1984 UK Athletics Championships
British athletics event
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The 1984 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran, Wales. It was the third time the event was held in the Welsh town, following on from its hosting in 1977 and 1982.[1]
| 1984 UK Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 & 27 May 1984 |
| Host city | Cwmbran, Wales |
| Venue | Cwmbran Stadium |
| |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
← 1983 1985 → | |
It was the eighth 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 1984 AAA Championships.[2][3]
Summary
The competition was affected by heavy winds that year, particularly the jumps and sprints.
Fatima Whitbread won her fourth consecutive women's javelin throw UK title, while Aston Moore won his third straight men's triple jump title. Aside from Moore, four men successfully defended their 1983 titles and Peter Elliott (1500 metres), Keith Stock (pole vault), Derrick Brown (long jump) and Peter Yates (javelin). Venissa Head was the only woman to defend her title, doing so in the discus throw. Heather Oakes was the only athlete to win multiple UK titles, taking the women's 100 metres and 200 metres to repeat a feat she had achieved five years previously.[2]
The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1984 Olympic Games. Reflecting the secondary nature of the UK competition and the fact it was not used as the Olympic trial event, only one of the 14 British individual Olympic medallists took a UK title that year – Fatima Whitbread. British Olympic relay medallists Simmone Jacobs, Heather Oakes and Kriss Akabusi were present at the UK Championships, however.[4][5]
Medals
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m (wind: +4.5 m/s) |
Mike McFarlane | 10.08 w | Buster Watson | 10.12 w | Donovan Reid | 10.17 w |
| 200m | Todd Bennett | 20.36 | Donovan Reid | 20.62 |  Gus McCuaig | 20.86 |
| 400m | Kriss Akabusi | 46.10 | Roy Dickens | 46.19 | Alan Slack | 46.49 |
| 800m | Peter Elliott | 1:46.08 | Rob Harrison | 1:46.43 | Gareth Brown | 1:46.48 |
| 1,500m | Alan Salter | 3:43.31 | Steve Martin | 3:43.42 | David Lewis | 3:43.58 |
| 5,000m | Eamonn Martin | 13:32.11 | Geoff Turnbull | 13:33.86 | Steve Harris | 13:39.95 |
| 10,000m | Nick Rose | 28:00.70 |  Steve Jones | 28:12.51 | Julian Goater | 28:13.02 |
| 110m hurdles (wind: +2.7 m/s) |
Hughie Teape | 13.98 w | Wilbert Greaves | 14.09 w | Paul Brice | 14.27 w |
| 400m hurdles | Martin Briggs | 50.97 |  Phil Beattie | 51.35 | Stan Devine | 51.67 |
| 3000m steeplechase | Paul Davies-Hale | 8:33.16 | Tony Blackwell | 8:40.58 | Ken Baker | 8:48.05 |
| 10,000m walk | Phil Vesty | 40:53.60 | Martin Rush | 41:49.63 | Richard Dorman | 43:34.50 |
| high jump | Alex Kruger | 2.15 m | Rupert Charles | 2.15 m | David Abrahams | 2.10 m |
| pole vault | Keith Stock | 5.35 m | Jeff Gutteridge | 5.30 m | Billy Davey | 5.00 m |
| long jump | Derrick Brown | 7.71 m w | Trevor Hoyte | 7.69 m w | Fred Salle | 7.57 m w |
| triple jump | Aston Moore | 16.80 m | Eric McCalla | 16.74 m | John Herbert | 16.53 m |
| shot put | Billy Cole | 17.57 m | Mark Aldridge | 17.07 m | Nick Tabor | 16.95 m |
| discus throw | Paul Mardle | 59.70 m | Peter Gordon | 58.10 m | Graham Savory | 56.90 m |
| hammer throw | Dave Smith | 72.34 m | Paul Dickenson | 69.98 m | Paul Head | 63.46 m |
| javelin throw | Peter Yates | 82.54 m | Marcus Humphries | 75.34 m | Simon Osborne | 75.34 m |