List of British champions in 800 metres
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The list of British 800 metres athletics champions covers four competitions;
- the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879)
- the AAA Championships (1880-2006),
- the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1993, with a single further event in 1997, and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[1]
- the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[2]
Background
The AAA Championships were open to international athletes but a guest international was not considered the National Champion in this list if they won the relevant Championship, that title going to the highest placed British athlete in the event. Despite this, the AAA Championships were regarded as more prestigious than the British-only UK Championships event for most of the latter's existence, although both were recognised as national championships. The UK Championships were ended in 1997, while the AAA Championships were supplanted by the British Athletics Championships in 2007. While the AAA Championships continue, they are no longer regarded as crowning a British champion.
Past winners
AAC Championships
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Year | Men's champion |
1866 | Percy Thornton |
1867 | William Frere |
1868 | Edward Colbeck |
1869 | Robert Somers-Smith |
1870 | Robert Somers-Smith |
1871 | Arthur Pelham |
1872 | Thomas Christie / George Templer |
1873 | Arthur Pelham |
1874 | Edward Sandford |
1875 | Edward Sandford |
1876 | Frederick Elborough |
1877 | Frederick Elborough |
1878 | Henry Whately / Lees Knowles |
1879 | William Bolton / Charles Hazen-Wood |
AAA Championships
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Year | Men's champion |
1880 | Samuel Holman |
1881 | Sidney Baker |
1882 | Walter George |
1883 | William Birkett |
1884 | Walter George |
1885 | G.W. Wathen |
1886 | Ernest Robinson |
1887 | Francis Cross |
1888 | Alfred Le Maitre |
1889 | Henry Tindall |
1890 | Thomas Pitman |
1891 | William Holmes |
1892 | William Holmes |
1893 | Edgar Bredin |
1894 | Edgar Bredin |
1895 | Edgar Bredin |
1896 | William King |
1897 | Albert Relf |
1898 | Albert Relf |
1899 | Alfred Tysoe |
1900 | Alfred Tysoe |
1901 | John Cleave |
1902 | Arthur Manning |
1903 | Bernard Blunden |
1904 | Herbert Workman |
1905 | Bernard Blunden |
1906 | Arthur Astley |
1907 | Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford |
1908 | Theodore Just |
1909 | Arthur Astley |
1910 | Eddie Owen |
1911 | NBA |
1912 | James Soutter |
1913 | C.H. Frisby |
1914 | Albert Hill |
1919 | Albert Hill |
1920 | Albert Hill |
1921 | Edgar Mountain |
1922 | Edgar Mountain |
AAA Championships | ||
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Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
880 yards | 880 yards | |
1923 | Cecil Griffiths | Edith Trickey |
1924 | Henry Stallard | Edith Trickey |
1925 | Cecil Griffiths | Edith Trickey |
1926 | Dougles Lowe | Edith Trickey |
1927 | Dougles Lowe | Edith Trickey |
1928 | Dougles Lowe | Ivy Barber |
1929 | Cyril Ellis | Violet Streater |
1930 | Tommy Hampson | Gladys Lunn |
1931 | Tommy Hampson | Gladys Lunn |
1932 | Tommy Hampson | Gladys Lunn |
1933 | Clifford Whitehead | Ruth Christmas |
1934 | Jack Cooper | Gladys Lunn |
1935 | James Stothard | Nellie Halstead |
1936 | Jack Powell | Olive Hall |
1937 | Arthur Collyer | Gladys Lunn |
1938 | Arthur Collyer | Nellie Halstead |
1939 | Godfrey Brown | Olive Hall |
1945 | nc | Phyllis Richards |
1946 | Tom White | Phyllis Richards |
1947 | Tom White | Nellie Batson |
1948 | John Parlett | Nellie Batson |
1949 | John Parlett | Hazel Spears |
