List of British champions in 400 metres
The British 400 metres athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]
The AAA Championships were open to international athletes but were not considered the National Champion in this list if they won the relevant Championship.
David Jenkins, with nine AAA titles, including eight successive titles between 1971 and 1978 and again in 1982, and a single UK Athletics Championships gold medal in 1980, is the most successful 400 metre athlete in British domestic history. Linda Keough won eight national women's titles, five AAA and three UK championships; on three occasions she won both titles in the same year, but Valerie Ball's six successive AAA wins in the immediate post-war era where only one championship was available annually means she is normally considered the most successful domestic British female athlete in the event.
Past winners
[edit]AAC Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1866 | John Ridley |
| 1867 | John Ridley |
| 1868 | Edward Colbeck |
| 1869 | Edward Colbeck |
| 1870 | Abbott Upcher |
| 1871 | Abbott Upcher |
| 1872 | Robert Philpot |
| 1873 | Abbott Upcher |
| 1874 | George Templer |
| 1875 | Frederick Elborough |
| 1876 | Frederick Elborough |
| 1877 | Frederick Elborough |
| 1878 | John Shearman |
| 1879 | Edgar Storey / Henry Ball |
AAA Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1880 | Montague Shearman |
| 1881 | William Phillips |
| 1882 | Henry Ball |
| 1883 | James Cowie |
| 1884 | James Cowie |
| 1885 | James Cowie |
| 1886 | Charles Wood |
| 1887 | Charles Wood |
| 1888 | Henry Tindall |
| 1889 | Henry Tindall |
| 1890 | Thomas Nicholas |
| 1891 | J.P. Shuter |
| 1892 | David Basan |
| 1893 | Edgar Bredin |
| 1894 | Edgar Bredin |
| 1895 | William Fitzherbert |
| 1896 | William Fitzherbert |
| 1897 | Samuel Elliott |
| 1898 | William Fitzherbert |
| 1899 | Reginald Wadsley |
| 1900 | William Welsh |
| 1901 | Reginald Wadsley |
| 1902 | George White |
| 1903 | Charles McLachlan |
| 1904 | Robert Watson |
| 1905 | Wyndham Halswelle |
| 1906 | Wyndham Halswelle |
| 1907 | Edwin Montague |
| 1908 | Wyndham Halswelle |
| 1909 | Alan Patterson |
| 1910 | Lionel Reed |
| 1911 | William Tettenhall |
| 1912 | Cyril Seedhouse |
| 1913 | George Nicol |
| 1914 | Cyril Seedhouse |
| 1919 | Guy Butler |
| 1920 | Guy Butler |
| 1921 | Robert Lindsay |
| AAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships
dual championships era 1988-1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Men AAA | Women AAA | Year | Men UK | Women UK |
| 1988 | Kriss Akabusi | Linda Keough | 1988 | Brian Whittle | Linda Keough |
| 1989 | Phil Brown | Linda Keough | 1989 | Paul Sanders | Linda Keough |
| 1990 | Lewis Samuel | Linda Keough | 1990 | Roger Black | Diane Edwards |
| 1991 | Derek Redmond | Lorraine Hanson | 1991 | Paul Sanders | Sandra Leigh |
| 1992 | Derek Redmond | Phylis Smith | 1992 | Roger Black | Sandra Douglas |
| 1993 | Ade Mafe | Phylis Smith | 1993 | Du'aine Ladejo | Phylis Smith |
| 1994 | Roger Black | Melanie Neef | n/a | ||
| 1995 | Mark Richardson | Melanie Neef | n/a | ||
| 1996 | Roger Black | Phylis Smith | n/a | ||
| 1997 | Kent Ulyatt | Iwan Thomas | 1997 | Lorraine Hanson | Donna Fraser |
AAA Championships
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
| 1998 | Iwan Thomas | Allison Curbishley |
| 1999 | Jamie Baulch | Katharine Merry |
| 2000 | Mark Richardson | Donna Fraser |
| 2001 | Mark Richardson | Lesley Owusu |
| 2002 | Tim Benjamin | Lee McConnell |
| 2003 | Daniel Caines | Helen Karagounis |
| 2004 | Tim Benjamin | Christine Ohuruogu |
| 2005 | Tim Benjamin | Donna Fraser |
| 2006 | Tim Benjamin | Nicola Sanders |
nc = not contested
References
[edit]- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.