1994 AAA Championships

1994 AAA Championships
Dates11–12 June
Host citySheffield, England
VenueDon Valley Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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AAA Championships

The 1994 AAA Championships sponsored by KP, was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 11 to 12 June at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, England. The event doubled as the qualifiers for the 1994 European Athletics Championships.

It was the first and only time that the AAA Championships was held at the Don Valley Stadiume. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4]

Many top British athletes were absent from the competition.[5]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m
(wind: +3.9 m/s) 		Linford Christie 9.91 w Toby Box 10.07 w Michael Rosswess 10.07 w
200m
(wind: +3.2 m/s) 		Solomon Wariso 20.67 w Phil Goedluck 20.83 w Scotland Dougie Walker 20.85 w
400m Roger Black 44.94 Du'aine Ladejo 45.36 Scotland Brian Whittle 45.46
800m Craig Winrow 1:48.45 Kenya Vincent Malakwen 1:48.65 Martin Steele 1:48.68
1,500m Kevin McKay 3:40.59 Scotland David Maxwell Strang 3:40.85 Northern Ireland Gary Lough 3:41.71
3,000m Bashir Hussain 8:19.28 David Tune 8:30.17 Mick Morris 8:37.80
5,000m Northern Ireland Dermot Donnelly 13:52.63 Darren Mead 13:54.08 Richard Findlow 13:55.75
10,000m Rob Denmark 28:03.34 Martin Jones 28:33.18 Justin Hobbs 28:45.86
110m hurdles Andy Tulloch 13.70 Wales Paul Gray 13.76 Lloyd Cowan 14.09
400m hurdles Peter Crampton 49.82 Steve Coupland 50.19 Noel Levy 50.89
3000m steeplechase Wales Justin Chaston 8:28.28 Spencer Duval 8:28.33 Colin Walker 8:29.65
10,000m walk Darrell Stone 43:09.28 Mark Easton 44:06.93 Republic of Ireland Michael Casey 45:24.83
high jump Brendan Reilly 2.24 m Scotland Geoff Parsons 2.20 m Republic of Ireland Antoine Burke 2.15 m
pole vault Andy Ashurst 5.30 m Mike Edwards
Kevin Hughes		 5.20 m Not awarded
long jump Barrington Williams 7.77 m Fred Salle 7.60 m Michael Morgan 7.59 m
triple jump Jonathan Edwards 17.39 m Julian Golley 16.98 m Francis Agyepong 16.95 m
shot put Wales Paul Edwards 18.32 m Australia John McNamara 17.16 m Wales Lee Newman 17.02 m
discus throw Kevin Brown 58.60 m Robert Weir 57.94 m Glen Smith 56.22 m
hammer throw Peter Vivian 70.80 m Paul Head 69.08 m Mick Jones 67.42 m
javelin throw Mick Hill 84.60 m Steve Backley 84.24 m Colin Mackenzie 79.16 m
decathlon Barry Thomas 7458 pts David Bigham 7434 pts Andy Lewis 7221 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m
(wind: +2.9 m/s) 		Katharine Merry 11.27 w Stephi Douglas 11.35 w Simmone Jacobs 11.37 w
200m Katharine Merry 22.85 Stephi Douglas 23.17 Paula Thomas 23.33
400m Scotland Melanie Neef 52.56 Tracy Goddard 53.59 Sandra Douglas 53.78
800m Diane Modahl 2:01.35 Dawn Gandy 2:03.75 Sonya Bowyer 2:03.79
1,500m Kelly Holmes 4:01.41 Scotland Yvonne Murray 4:01.44 Ann Griffiths 4:08.71
3,000m Sonia McGeorge 9:03.80 Scotland Laura Adam 9:12.16 Wendy Ore 9:14.72
5,000m Shireen Barbour 16:06.49 Sarah Bentley 16:16.86 Amanda Wright 16:22.95
10,000m Zahara Hyde 33:23.25 Carol Greenwood 33:34.96 Suzanne Rigg 33:42.80
100m hurdles Clova Court 13.06 Sally Gunnell 13.09 Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.43
400m hurdles Gowry Retchakan 57.08 Jacqui Parker 57.31 Stephanie McCann 58.09
5,000m walk Scotland Verity Snook 23:22.52 Vicky Lupton 23:34.50 Australia Jane Barbour 23:43.23
10,000m walk Scotland Verity Snook 48:05 Isle of Man Cal Partington 48:20 Melanie Wright 49:16
high jump Julia Bennett 1.89 m Debbie Marti 1.86 m Julie Major 1.83 m
pole vault Kate Staples 3.65 m Paula Wilson 3.40 m Linda Stanton 3.30 m
long jump Yinka Idowu 6.58 m w Denise Lewis 6.56 m Ann Brooks 6.10 m
triple jump Michelle Griffith 14.08 m Ashia Hansen 13.79 m Rachel Kirby 13.29 m
shot put Judy Oakes 18.38 m Myrtle Augee 17.37 m Maggie Lynes 16.53 m
discus throw Northern Ireland Jackie McKernan 56.94 m Sharon Andrews 56.24 m Debbie Callaway 54.94 m
hammer throw Lorraine Shaw 59.58 m Diana Holden 49.12 m Sarah Moore 48.46 m
javelin throw Shelley Holroyd 57.08 m Sharon Gibson 56.90 m Scotland Karen Costello 54.50 m
heptathlon Vikki Schofield 5587 pts Pauline Richards 5420 pts Uju Efobi 5409 pts

Other AAA titles

Event Gold Silver Bronze
men's marathon Mexico Dionicio Cerón 2:08:53 Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen 2:09:17 Mexico Germán Silva 2:09:18
Women's marathon Germany Katrin Dörre 2:32:34 Australia Lisa Ondieki 2:33:17 Brazil Janete Mayal 2:34:21

References

  1. ^ AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. ^ AAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  3. ^ WAAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  4. ^ "Classy Crampton hits the jackpot". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 June 1994. Retrieved 31 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Fox, Norman (1994-06-11). Athletics: Christie hot off blocks: Sprinter records fastest time in Britain as leading athletes opt to stay in cold storage. Independent. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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