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

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AAC Championships
men's event only
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
AAA Championships
hammer throw, men's event only
Year Men's champion
1880 Walter Lawrence
1881 Maurice Davin
1882 Edmund Baddeley
1883 John Gruer
1884 Owen Harte
1885 William Barry
1886 James Mitchel
1887 James Mitchel
1888 James Mitchel
1889 William Barry
1890 Robert Lindsay
1891 R. Nelson Robbie
1892 William Barry
1893 Denis Carey
1894 William Barry
1895 William Barry
1896 John Flanagan
1897 Tom Kiely
1898 Tom Kiely
1899 Tom Kiely
1900 Denis Horgan+
1901 Tom Kiely
1902 Tom Kiely
1903 Tom Nicolson
1904 Tom Nicolson
1905 Tom Nicolson
1906 Henry Alan Leeke
1907 Tom Nicolson
1908 Robert Lindsay-Watson
1909 Tom Nicolson
1910 Alf Flaxman
1911 Alf Flaxman
1912 Tom Nicolson
1913 Alf Flaxman
1914 Tom Nicolson
1919 John Freeborn
1920 Don Rose
1921 Malcolm Nokes
1922 Malcolm Nokes
1923 Malcolm Nokes
1924 Malcolm Nokes
1925 Malcolm Nokes
1926 Malcolm Nokes
1927 Malcolm Nokes
1928 Malcolm Nokes
1929 NBA
1930 Malcolm Nokes
1931 NBA
1932 John Jarvis
1933 Sandy Smith
1934 Sandy Smith
1935 Jim Rioch
1936 Sandy Smith
1937 Duncan Clark & Sandy Smith
1938 Tom McAnallen
1939 Norman Drake
1946 Duncan Clark
1947 Duncan Clark
1948 Norman Drake
1949 Duncan Clark
1950 Duncan Clark
1951 Duncan Clark
1952 Duncan Clark
1953 Don Anthony
1954 Alex Valentine
1955 Ewan Douglas
1956 Peter Allday
1957 Mike Ellis
1958 Mike Ellis
1959 Mike Ellis
1960 Mike Ellis
1961 Howard Payne
1962 Howard Payne
1963 Howard Payne
1964 Howard Payne
1965 Howard Payne
1966 Howard Payne
1967 Howard Payne
1968 Howard Payne
1969 Howard Payne
1970 Howard Payne
1971 Howard Payne
1972 Barry Williams
1973 Howard Payne
1974 Howard Payne
1975 Paul Dickenson
1976 Chris Black
Year Men's champion
1977 Chris Black / Paul Dickenson+ nc
1978 Paul Dickenson / Chris Black+ nc
1979 Matthew Mileham / Chris Black+ nc
1980 Martin Girvan / Paul Dickenson+ nc
1981 Martin Girvan nc
1982 Robert Weir / Martin Girvan+ nc
1983 Chris Black / Martin Girvan+ nc
1984 David Smith nc
1985 David Smith nc
1986 David Smith / Paul Head+ nc
1987 David Smith nc
1988 David Smith nc
1989 Paul Head nc
1990 Paul Head nc
1991 Mick Jones / Paul Head+ Fiona Whitehead
1992 Paul Head nc
1993 Paul Head Esther Augee / Lorraine Shaw+
1994 Peter Vivian Lorraine Shaw
1995 Mick Jones Lorraine Shaw
1996 David W. Smith Lyn Sprules
1997 Paul Head Lyn Sprules / Sarah Moore+
1998 Mick Jones Lorraine Shaw
1999 Mick Jones Lyn Sprules
2000 Mick Jones Lorraine Shaw
2001 Mick Jones Lorraine Shaw
2002 Mick Jones Lorraine Shaw
2003 Bill Beauchamp Lorraine Shaw
2004 Mick Jones Lorraine Shaw
2005 Andy Frost Shirley Webb
2006 Andy Frost Shirley Webb
2007 Andy Frost Zoe Derham
2008 Mike Floyd Zoe Derham
2009 Alex Smith Zoe Derham
2010 Alex Smith Zoe Derham
2011 Alex Smith Sophie Hitchon
2012 Alex Smith Sophie Hitchon
2013 Andy Frost Shaunagh Brown
2014 Nick Miller Sophie Hitchon
2015 Nick Miller Sophie Hitchon
2016 Chris Bennett Sophie Hitchon
2017 Nick Miller Sophie Hitchon
2018 Nick Miller Sophie Hitchon
2019 Nick Miller Jessica Mayho
2020 Craig Murch Jessica Mayho
2021 Taylor Campbell Tara Simpson-Sullivan
2022 Nick Miller Charlotte Payne
2023 Jake Norris Charlotte Payne
2024 Jake Norris Anna Purchase
  • NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
  • nc = not contested
  • + = UK Championships

References

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