1980 UK Athletics Championships

British March 2025 March 2025 1980 UK Athletics Championships London, England 14 & 15 June 1980 Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium 250px Senior Outdoor 1979 1981 UK Athletics Championships The 1980 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium, London. Three events were contested separately at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh – the women's 1500 metres and men's 800 metres and 5000 metres. This set of events served as the British Olympic Team Trials for the 1980 Summer Olympics.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19800615/135/0035 Jenkins is back Sunday Post 15 June 1980 British Newspaper Archive subscription 30 March 2025 It was the fourth 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 1980 AAA Championships.UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25. Summary Two new events were contested for the first time: a men's 10,000 metres track walk and a women's 5000 metres track walk. Women's discus thrower Meg Ritchie took a record fourth consecutive UK title. David Ottley won a third straight title in the javelin throw. Five other athletes defended their 1979 titles: Gary Oakes in the 400 metres hurdles, Heather Hunte in the women's 100 m, Christina Boxer in the women's 800 m, Shirley Strong in the women's 100 metres hurdles and Angela Littlewood in the women's shot put. Two athletes achieved a championship double: Cameron Sharp edged out Drew McMaster in both the men's 100 metres and 200 metres, and David Moorcroft claimed a 1500/5000 m double. At the 1980 Moscow Olympics, one participant at the UK trials won an individual medal – hurdles champion Gary Oakes took Olympic bronze.Olympic Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06. The four women who took the top three in the short sprints (Hunte, Kathy Smallwood, Beverley Goddard, and Sonia Lannaman) combined to win an Olympic bronze in the 4 × 100 metres relay, and the top three in the women's 400 metres (Linsey Macdonald, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith and Michelle Probert) joined Donna Hartley to take the 4 × 400 metres relay Olympic bronze.Olympic Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06. Allan Wells, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Daley Thompson made the 1980 Olympic podium, but were not present at this national event. Medals Men 100mSCO Cameron Sharp 10.60Drew McMaster 10.71Trevor Hoyte 10.71200mSCO Cameron Sharp 21.02SCO Drew McMaster 21.15Phil Brown 21.23400mSCO David Jenkins 45.29Alan Bell 45.80Glen Cohen 45.93800mDavid Warren 1:48.54SCO Paul Forbes 1:49.75Steve Cram 1:50.161,500mDavid Moorcroft 3:41.46SCO Graham Wiliamson 3:42.42David Warren 3:43.455,000mDavid Moorcroft 13:41.8Nick Rose 13:42.1Barry Smith 13:44.410,000mGeoff Smith 28:20.24Bernie Ford 28:26.84Ray Smedley 28:40.55110m hurdlesWilbert Greaves 14.05Mark Holtom 14.17Berwyn Price 14.64400m hurdlesGary Oakes 50.24Bill Hartley 51.39Bob Danville 51.523000m steeplechaseTony Staynings 8:27.21Roger Hackney 8:29.53Colin Reitz 8:30.9310,000m walkAdrian James 43:26.21Mick Holmes 43:34.55Allan King (athlete) 43:47.67high jumpMark Naylor 2.22 mOssie Cham 2.18 mSCO Brian Burgess 2.15 mpole vaultKeith Stock 5.30 mBrian Hooper 5.25 mTim Anstiss 4.80 mlong jumpRoy Mitchell 7.74 mJohn Herbert 7.72w mTony Henry 7.56 mtriple jumpKeith Connor 16.77 mFrank Attoh 16.00 mDavid Johnson 15.43 mshot putMike Winch 18.96 mSimon Rodhouse 17.44 mRichard Slaney 17.27 mdiscus throwPete Tancred 56.42 mSCO Colin Sutherland 55.38 mRichard Slaney 54.96 mhammer throwPaul Dickenson 71.34 mSCO Chris Black 70.56 mJim Whitehead 68.28 mjavelin throwDavid Ottley 84.10 mJohn Trower 80.20 mPeter Yates 78.82 m Women 100mHeather Hunte 11.33Sonia Lannaman 11.38Kathy Smallwood 11.46200mKathy Smallwood 22.62Heather Hunte 23.06Beverley Goddard 23.12400mSCO Linsey MacDonald 51.16Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 51.47Michelle Probert 52.31800mChristina Boxer 2:02.18Cherry Hanson 2:02.66Janet Marlow 2:02.701,500mJo White 4:19.48Wendy Smith 4:22.42WAL Hilary Hollick 4:22.573,000mKathryn Binns 9:01.65Paula Fudge 9:04.14Sue Hutton 9:14.72100m hurdlesShirley Strong 13.48Lorna Boothe 13.67Judy Livermore 13.69400m hurdlesSusan Dalgoutté 57.79Sue Morley 58.24Wendy Griffiths 58.565,000m walkCarol Tyson 23:48.62Irene Bateman 24:06.87Elaine Cox 25:22.32High jumpLouise Miller 1.88 mAnn-Marie Devally 1.86 mDiana Elliott 1.83 mLong jumpSue Hearnshaw 6.47w mSue Reeve 6.41 mSandra Green 6.27 mShot putAngela Littlewood 17.17 mVanessa Redford 15.46 mSusan Tudor 13.87 mDiscus throwSCO Meg Ritchie 62.16 mLesley Mallin 52.52 mVanessa Redford 50.20 mJavelin throwSCO Diane Royle 49.52 mJaneen Williams 49.30 mJeanette Rose 49.06 m References Category:UK Athletics Championships UK Outdoor Championships Athletics Outdoor Category:Sports competitions in Edinburgh Category:Sports competitions in London Category:Athletics competitions in England UK Athletics Championships