1950 | Roger Bannister | Margaret Hume |
1951 | Frank Evans | Nellie Batson |
1952 | Roger Bannister | Margaret Taylor |
1953 | Brian Hewson | Anne Oliver |
1954 | Brian Hewson | Diane Leather |
1955 | Derek Johnson | Diane Leather |
1956 | Mike Rawson | Phyllis Perkins |
1957 | Mike Rawson | Diane Leather |
1958 | Brian Hewson | Joy Jordan |
1959 | Brian Hewson | Joy Jordan |
1960 | Tom Farrell | Joy Jordan |
1961 | Tony Harris | Joy Jordan |
1962 | Sid Purkis | Joy Jordan |
1963 | NBA | Phyllis Perkins |
1964 | Chris Carter | Anne Smith |
1965 | Chris Carter | Anne Smith |
1966 | Chris Carter | Anne Smith |
1967 | John Boulter | Anne Smith |
1968 | John Davies | Lillian Board |
800 metres | 800 metres | |
1969 | Dave Cropper | Pat Lowe |
1970 | Andy Carter | Sheila Carey |
1971 | Peter Browne | Rosemary Stirling |
1972 | Andy Carter | Pat Cropper |
1973 | Andy Carter | Rosemary Wright |
1974 | Steve Ovett | Lesley Kiernan |
1975 | Steve Ovett | Angela Creamer |
1976 | Steve Ovett | Angela Creamer |
AAA Championships / UK Athletics Championships 1977 - 1993 | ||
1977 | Sebastian Coe / Dave Warren+ | Christina Boxer / Lesley Kiernan+ |
1978 | Dave Warren / Sebastian Coe+ | Christina Boxer / Jane Colebrook+ |
1979 | Garry Cook / Dane Joseph+ | Christine Benning / Christina Boxer+ |
1980 | Paul Forbes / Dave Warren+ | Anne Clarkson / Christina Boxer+ |
1981 | Sebastian Coe / Rob Harrison+ | Anne Clarkson / Gillian Dainty+ |
1982 | Peter Elliott / Paul Forbes+ | Lorraine Baker / Anne Clarkson+ |
1983 | Peter Elliott | Shireen Bailey |
1984 | Steve Cram / Peter Elliott+ | Christina Boxer |
1985 | John Gladwin / Tom McKean+ | Christina Boxer / Liz MacArthur+ |
1986 | Steve Cram / Peter Elliott+ | Diane Edwards / Anne Purvis+ |
1987 | Peter Elliott / John Gladwin+ | Diane Edwards |
1988 | Steve Cram / Paul Herbert+ | Kirsty Wade / Christina Cahill+ |
1989 | Ikem Billy / Nick Smith+ | Diane Edwards / Ann Williams+ |
1990 | Tom McKean / David Sharpe+ | Ann Williams / Helen Thorpe+ |
1991 | Tom McKean / David Sharpe+ | Paula Fryer |
1992 | Curtis Robb | Diane Edwards / Lynne Robinson+ |
1993 | Martin Steele | Kelly Holmes |
AAA Championships 1994 - 1996 | ||
1994 | Craig Winrow | Diane Modahl |
1995 | Curtis Robb | Kelly Holmes |
1996 | Curtis Robb | Kelly Holmes |
AAA Championships / UK Athletics Championships 1997 | ||
1997 | Noel Edwards / Andy Hart+ | Amanda Crowe / Kelly Holmes |
AAA Championships 1998 - 2006 | ||
1998 | Jason Lobo | Diane Modahl |
1999 | Mark Sesay | Kelly Holmes |
2000 | James McIlroy | Kelly Holmes |
2001 | Neil Speaight | Kelly Holmes |
2002 | James McIlroy | Susan Scott |
2003 | Ricky Soos | Lucy Vaughan |
2004 | Sam Ellis | Kelly Holmes |
2005 | Tim Bayley | Susan Scott |
2006 | Michael Rimmer | Becky Lyne |
British Athletics Championships 2007 - present | ||
2007 | Michael Rimmer | Jemma Simpson |
2008 | Michael Rimmer | Marilyn Okoro |
2009 | Michael Rimmer | Jemma Simpson |
2010 | Michael Rimmer | Jemma Simpson |
2011 | Andrew Osagie | Jenny Meadows |
2012 | Andrew Osagie | Lynsey Sharp |
2013 | Michael Rimmer | Marilyn Okoro |
2014 | Michael Rimmer | Lynsey Sharp |
2015 | Kyle Langford | Lynsey Sharp |
2016 | Elliot Giles | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke |
2017 | Elliot Giles | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke |
2018 | Elliot Giles | Laura Muir |
2019 | Spencer Thomas | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke |
2020 | Daniel Rowden | Keely Hodgkinson |
2021 | Elliot Giles | Keely Hodgkinson |
2022 | Max Burgin | Jemma Reekie |
2023 | Daniel Rowden | Keely Hodgkinson |
2024 | Ben Pattison | Phoebe Gill |
- NBA = No British athlete in final
- nc = not contested
- + = UK Championships