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1984 UK Athletics Championships

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1984 UK Athletics Championships
Host cityCwmbran, Wales
VenueCwmbran Stadium
The host stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1983
1985


The 1984 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran. It was the third time the event was held in the Welsh town, following on from its hosting in 1977 and 1982. The competition was affected by heavy winds that year, particularly the jumps and sprints.

It was the eighth edition of the competition limited to British athletes only, launched as an alternative to the AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors. However, due to the fact that the calibre of national competition remained greater at the AAA event, the UK Championships this year were not considered the principal national championship event by some statisticians, such as the National Union of Track Statisticians (NUTS). Many of the athletes below also competed at the 1984 AAA Championships.[1][2]

Fatima Whitbread won her fourth consecutive women's javelin throw UK title, while Aston Moore won his third straight men's triple jump title. Aside from Moore, four men successfully defended their 1983 titles and Peter Elliott (1500 metres), Keith Stock (pole vault), Derrick Brown (long jump) and Peter Yates (javelin). Venissa Head was the only woman to defend her title, doing so in the discus throw. Heather Oakes was the only athlete to win multiple UK titles, taking the women's 100 metres and 200 metres to repeat a feat she had achieved five years previously.[1]

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1984 Olympic Games. Reflecting the secondary nature of the UK competition and the fact it was not used as the Olympic trial event, only one of the 14 British individual Olympic medallists took a UK title that year – Fatima Whitbread. British Olympic relay medallists Simmone Jacobs, Heather Oakes and Kriss Akabusi were present at the UK Championships, however.[3][4]

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +4.5 m/s)
Mike McFarlane 10.08 w Buster Watson 10.12 w Donovan Reid 10.17 w
200 metres Todd Bennett 20.36 Donovan Reid 20.62 Gus McCuaig 20.86
400 metres Kriss Akabusi 46.10 Roy Dickens 46.19 Alan Slack 46.49
800 metres Peter Elliott 1:46.08 Rob Harrison 1:46.43 Gareth Brown 1:46.48
1500 metres Alan Salter 3:43.31 Steve Martin 3:43.42 David Lewis 3:43.58
5000 metres Eamonn Martin 13:32.11 Geoff Turnbull 13:33.86 Steve Harris 13:39.95
10,000 metres Nick Rose 28:00.70 Steve Jones 28:12.51 Julian Goater 28:13.02
110 m hurdles
(wind: +2.7 m/s)
Hughie Teape 13.98 w Wilbert Greaves 14.09 w Paul Brice 14.27 w
400 m hurdles Martin Briggs 50.97 Phil Beattie 51.35 Stan Devine 51.67
3000 metres steeplechase Paul Davies-Hale 8:33.16 Tony Blackwell 8:40.58 Ken Baker 8:48.05
10,000 m walk Phil Vesty 40:53.60 Martin Rush 41:49.63 Richard Dorman 43:34.50
High jump Alex Kruger 2.15 m Rupert Charles 2.15 m David Abrahams 2.10 m
Pole vault Keith Stock 5.35 m Jeff Gutteridge 5.30 m Billy Davey 5.00 m
Long jump Derrick Brown 7.71 m w Trevor Hoyte 7.69 m w Fred Salle 7.57 m w
Triple jump Aston Moore 16.80 m Eric McCalla 16.74 m John Herbert 16.53 m
Shot put Billy Cole 17.57 m Mark Aldridge 17.07 m Nick Tabor 16.95 m
Discus throw Paul Mardle 59.70 m Peter Gordon 58.10 m Graham Savory 56.90 m
Hammer throw Dave Smith 72.34 m Paul Dickenson 69.98 m Paul Head 63.46 m
Javelin throw Peter Yates 82.54 m Marcus Humphries 75.34 m Simon Osborne 75.34 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +3.8 m/s)
Heather Oakes 11.08 w Shirley Thomas 11.13 w Simmone Jacobs 11.26 w
200 metres
(wind: +2.1 m/s)
Heather Oakes 23.00 w Simmone Jacobs 23.01 w Shirley Thomas 23.14 w
400 metres Jane Parry 53.46 Tracy Lawton 53.73 Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 53.76
800 metres Christina Boxer 2:01.64 Jane Finch 2:01.73 Lorraine Baker 2:02.11
1500 metres Zola Budd 4:04.39 Lynne MacDougall 4:10.80 Suzanne Morley 4:13.89
3000 metres Christine Benning 8:56.79 Angela Tooby 8:59.69 Susan Tooby 9:11.05
5000 metres Angela Tooby 15:27.56 Susan Tooby 15:35.40 Yvonne Murray 15:50.54
100 m hurdles
(wind: +4.5 m/s)
Pat Rollo 13.12 w Heather Ross 13.22 w Wendy Jeal 13.41 w
400 m hurdles Gladys Taylor 58.2 Wendy Griffiths 58.2 Simone Gandy 58.76
5000 m walk Jill Barrett 23:53.13 Nicky Jackson 24:02.15 Helen Elleker 24:04.84
High jump Diana Elliott 1.90 m Judy Simpson 1.84 m Louise Manning 1.84 m
Long jump Sue Hearnshaw 7.00 m w Joyce Oladapo 6.54 m w Georgina Oladapo 6.51 m w
Shot put Judy Oakes 17.94 m Myrtle Augee 16.68 m Yvonne Hanson-Nortey 14.48 m
Discus throw Venissa Head 57.44 m Lynda Whiteley 51.20 m Karen Pugh 49.56 m
Javelin throw Fatima Whitbread 65.44 m Sharon Gibson 58.78 m Diane Royle 58.42 m

References

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  1. ^ a b UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. ^ AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. ^ Olympic Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  4. ^ Olympic Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.