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.

Past winners

Year	Men's champion	Women's champion
1866	Richard James	nc
1867	Patrick Halkett	nc
1868	Henry Leeke	nc
1869	William Burgess	nc
1870	Henry Leeke	nc
1871	William Burgess	nc
1872	Henry Leeke	nc
1873	James Paterson	nc
1874	Stephen Brown	nc
1875	William Burgess	nc
1876	George Hales	nc
1877	George Hales	nc
1878	Edmund Baddeley	nc
1879	William Burgess	nc
1880	Walter Lawrence	nc
1881	Walter Lawrence	nc
1882	Edmund Baddeley	nc
1883	John Gruer	nc
1884	NBA	nc
1885	Donald Mackinnon	nc
1886	John Gruer	nc
1887	F.G.F. Thompson	nc
1888	Robert Lindsay	nc
1889	NBA	nc
1890	Robert Lindsay	nc
1891	R. Nelson Robbie	nc
1892	R.G.H. Woods	nc
1893	R. Nelson Robbie	nc
1894	R. Nelson Robbie	nc
1895	James MacDonald	nc
1896	NBA	nc
1897	NBA	nc
1898	Walter Lawrence	nc
1899	R. Nelson Robbie	nc
1900	NBA	nc
1901	Ernest May	nc
1902	Ernest May	nc
1903	Tom Nicolson	nc
1904	Tom Nicolson	nc
1905	Tom Nicolson	nc
1906	Henry Alan Leeke	nc
1907	Tom Nicolson	nc
1908	Robert Lindsay-Watson	nc
1909	Tom Nicolson	nc
1910	Alf Flaxman	nc
1911	Alf Flaxman	nc
1912	Tom Nicolson	nc
1913	Alf Flaxman	nc
1914	Tom Nicolson	nc
1919	John Freeborn	nc
1920	Don Rose	nc
1921	Malcolm Nokes	nc
1922	Malcolm Nokes	nc
1923	Malcolm Nokes	nc
1924	Malcolm Nokes	nc
1925	Malcolm Nokes	nc
1926	Malcolm Nokes	nc
1927	Malcolm Nokes	nc
1928	Malcolm Nokes	nc
1929	NBA	nc
1930	Malcolm Nokes	nc
1931	NBA	nc
1932	John Jarvis	nc
1933	Sandy Smith	nc
1934	Sandy Smith	nc
1935	Jim Rioch	nc
1936	Sandy Smith	nc
1937	Duncan Clark & Sandy Smith	nc
1938	Tom McAnallen	nc
1939	Norman Drake	nc
1945	nc	nc
1946	Duncan Clark	nc
1947	Duncan Clark	nc
1948	Norman Drake	nc
1949	Duncan Clark	nc
1950	Duncan Clark	nc
1951	Duncan Clark	nc
1952	Duncan Clark	nc
1953	Don Anthony	nc
1954	Alex Valentine	nc
1955	Ewan Douglas	nc
1956	Peter Allday	nc
1957	Mike Ellis	nc
1958	Mike Ellis	nc
1959	Mike Ellis
1960	Mike Ellis	nc
1961	Howard Payne	nc
1962	Howard Payne	nc
1963	Howard Payne	nc
1964	Howard Payne	nc
1965	Howard Payne	nc
1966	Howard Payne	nc
1967	Howard Payne	nc
1968	Howard Payne	nc
1969	Howard Payne
1970	Howard Payne	nc
1971	Howard Payne	nc
1972	Barry Williams	nc
1973	Howard Payne	nc
1974	Howard Payne	nc
1975	Paul Dickenson	nc
1976	Chris Black	nc
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

• NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
• nc = not contested
• + = UK Championships

References

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