Premier national championship in track and field
British Athletics Championships |
| Sport | Track and field |
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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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The British Athletics Championships is the premier national championship in track and field held in the United Kingdom, and are organised by British Athletics. The event has doubled as the main trials meet for international team selection for major events in which Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete, including the Olympic Games, the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the European Athletics Championships. Only British athletes may formally compete, though in some circumstances British club-affiliated foreign athletes may take part as guests.
The event was established in 2007,[1] replacing the AAA Championships as the principal event on the domestic athletics calendar in the United Kingdom. A previous event, the UK Athletics Championships had nominally been the national championship, but in effect took second billing to the "triple A's". The creation of the British Athletics Championships as the main national championship and selection event, brought the governance of the elite level of the sport and team selection firmly under the new national body for the sport, moving away from the Amateur Athletic Association of England, which had served that role since 1880.[2] A 2001 British Championship in women's 3000 metres steeplechase was held as a one-off at Scotstoun Stadium, due to the growing popularity of the event among women and its absence from the AAA Championships programme (the event was added a year later).[3]
Editions
| City | Venue | Year/s |
| Manchester | Manchester Regional Arena | 2007, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Birmingham | Alexander Stadium | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Championships records
Men
Women
See also
References
- ^ AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ Memorandum submitted by the Association of British Athletic Clubs - THE DEMISE OF BRITISH ATHLETICS FROM GRASS ROOTS TO ELITE. Parliament. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ "Jeremiah Azu wins UK 100m title in wind assisted 9.90". thenational.wales. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ Evelyn Watta (27 June 2022). "Daryll Neita completes sprint double with dominant 200m win at UK Athletics Championships in Manchester". olympics.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Pole Vault Results". UKA. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "First National Senior record for Callum Wilkinson" (PDF). enfieldleague.weebly.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Jon Mulkeen (25 August 2019). "National championships round-up: records broken at British and Swiss Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "National championships round-up: Jackson clocks 10.65, Warholm blazes to 46.76". World Athletics. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Bolingo breaks Belgian best, Rojas leaps world-leading 14.71m". World Athletics. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ Jon Mulkeen (1 July 2017). "Ugen and Asher-Smith set championship records to win British titles". IAAF. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "Fajdek throws 82.82m in Poznan, Gong gets 20.39m world lead in Chongqing". World Athletics. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Jon Mulkeen (1 July 2017). "Ugen and Asher-Smith set championship records to win British titles". IAAF. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Jon Mulkeen (1 July 2017). "Ugen and Asher-Smith set championship records to win British titles". IAAF. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Evelyn Watta (27 June 2022). "Daryll Neita completes sprint double with dominant 200m win at UK Athletics Championships in Manchester". olympics.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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