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 |
- nc = not contested
- + = UK Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.