List of British athletics champions

British Athletics Champions (outdoors)
Frequencyannual
CountryUnited Kingdom
InauguratedAAC Championships (1866)
AAA Championships (1888)
UK Championships (1977)
British Championships (2007)
Organised byUK Athletics
British athletics champions
60 metres100 metres
200 metres400 metres
800 metres1500 metres
3000 metres5000 metres
10,000 metres10 miles
marathonsteeplechase
100/110 hurdles200 hurdles
400 hurdles3,000 walk
5,000 walk10,000 walk
decathlon/heptathlondiscus
hammerhigh jump
javelinlong jump
pole vaultshot put
triple jump

The List of British athletics champions (outdoors) covers four different competitions:

  • the current British Athletics Championships, referred to as the UK Athletics Championships since 2023, which was founded in 2007,[1]
  • the preceding AAA Championships which existed from 1880 until 2006,
  • the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and
  • the original UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1994, and then held once in 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]

During the period of overlap between the AAA Championships and the original UK Athletics Championships, the former was regarded by statisticians as the principle national championship, despite the presence of foreign guest athletes, as the home fields were generally stronger. Champions in the latter event are, however, were also recognised as national champions in their own right. In 1997 alone, the final year of the original UK Athletics Championships, (also referred to in that year as the British Athletics Federation Championships), it was considered the principle national championships of that season by statisticians, including the National Union of Track Statisticians [3].

Past winners

References

  1. ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
  2. ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  3. ^ "NUTS - AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medalists". www.nuts.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
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