1983 UK Athletics Championships
Host cityEdinburgh, Scotland
VenueMeadowbank Stadium
The host stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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UK Athletics Championships

The 1983 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. It was the second time the event was held in the Scottish city, following on from the 1978 UK Athletics Championships. The women's 5000 metres race walk was restored to the programme after an absence at the 1982 event.

It was the seventh edition of the competition limited to British athletes only, launched as an alternative to the AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors. However, due to the fact that 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 1983 AAA Championships.[1][2]

Three athletes, Steve Barry (men's racewalk), Martin Girvan (men's hammer throw) and Fatima Whitbread (women's javelin throw) took their third straight UK titles. Aston Moore defended his men's triple jump title, as did women's long jumper Beverly Kinch and hurdler Susan Morley. Kathy Smallwood-Cook and Buster Watson achieved short sprint doubles and Venissa Head won both the women's shot put and discus throw.[1]

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics. Women's UK champions Fatima Whitbread and Kathy Smallwood-Cook went on to reach the world podium.[3]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Buster Watson 10.43 Drew McMaster 10.49 Linford Christie 10.60
200 metres Buster Watson 20.88 Todd Bennett 21.02 Donovan Reid 21.40
400 metres Alan Slack 46.67 Kriss Akabusi 46.85 Steve Heard 46.98
800 metres Peter Elliott 1:45.5 Rob Harrison 1:46.6 Steve Caldwell 1:47.0
1500 metres John Gladwin 3:45.09 Geoff Turnbull 3:45.69 Ian Archibald 3:45.95
5000 metres Nat Muir 13:35.21 Dick Callan 13:36.89 Steve Harris 13:37.31
10,000 metres Steve Binns 28:02.42 Lawrie Spence 28:11.85 Gerry Helme 28:13.04
110 m hurdles Nigel Walker 14.48 Lloyd Cowan 14.62 Gary Myles 14.69
400 m hurdles Phil Beattie 51.05 Stan Devine 51.16 Wilbert Greaves 51.39
3000 metres steeplechase David Lewis 8:29.72 Keith Irvine 8:41.37 Peter Barratt 8:41.45
10,000 m walk Steve Barry 41:14.38 Ian McCombie 42:24.61 Martin Rush 43:42.75
High jump Mark Lakey 2.10 m Rupert Charles 2.05 m Alex Kruger 2.05 m
Pole vault Keith Stock 5.30 m Jeff Gutteridge 5.30 m Billy Davey 4.80 m
Long jump Derrick Brown 7.21 m John Scott 7.19 m Denis Costello 7.16 m
Triple jump Aston Moore 16.40 m John Herbert 16.36w m Eric McCalla 15.64w m
Shot put Nick Tabor 17.20 m Billy Cole 17.05 m Ian Lindley 16.47 m
Discus throw Pete Tancred 55.22 m Paul Mardle 54.86 m Peter Gordon 54.36 m
Hammer throw Martin Girvan 72.38 m Chris Black 71.80 m Dave Smith 69.20 m
Javelin throw Peter Yates 80.84 m Marcus Humphries 72.78 m Mick Hill 69.94 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Kathy Smallwood-Cook 11.33 Kaye Jeffrey 11.51 Shirley Thomas 11.59
200 metres Kathy Smallwood-Cook 23.08 Sandra Whittaker 23.51 Kaye Jeffrey 23.55
400 metres Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 53.02 Sian Morris 53.27 Alison Reid 53.47
800 metres Shireen Bailey 2:01.36 Lorraine Baker 2:01.71 Jane Finch 2:02.14
1500 metres Kathy Carter 4:16.03 Katie Fairbrass 4:16.10 Ruth Smeeth 4:17.30
3000 metres Wendy Sly 8:56.28 Christine Benning 8:56.99 Yvonne Murray 9:04.14
5000 metres Yvonne Murray 15:52.55 Paula Fudge 15:54.13 Julie Asgill 16:38.03
100 m hurdles Shirley Strong 13.15 Pat Rollo 13.51 Sharon Danville 13.66
400 m hurdles Susan Morley 56.67 Gladys Taylor 57.51 Verona Elder 58.05
5000 m walk Irene Bateman 23:42.2 Jill Barrett 24:08.4 Ginney Birch 24:18.6
High jump Gillian Evans 1.87 m Janet Boyle 1.80 m Ann-Marie Cording 1.75 m
Long jump Beverly Kinch 6.42 m Joyce Oladapo 6.40 m Carol Earlington 6.16 m
Shot put Venissa Head 17.69 m Caroline Savory 14.69 m Myrtle Augee 14.63 m
Discus throw Venissa Head 60.62 m Lynda Whiteley 52.60 m Julia Avis 51.40 m
Javelin throw Fatima Whitbread 62.14 m Tessa Sanderson 61.44 m Sharon Gibson 55.42 m

References

  1. ^ a b UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. ^ AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. ^ IAAF World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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