List of British champions in 5000 metres
The British 5,000 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 distance was originally 4 miles but in 1932 switched to 3 miles.
Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list.
Past winners
[edit]AAC Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1866 | Richard Garnett |
| 1867 | Gilbert G. Kennedy |
| 1868 | Walter Chinnery |
| 1869 | Walter Chinnery |
| 1870 | Henry Riches |
| 1871 | John Scott |
| 1872 | James Edgar |
| 1873 | Arthur Somerville |
| 1874 | Walter Slade |
| 1875 | James Gibb |
| 1876 | Alfred Goodwin |
| 1877 | James Gibb |
| 1878 | James Gibb |
| 1879 | James Warburton / Walter George |
| AAA Championships | |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 5,000 metres | |
| 1969 | Ian Stewart |
| 1970 | Chris Stewart |
| 1971 | Mike Baxter |
| 1972 | Dave Bedford |
| 1973 | Brendan Foster |
| 1974 | Brendan Foster |
| 1975 | Nick Rose |
| 1976 | Brendan Foster |
| AAA Championships/WAAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships
dual championships era 1977-1987 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | AAA Men | Year | WAAA Women | Year | UK Men | UK Women |
| 1977 | Dave Black | 1977 | nc | 1977 | Nick Rose | nc |
| 1978 | Nick Rose | 1978 | nc | 1978 | Mike McLeod | nc |
| 1979 | Mike McLeod | 1979 | nc | 1979 | Steve Emson | nc |
| 1980 | Dick Callan | 1980 | Sue Hutton | 1980 | David Moorcroft | nc |
| 1981 | Geoff Smith | 1981 | Kathryn Binns | 1981 | Dave Clarke | nc |
| 1982 | Tim Hutchings | 1982 | Julie Asgill | 1982 | Tim Hutchings | Kathryn Binns |
| 1983 | Steve Harris | 1983 | Paula Fudge | 1983 | Nat Muir | Yvonne Murray |
| 1984 | Nick Rose | 1984 | Shireen Samy | 1984 | Eamonn Martin | Angela Tooby |
| 1985 | David Lewis | 1985 | Alison Hollington | 1985 | Eamonn Martin | Angela Tooby |
| 1986 | Tim Hutchings | 1986 | Marina Samy | 1986 | Jack Buckner | nc |
| 1987 | Jack Buckner | 1987 | Catherine Newman | 1987 | Simon Mugglestone | nc |
| AAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships
dual championships era 1988-1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Men AAA | Women AAA | Year | Men UK | Women UK |
| 1988 | Eamonn Martin | Jane Shields | 1988 | Mark Harris | Liz McColgan |
| 1989 | Mark Rowland | Sue Crehan | 1989 | Steve Cram | Susan Tooby |
| 1990 | Eamonn Martin | Sally Ellis | 1990 | Simon Mugglestone | nc |
| 1991 | Eamonn Martin | Amanda Wright | 1991 | Ian Hamer | nc |
| 1992 | Jack Buckner | Amanda Wright | 1992 | Ian Robinson | nc |
| 1993 | Jon Brown | Suzanne Rigg | 1993 | Jon Brown | nc |
| 1994 | Dermot Donnelly | Shireen Barbour | n/a | ||
| 1995 | Robert Denmark | Alison Wyeth | n/a | ||
| 1996 | John Nuttall | Paula Radcliffe | n/a | ||
| 1997 | Kristen Bowditch | Andrea Whitcombe | 1997 | Adrian Passey | Paula Radcliffe |
AAA Championships
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
| 1998 | Karl Keska | Andrea Whitcombe |
| 1999 | Rob Denmark | Hayley Haining |
| 2000 | Andres Jones | Paula Radcliffe |
| 2001 | Jon Wild | Jo Pavey |
| 2002 | Jon Wild | Hayley Yelling |
| 2003 | Andrew Graffin | Hayley Yelling |
| 2004 | Chris Thompson | Catherine Berry |
| 2005 | Mark Miles | Hayley Yelling |
| 2006 | Peter Riley | Jo Pavey |
- nc = not contested
References
[edit]- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.