The British 400 metres 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]
The AAA Championships were open to international athletes but were not considered the National Champion in this list if they won the relevant Championship.
AAC Championships
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Year | Men's champion |
1866 | John Ridley |
1867 | John Ridley |
1868 | Edward Colbeck |
1869 | Edward Colbeck |
1870 | Abbott Upcher |
1871 | Abbott Upcher |
1872 | Robert Philpot |
1873 | Abbott Upcher |
1874 | George Templer |
1875 | Frederick Elborough |
1876 | Frederick Elborough |
1877 | Frederick Elborough |
1878 | John Shearman |
1879 | Edgar Storey / Henry Ball |
AAA Championships
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Year | Men's champion |
1880 | Montague Shearman |
1881 | William Phillips |
1882 | Henry Ball |
1883 | James Cowie |
1884 | James Cowie |
1885 | James Cowie |
1886 | Charles Wood |
1887 | Charles Wood |
1888 | Henry Tindall |
1889 | Henry Tindall |
1890 | Thomas Nicholas |
1891 | J.P. Shuter |
1892 | David Basan |
1893 | Edgar Bredin |
1894 | Edgar Bredin |
1895 | William Fitzherbert |
1896 | William Fitzherbert |
1897 | Samuel Elliott |
1898 | William Fitzherbert |
1899 | Reginald Wadsley |
1900 | William Welsh |
1901 | Reginald Wadsley |
1902 | George White |
1903 | Charles McLachlan |
1904 | Robert Watson |
1905 | Wyndham Halswelle |
1906 | Wyndham Halswelle |
1907 | Edwin Montague |
1908 | Wyndham Halswelle |
1909 | Alan Patterson |
1910 | Lionel Reed |
1911 | William Tettenhall |
1912 | Cyril Seedhouse |
1913 | George Nicol |
1914 | Cyril Seedhouse |
1919 | Guy Butler |
1920 | Guy Butler |
1921 | Robert Lindsay |
1922 | Harry Edward |
nc = not contested + = UK Championships