1987 UK Athletics Championships

British athletics event March 2025 March 2025 1987 UK Athletics Championships Derby, England 25 & 26 May 1987 Moorways Stadium Senior Outdoor 1986 1988 UK Athletics Championships The 1987 UK Athletics Championships sponsored by HFC Bank, was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Moorways Stadium, Derby. It was the first time that the English city hosted the event.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000521/19870525/261/0025 Speed King Derby Daily Telegraph 25 May 1987 British Newspaper Archive subscription 29 March 2025 The men's 10,000 metres was held at the Gateshead International Stadium, while the women's event was dropped entirely. It was the eleventh edition of the competition limited to British athletes only, launched as an alternative to the AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors. However, because 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 1987 AAA Championships.UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25. Summary Fatima Whitbread won her seventh consecutive women's javelin throw UK title, while shot putter Judy Oakes won a fourth straight title and men's javelin athlete Mick Hill his third. Other athletes to defend their 1986 titles were Max Robertson (400 m hurdles), Paula Dunn (100 m), Lisa Langford (racewalk) and Diana Davies (high jump). Dunn, with her sprint double, was the only athlete to win two UK titles that year, though Kim Hagger managed to be runner-up in both 100 m hurdles and long jump events. The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. Women's UK champion Fatima Whitbread won the world title, as she had in 1983. Men's 100 m champion Linford Christie was the only other UK champion to reach the podium, though several British athletes not present at the UK event did so.IAAF World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-09. Medals Men 100mLinford Christie 10.35SCO Jamie Henderson 10.50Marcus Adam 10.61200mRoger Black 20.80Clarence Callender 20.99SCO Jamie Henderson 21.17400mSteve Heard 46.96Paul Harmsworth 47.12Peter Crampton 47.32800mJohn Gladwin 1:47.66Paul Herbert 1:47.74Martin Steele 1:47.751,500mWAL Neil Horsfield 3:43.69Andrew Geddes 3:43.93Richard McDonnell 3:44.125,000mSimon Mugglestone 13:43.82Richard Nerurkar 13:45.52Karl Harrison 13:50.9810,000mNick Rose 28:22.05Steve Binns 28:22.98Carl Thackery 28:25.17110m hurdlesTony Jarrett 13.72David Nelson 13.77Hughie Teape 13.96400m hurdlesKriss AkabusiMax Robertson 49.56Not awardedMartin Gillingham 50.493000m steeplechaseColin Walker 8:33.28Mick Hawkins 8:45.84Steve Jones 8:48.8710,000m walkIan McCombie 40:45.87Chris Maddocks 41:11.66Phil Vesty 41:18.94high jumpFloyd Manderson 2.18 mAndy Hutchinson 2.15 mMike Powell 2.10 mpole vaultJeff Gutteridge 5.10 mPaul Hoad 5.00 mMike Edwards 4.80 mlong jumpStewart Faulkner 7.68 mKeith Fleming 7.62 mTrevor Sinclair 7.34 mtriple jumpEric McCalla 16.46 mFrancis Agyepong 15.96 mSCO Craig Duncan 15.82 mshot putCarl Jennings 17.37 mPaul Edwards 17.28 mMark Aldridge 17.03 mdiscus throwPaul Mardle 56.96 mGary Herrington 55.12 mPeter Gordon 54.52 mhammer throwDave Smith 74.50 mPaul Head 67.94 mMick Jones 66.94 mjavelin throwMick Hill 81.02 mGary Jenson 75.62 mMark Roberson 74.22 m Women 100mPaula Dunn 11.31Simmone Jacobs 11.34Eleanor Cohen 11.51200mPaula Dunn 23.41SCO Sandra Whittaker 23.59Jennifer Stoute 23.68400mCarol Finlay 53.47Linda Keough 53.67Linda Forsyth 53.96800mDiane Edwards 2:01.68Shireen Bailey 2:02.38Janet Bell 2:02.411,500mChristine Benning 4:07.37SCO Liz Lynch 4:08.03Alison Wyeth 4:14.633,000mSCO Yvonne Murray 8:53.89Ruth Partridge 9:04.85WAL Angela Tooby 9:06.42100m hurdlesLesley-Ann Skeete 13.29Kim Hagger 13.48Wendy Jeal 13.53400m hurdlesNIR Elaine McLaughlin 57.91Jennie Pearson 58.75Simone Gandy 58.905000m walkLisa Langford 22:19.04Bev Allen 23:15.04Helen Elleker 23:34.64high jumpDiana Davies 1.85 mNIR Janet BoyleJoanne JenningsDebbie McDowell 1.80 mNot awardedlong jumpMary Berkeley 6.44 mKim Hagger 6.40 mFiona May 6.38 mshot putJudy Oakes 18.43 mMyrtle Augee 17.80 mYvonne Hanson-Nortey 16.10 mdiscus throwKathryn Farr 55.42 mEllen Mulvihill 52.78 mJudy Oakes 50.90 mjavelin throwFatima Whitbread 75.62 mJulie Abel 59.82 mSharon Gibson 58.52 m References Category:UK Athletics Championships UK Outdoor Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:Sport in Derby Category:Athletics competitions in England Category:1980s in Derby