List of British champions in 800 metres

The list of British 800 metres athletics champions covers four competitions;

the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879)
the AAA Championships (1880-2006),
the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1993, with a single further event in 1997, and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.^[1]
the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,^[2]

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British athletics champions

	60 metres	100 metres
	200 metres	400 metres
	800 metres	1500 metres
	3000 metres	5000 metres
	10,000 metres	10 miles
	marathon	steeplechase
	100/110 hurdles	200 hurdles
	400 hurdles	3,000 walk
	5,000 walk	10,000 walk
	decathlon/heptathlon	discus
	hammer	high jump
	javelin	long jump
	pole vault	shot put
	triple jump
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AAC Championships 880 yards, mens event only
Year	Men's champion
1866	Percy Thornton
1867	William Frere
1868	Edward Colbeck
1869	Robert Somers-Smith
1870	Robert Somers-Smith ⁽²⁾
1871	Arthur Pelham
1872	Thomas Christie / George Templer
1873	Arthur Pelham ⁽²⁾
1874	Edward Sandford
1875	Edward Sandford ⁽²⁾
1876	Frederick Elborough
1877	Frederick Elborough ⁽²⁾
1878	Henry Whately / Lees Knowles
1879	William Bolton / Charles Hazen-Wood

AAA Championships 880 yards, men's event only
Year	Men's champion
1880	Samuel Holman
1881	Sidney Baker
1882	Walter George
1883	William Birkett
1884	Walter George ⁽²⁾
1885	G.W. Wathen
1886	Ernest Robinson
1887	Francis Cross
1888	Alfred Le Maitre
1889	Henry Tindall
1890	Thomas Pitman
1891	William Holmes
1892	William Holmes ⁽²⁾
1893	Edgar Bredin
1894	Edgar Bredin ⁽²⁾
1895	Edgar Bredin ⁽³⁾
1896	William King
1897	Albert Relf
1898	Albert Relf ⁽²⁾
1899	Alfred Tysoe
1900	Alfred Tysoe ⁽²⁾
1901	John Cleave
1902	Arthur Manning
1903	Bernard Blunden
1904	Herbert Workman
1905	Bernard Blunden ⁽²⁾
1906	Arthur Astley
1907	Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford
1908	Theodore Just
1909	Arthur Astley ⁽²⁾
1910	Eddie Owen
1911	NBA
1912	James Soutter
1913	Cyril Frisby
1914	Albert Hill
1919	Albert Hill ⁽²⁾
1920	Albert Hill ⁽³⁾
1921	Edgar Mountain

AAA Championships & WAAA Championships
Year	Men's champion	Year	Women's champion
880 yards
1922	Edgar Mountain ⁽²⁾	1922	Mary Lines
1923	Cecil Griffiths	1923	Edith Trickey
1924	Henry Stallard	1924	Edith Trickey ⁽²⁾
1925	Cecil Griffiths ⁽²⁾	1925	Edith Trickey ⁽³⁾
1926	Dougles Lowe	1926	Edith Trickey ⁽⁴⁾
1927	Dougles Lowe ⁽²⁾	1927	Edith Trickey ⁽⁵⁾
1928	Dougles Lowe ⁽²⁾	1928	Ivy Barber
1929	Cyril Ellis	1929	Violet Streater
1930	Tommy Hampson	1930	Gladys Lunn
1931	Tommy Hampson ⁽²⁾	1931	Gladys Lunn ⁽²⁾
1932	Tommy Hampson ⁽³⁾	1932	Gladys Lunn ⁽³⁾
1933	Clifford Whitehead	1933	Ruth Christmas
1934	Jack Cooper	1934	Gladys Lunn ⁽⁴⁾
1935	James Stothard	1935	Nellie Halstead
1936	Jack Powell	1936	Olive Hall
1937	Arthur Collyer	1937	Gladys Lunn ⁽⁵⁾
1938	Arthur Collyer ⁽²⁾	1938	Nellie Halstead ⁽²⁾
1939	Godfrey Brown	1939	Olive Hall ⁽²⁾
1945	nc	1945	Phyllis Richards
1946	Tom White	1946	Phyllis Richards ⁽²⁾
1947	Tom White ⁽²⁾	1947	Nellie Batson
1948	John Parlett	1948	Nellie Batson ⁽²⁾
1949	John Parlett ⁽²⁾	1949	Hazel Spears
1950	Roger Bannister	1950	Margaret Hume
1951	Frank Evans	1951	Nellie Batson ⁽³⁾
1952	Roger Bannister ⁽²⁾	1952	Margaret Taylor
1953	Brian Hewson	1953	Anne Oliver
1954	Brian Hewson ⁽²⁾	1954	Diane Leather
1955	Derek Johnson	1955	Diane Leather ⁽²⁾
1956	Mike Rawson	1956	Phyllis Perkins
1957	Mike Rawson ⁽²⁾	1957	Diane Leather ⁽³⁾
1958	Brian Hewson ⁽³⁾	1958	Joy Jordan
1959	Brian Hewson ⁽⁴⁾	1959	Joy Jordan ⁽²⁾
1960	Tom Farrell	1960	Joy Jordan ⁽³⁾
1961	Tony Harris	1961	Joy Jordan ⁽⁴⁾
1962	Sid Purkis	1962	Joy Jordan ⁽⁵⁾
1963	NBA	1963	Phyllis Perkins ⁽²⁾
1964	Chris Carter	1964	Anne Smith
1965	Chris Carter ⁽²⁾	1965	Anne Smith ⁽²⁾
1966	Chris Carter ⁽³⁾	1966	Anne Smith ⁽³⁾
1967	John Boulter	1967	Anne Smith ⁽⁴⁾
1968	John Davies	1968	Lillian Board
800 metres - metrification
1969	Dave Cropper	1969	Pat Lowe
1970	Andy Carter	1970	Sheila Carey
1971	Peter Browne	1971	Rosemary Stirling
1972	Andy Carter ⁽²⁾	1972	Pat Cropper ⁽²⁾
1973	Andy Carter ⁽³⁾	1973	Rosemary Wright ⁽²⁾
1974	Steve Ovett	1974	Lesley Kiernan
1975	Steve Ovett ⁽²⁾	1975	Angela Creamer
1976	Steve Ovett ⁽³⁾	1976	Angela Creamer ⁽²⁾

