1989 UK Athletics Championships

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1989 UK Athletics Championships
Dates3 & 4 June 1989
Host city Jarrow, England
Venue Monkton Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1988
1990


The 1989 UK Athletics Championships sponsored by HFC Bank, 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. [1] 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, 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 1989 AAA Championships. [2] [3]

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Summary

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.

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. [2]

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). [4]

Medals

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100m Marcus Adam 10.31 Flag of Scotland.svg Elliot Bunney 10.43 Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Henderson 10.45
200m
(wind: +2.3 m/s)
Marcus Adam 20.37 w Ade Mafe 20.65 w Todd Bennett 20.99 w
400m Paul Sanders 47.02 Phil Brown 47.19 Mark Morris 47.58
800m Flag of Scotland.svg Nick Smith 1:48.08 Martin Steele 1:48.19 Nick Pearson 1:48.47
1,500m Steve Crabb 3:42.65 Kevin McKay 3:42.94 Chris McGeorge 3:43.48
3,000m David Moorcroft 7:50.76 Adrian Passey 7:52.07 Flag of Scotland.svg Alistair Currie 7:53.39
5,000m Steve Cram 13:28.58 Eamonn Martin 13:30.20 Craig Mochrie 13:36.04
110m hurdles
(wind: +3.0 m/s)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Colin Jackson 13.18 w Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Nigel Walker 13.49 w David Nelson 13.63 w
400m hurdles Max Robertson 50.50 Steve Hawkins 50.71 Bob Brown 51.33
3000m steeplechase Neil Smart 8:41.13 Ken Penney 8:41.87 Mick Hawkins 8:47.35
10,000m 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 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg 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

EventGoldSilverBronze
100m Stephi Douglas 11.61 Simmone Jacobs 11.64 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Sallyanne Short 11.65
200m
(wind: +2.9 m/s)
Jennifer Stoute 23.32 w Louise Stuart 23.32 w Wendy Addison 23.56 w
400m Linda Keough 52.37 Angela Piggford 53.74 Flag of Scotland.svg Dawn Kitchen 54.70
800m Ann Williams 2:02.06 Dawn Gandy 2:03.98 Lorraine Baker 2:04.43
1,500m Flag of Scotland.svg Lynne MacIntyre 4:11.31 Alison Wyeth 4:13.33 Sonia McGeorge 4:14.24
3,000m Flag of Scotland.svg Liz McColgan 8:51.55 Karen Hutcheson 9:00.61 Flag of Scotland.svg Laura Adam 9:12.33
5,000m Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Susan Tooby 16:04.99 Flag of Scotland.svg Sandra Branney 16:08.15 Helen Titterington 16:16.95
100m hurdles Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Kay Morley 13.15 Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.42 Michelle Edwards 13.48
400m hurdles Ulster Banner.svg Elaine McLaughlin 57.03 Lorraine Hanson 57.94 Jennie Pearson 58.93
5000m walk Lisa Langford 22:39.43 Betty Sworowski 23:17.92 Julie Drake 23:32.21
high jump Ulster Banner.svg Janet Boyle 1.83 m Julia Bennett
Kerry Roberts
1.80 mNot 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 Ulster Banner.svg 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

  1. "Athletics" . Birmingham Mail. 5 June 1989. Retrieved 29 March 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 1 2 UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  4. IAAF World Cup In Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-11.