 24 2/5 (breaking Loomis’s 5-year old record of 25 1/5) (July 3, 1921 LA Times)