List of British champions in 800 metres

The list of British 800 metres athletics champions covers four competitions;

Background

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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

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AAC Championships
880 yards, mens event only
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
880 yards, men's event only
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 Cyril Frisby
1914 Albert Hill
1919 Albert Hill
1920 Albert Hill
1921 Edgar Mountain
AAA Championships & WAAA Championships
Year Men's champion Year Women's champion
880 yards
1922 Edgar Mountain 1922 Mary Lines
1923 Cecil Griffiths 1923 Edith Trickey
1924 Henry Stallard 1924 Edith Trickey
1925 Cecil Griffiths 1925 Edith Trickey
1926 Dougles Lowe 1926 Edith Trickey
1927 Dougles Lowe 1927 Edith Trickey
1928 Dougles Lowe 1928 Ivy Barber
1929 Cyril Ellis 1929 Violet Streater
1930 Tommy Hampson 1930 Gladys Lunn
1931 Tommy Hampson 1931 Gladys Lunn
1932 Tommy Hampson 1932 Gladys Lunn
1933 Clifford Whitehead 1933 Ruth Christmas
1934 Jack Cooper 1934 Gladys Lunn
1935 James Stothard 1935 Nellie Halstead
1936 Jack Powell 1936 Olive Hall
1937 Arthur Collyer 1937 Gladys Lunn
1938 Arthur Collyer 1938 Nellie Halstead
1939 Godfrey Brown 1939 Olive Hall
1945 nc 1945 Phyllis Richards
1946 Tom White 1946 Phyllis Richards
1947 Tom White 1947 Nellie Batson
1948 John Parlett 1948 Nellie Batson
1949 John Parlett 1949 Hazel Spears
1950 Roger Bannister 1950 Margaret Hume
1951 Frank Evans 1951 Nellie Batson
1952 Roger Bannister 1952 Margaret Taylor
1953 Brian Hewson 1953 Anne Oliver
1954 Brian Hewson 1954 Diane Leather
1955 Derek Johnson 1955 Diane Leather
1956 Mike Rawson 1956 Phyllis Perkins
1957 Mike Rawson 1957 Diane Leather
1958 Brian Hewson 1958 Joy Jordan
1959 Brian Hewson 1959 Joy Jordan
1960 Tom Farrell 1960 Joy Jordan
1961 Tony Harris 1961 Joy Jordan
1962 Sid Purkis 1962 Joy Jordan
1963 NBA 1963 Phyllis Perkins
1964 Chris Carter 1964 Anne Smith
1965 Chris Carter 1965 Anne Smith
1966 Chris Carter 1966 Anne Smith
1967 John Boulter 1967 Anne Smith
1968 John Davies 1968 Lillian Board
800 metres - metrification
1969 Dave Cropper 1969 Pat Lowe
1970 Andy Carter 1970 Sheila Carey
1971 Peter Browne 1971 Rosemary Stirling
1972 Andy Carter 1972 Pat Cropper
1973 Andy Carter 1973 Rosemary Wright
1974 Steve Ovett 1974 Lesley Kiernan
1975 Steve Ovett 1975 Angela Creamer
1976 Steve Ovett 1976 Angela Creamer
Year Men's champion Women's champion
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

References

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  1. ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  2. ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.