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1989 UK Athletics Championships

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1989 UK Athletics Championships
Host cityJarrow, England
VenueMonkton Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1988
1990


The 1989 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. It was the first time that the event was held in North East England. The men's 10,000 metres was dropped from the programme and replaced by a 3000 metres event. Strong winds affected the jumps programme and several of the sprint races.

It was the thirteenth 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 1989 AAA Championships.[1][2]

Shot putter Judy Oakes won a sixth straight title and women's 400 m hurdler Elaine McLaughlin made it three consecutive wins for her. Three other athletes defended their 1988 UK titles: Ian McCombie (racewalk), Steve Backley (javelin) and Linda Keough (400 m). Liz McColgan won the women's 3000 metres, having been 5000 metres champion the previous year. Marcus Adam was the only athlete to win multiple titles that year, taking a men's short sprint double.[1]

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1989 IAAF World Cup, where the men's team competed and women competed as part of the European team. Reflecting the secondary nature of the UK event, most of the individual British medallists at the World Cup did not compete here. Among those that did were Colin Jackson (hurdles runner-up), Stewart Faulkner (long jump bronze medallist), Jonathan Edwards (triple jump bronze medallist) and Steve Backley (javelin champion).[3]

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Marcus Adam 10.31 Elliot Bunney 10.43 Jamie Henderson 10.45
200 metres
(wind: +2.3 m/s)
Marcus Adam 20.37 w Ade Mafe 20.65 w Todd Bennett 20.99 w
400 metres Paul Sanders 47.02 Phil Brown 47.19 Mark Morris 47.58
800 metres Nick Smith 1:48.08 Martin Steele 1:48.19 Nick Pearson 1:48.47
1500 metres Steve Crabb 3:42.65 Kevin McKay 3:42.94 Chris McGeorge 3:43.48
3000 metres David Moorcroft 7:50.76 Adrian Passey 7:52.07 Alistair Currie 7:53.39
5000 metres Steve Cram 13:28.58 Eamonn Martin 13:30.20 Craig Mochrie 13:36.04
110 m hurdles
(wind: +3.0 m/s)
Colin Jackson 13.18 w Nigel Walker 13.49 w David Nelson 13.63 w
400 m hurdles Max Robertson 50.50 Steve Hawkins 50.71 Bob Brown 51.33
3000 metres steeplechase Neil Smart 8:41.13 Ken Penney 8:41.87 Mick Hawkins 8:47.35
10,000 m walk Ian McCombie 40:06.55 Steve Partington 42:40.16 Sean Martindale 43:26.63
High jump Steve Chapman 2.20 m John Holman 2.20 m Warren Caswell 2.15 m
Pole vault Mike Edwards 5.10 m Andy Ashurst 5.00 m Ian Tullett 5.00 m
Long jump Mark Forsythe 8.05 m w Ian Simpson 8.04 m w Stewart Faulkner 8.01 m w
Triple jump Jonathan Edwards 16.45 m w Francis Agyepong 16.24 m w Vernon Samuels 16.06 m w
Shot put Paul Edwards 17.89 m Matt Simson 17.66 m Graham Savory 17.46 m
Discus throw Graham Savory 55.90 m Steve Casey 52.70 m Abi Ekoku 52.52 m
Hammer throw Paul Head 70.28 m Shane Peacock 69.08 m Stewart Rogerson 68.98 m
Javelin throw Steve Backley 81.40 m Mick Hill 80.64 m Nigel Bevan 77.30 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Stephi Douglas 11.61 Simmone Jacobs 11.64 Sallyanne Short 11.65
200 metres
(wind: +2.9 m/s)
Jennifer Stoute 23.32 w Louise Stuart 23.32 w Wendy Addison 23.56 w
400 metres Linda Keough 52.37 Angela Piggford 53.74 Dawn Kitchen 54.70
800 metres Ann Williams 2:02.06 Dawn Gandy 2:03.98 Lorraine Baker 2:04.43
1500 metres Lynne MacIntyre 4:11.31 Alison Wyeth 4:13.33 Sonia McGeorge 4:14.24
3000 metres Liz McColgan 8:51.55 Karen Hutcheson 9:00.61 Laura Adam 9:12.33
5000 metres Susan Tooby 16:04.99 Sandra Branney 16:08.15 Helen Titterington 16:16.95
100 m hurdles Kay Morley 13.15 Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.42 Michelle Edwards 13.48
400 m hurdles Elaine McLaughlin 57.03 Lorraine Hanson 57.94 Jennie Pearson 58.93
5000 m walk Lisa Langford 22:39.43 Betty Sworowski 23:17.92 Julie Drake 23:32.21
High jump Janet Boyle 1.83 m Julia Bennett
Kerry Roberts
1.80 m Not awarded
Long jump Fiona May 6.98 m w Mary Berkeley 6.65 m w Kim Hagger 6.46 m w
Shot put Judy Oakes 18.59 m Myrtle Augee 17.94 m Yvonne Hanson-Nortey 16.74 m
Discus throw Jackie McKernan 54.40 m Sharon Andrews 50.28 m Jane Aucott 47.94 m
Javelin throw Sharon Gibson 54.60 m Mandy Liverton 54.10 m Shelley Holroyd 47.18 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. ^ IAAF World Cup In Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-11.