The British hammer throw 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]
+Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Irish athletes originally competed for Great Britain.
Past winners
editAAC Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1866 | Richard James |
| 1867 | Patrick Halkett |
| 1868 | Henry Leeke |
| 1869 | William Burgess |
| 1870 | Henry Leeke |
| 1871 | William Burgess |
| 1872 | Henry Leeke |
| 1873 | James Paterson |
| 1874 | Stephen Brown |
| 1875 | William Burgess |
| 1876 | George Hales |
| 1877 | George Hales |
| 1878 | Edmund Baddeley |
| 1879 | William Burgess |
- NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
- nc = not contested
- + = UK Championships
References
edit- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.