AAA Championships/WAAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships dual championships era 1977-1987
Year	AAA Men	Year	WAAA Women	Year	UK Men	UK Women
1977	Sebastian Coe	1977	Christina Boxer	1977	Dave Warren	Lesley Kiernan
1978	Dave Warren	1978	Christina Boxer ⁽²⁾	1978	Sebastian Coe	Jane Colebrook
1979	Garry Cook	1979	Christine Benning	1979	Dane Joseph	Christina Boxer
1980	Paul Forbes	1980	Anne Clarkson	1980	Dave Warren ⁽²⁾	Christina Boxer ⁽²⁾
1981	Sebastian Coe ⁽²⁾	1981	Anne Clarkson ⁽²⁾	1981	Rob Harrison	Gillian Dainty
1982	Peter Elliott	1982	Lorraine Baker	1982	Paul Forbes	Anne Clarkson
1983	Peter Elliott ⁽²⁾	1983	Shireen Bailey	1983	Peter Elliott	Shireen Bailey
1984	Steve Cram	1984	Christina Boxer ⁽³⁾	1984	Peter Elliott ⁽²⁾	Christina Boxer ⁽³⁾
1985	John Gladwin	1985	Christina Boxer ⁽⁴⁾	1985	Tom McKean	Liz MacArthur
1986	Steve Cram ⁽²⁾	1986	Diane Edwards	1986	Peter Elliott ⁽³⁾	Anne Purvis ⁽²⁾
1987	Peter Elliott ⁽³⁾	1987	Diane Edwards ⁽²⁾	1987	John Gladwin	Diane Edwards

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AAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships dual championships era 1988-1997
Year	Men AAA	Women AAA	Year	Men UK	Women UK
1988	Steve Cram ⁽³⁾	Kirsty Wade	1988	Paul Herbert	Christina Cahill ⁽⁴⁾
1989	Ikem Billy	Diane Edwards ⁽³⁾	1989	Nick Smith	Ann Williams
1990	Tom McKean	Ann Williams	1990	Ann Williams	Helen Thorpe
1991	Tom McKean ⁽²⁾	Paula Fryer	1991	David Sharpe	Paula Fryer
1992	Curtis Robb	Diane Edwards ⁽⁴⁾	1992	Curtis Robb	Lynne Robinson
1993	Martin Steele	Kelly Holmes	1993	Martin Steele	Kelly Holmes
1994	Craig Winrow	Diane Modahl ⁽⁵⁾	n/a
1995	Curtis Robb ⁽²⁾	Kelly Holmes ⁽²⁾	n/a
1996	Curtis Robb ⁽²⁾	Kelly Holmes ⁽³⁾	n/a
1997	Noel Edwards	Amanda Crowe	1997	Andy Hart	Kelly Holmes ⁽⁴⁾