List of British champions in 5000 metres walk
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The British 5,000 metres walk athletics champions covers three competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding AAA Championships (1975-2006) and 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
WAAA Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Women's champion |
| 1975 | Virginia Lovell |
| 1976 | Marion Fawkes |
| 1977 | Marion Fawkes |
| 1978 | Carol Tyson |
| 1979 | Marion Fawkes(3) |
| WAAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships
dual championships era 1980-1997 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | WAAA Women | Year | UK Women | |
| 1980 | Irene Bateman | 1980 | Carol Tyson | |
| 1981 | Carol Tyson(2) | 1981 | Carol Tyson(2) | |
| 1982 | Irene Bateman(2) | 1982 | nc | |
| 1983 | Jill Barrett | 1983 | Irene Bateman | |
| 1984 | Jill Barrett(2) | 1984 | Jill Barrett | |
| 1985 | Virginia Birch | 1985 | Virginia Birch | |
| 1986 | Helen Elleker | 1986 | Lisa Langford | |
| 1987 | Lisa Langford | 1987 | Lisa Langford | |
| 1988 | Betty Sworowski | 1988 | Betty Sworowski | |
| 1989 | Betty Sworowski | 1989 | Lisa Langford(3) | |
| 1990 | Betty Sworowski | 1990 | Betty Sworowski(2) | |
| 1991 | Betty Sworowski (4) | 1991 | Vicky Lupton | |
| 1992 | Vicky Lupton | 1992 | Vicky Lupton(2) | |
| 1993 | Vicky Lupton | 1993 | Julie Drake | |
| 1994 | Verity Snook | n/a | ||
| 1995 | Lisa Langford(2) | n/a | ||
| 1996 | Vicky Lupton | n/a | ||
| 1997 | Catherine Charnock | 1997 | Sylvia Black | |
AAA Championships
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
| 1998 | nc | Lisa Kehler |
| 1999 | nc | Vicky Lupton(4) |
| 2000 | nc | nc |
| 2001 | Lloyd Finch | Niobe Menendez |
| 2002 | Steve Hollier | Lisa Kehler |
| 2003 | Steve Hollier(2) | Lisa Kehler(3) |
| 2004 | Dominic King | Niobe Menendez(2) |
| 2005 | Dominic King | Johanna Jackson |
| 2006 | Dominic King | Johanna Jackson |
| British Athletics Championships
2007 to present | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
| 2007 | Dominic King(4) | Johanna Jackson |
| 2008 | Daniel King | Johanna Jackson |
| 2009 | Scott Davis | Johanna Jackson |
| 2010 | Alex Wright | Johanna Jackson |
| 2011 | Tom Bosworth | Johanna Jackson |
| 2012 | Alex Wright | Johanna Jackson |
| 2013 | Alex Wright(3) | Bethan Davies |
| 2014 | Tom Bosworth | Hannah Lewis |
| 2015 | Tom Bosworth | Johanna Atkinson (9) |
| 2016 | Tom Bosworth | Bethan Davies |
| 2017 | Tom Bosworth | Bethan Davies |
| 2018 | Tom Bosworth | Bethan Davies |
| 2019 | Callum Wilkinson | Bethan Davies |
| 2020 | Callum Wilkinson(2) | Gemma Bridge |
| 2021 | Tom Bosworth | Bethan Davies |
| 2022 | Tom Bosworth(8) | Bethan Davies |
| 2023 | Christopher Snook | Heather Warner |
| 2024 | Christopher Snook (2) | Gracie Griffiths |
| 2025 | Cam Corbishley | Hannah Hopper |
| 2026 | Cam Corbishley (2) | Bethan Davies (8) |
- nc = not contested