The British pole vault 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.
AAC Championships
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Year | Men's champion |
1866 | J. Wheeler |
1867 | William Powell Moore |
1868 | Robert Mitchell |
1869 | Robert Graham |
1870 | Robert Mitchell |
1871 | Robert Mitchell |
1872 | Henry Fellowes |
1873 | William Kelsey |
1874 | Edwin Woodburn |
1875 | not held |
1876 | Horace Strachan |
1877 | Henry Kayll |
1878 | Horace Strachan |
1879 | Frederick Robinson |