List of British champions in hammer throw
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
[edit]AAC 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.