1978 UK Athletics Championships

The 1978 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh.

1978 UK Athletics Championships
Host cityEdinburgh, Scotland
VenueMeadowbank Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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UK Athletics Championships

It was the second 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 1978 AAA Championships.[1][2]

Sonia Lannaman defended her 100 metres/200 metres sprint double from 1977. Allan Wells took his first sprint double on the men's side and Jane Colebrook managed a double in the 400 metres and 800 metres. Athletes to retain their titles from 1977 included Lannaman, sprint hurdlers Berwyn Price and Sharon Colyear, Geoff Capes (men's shot put), Meg Ritchie (women's discus) and Tessa Sanderson (women's javelin).[1]

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1978 European Athletics Championships. Two athletes at the UK event won individual medals at European level: the men's 800 m champion Sebastian Coe was a European bronze medallist and women's javelin throw champion Sanderson was European runner-up. The top three in the UK women's 200 m (Beverley Goddard, Kathy Smallwood, and Lannaman) plus hurdles champion Colyear teamed up to take a 4 × 100 metres relay European silver.[3][4]

The four countries of the United Kingdom competed separately at the Commonwealth Games that year as well, and UK champions who won there were Wells, Price, Lannaman, Capes, Sanderson, Paula Fudge (3000 m), Sue Reeve (long jump). The same relay quartet of the European Championships also took the Commonwealth Games title for England.[5][6]

Medal summary

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Allan Wells10.15 Drew McMaster10.55 Steve Green10.57
200 metres Allan Wells20.70 David Jenkins21.43 Drew McMaster21.56
400 metres Richard Ashton46.35 Danny Laing46.97 Glen Cohen47.09
800 metres Sebastian Coe1:47.14 Peter Hoffmann1:48.30 Paul Forbes1:49.09
1500 metres John Robson3:43.87 Frank Clement3:44.38 Graham Williamson3:44.88
5000 metres Mike McLeod13:25.20 Brendan Foster13:25.41 Malcolm Prince13:36.63
10,000 metres Dave Black28:34.77 Geoff Smith28:37.31 Bernie Ford28:40.45
110 m hurdles
(wind: +4.1 m/s)		 Berwyn Price13.93w Mark Holtom14.10w David Wilson14.43w
400 m hurdles Bill Hartley51.03 Gary Oakes51.09 Steve James51.83
3000 metres steeplechase Dennis Coates8:25.98 John Davies8:26.64 Ian Gilmour8:31.09
High jump Mark Naylor2.15 m Brian Burgess2.15 m Vincent Clemmens2.10 m
Pole vault Keith Stock5.25 m Jeff Gutteridge5.20 m Allan Williams5.10 m
Long jump Ken Cocks7.56 m Tony Henry7.47 m Colin Mitchell7.30 m
Triple jump Keith Connor16.66w m Aston Moore16.48w m Chris Colman16.17w m
Shot put Geoff Capes19.80 m Mike Winch17.76 m Bob Dale16.93 m
Discus throw Peter Gordon54.66 m Richard Slaney54.24 m Geoff Capes54.20 m
Hammer throw Chris Black69.10 m Paul Dickenson68.28 m Jim Whitehead65.30 m
Javelin throw David Ottley76.62 m John Trower69.16 m Gareth Brooks66.66 m

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +4.3 m/s)		 Sonia Lannaman11.24w Beverley Goddard11.30w Wendy Clarke11.38w
200 metres Sonia Lannaman23.16 Beverley Goddard23.27 Kathy Smallwood23.36
400 metres Jane Colebrook53.80 Joslyn Hoyte54.03 Liz Eddy54.10
800 metres Jane Colebrook2:03.31 Janet Prictoe2:04.78 Lesley Kiernan2:05.14
1500 metres Hilary Hollick4:14.08 Ruth Smeeth4:14.58 Sandra Arthurton4:17.06
3000 metres Paula Fudge8:53.63 Glynis Penny9:06.39 Kathryn Binns9:15.86
100 m hurdles Sharon Colyear13.67 Shirley Strong13.97 Blondelle Caines14.00
400 m hurdles Liz Sutherland58.12 Sue Smith59.32 Diane Heath59.64
High jump Gillian Hitchen1.85 m Tonia Phillpots1.75 m Val Rutter1.75 m
Long jump Sue Reeve6.43w m Sue Hearnshaw6.39 m Barbara Clarke6.22 m
Shot put Judy Oakes15.96 m Angela Littlewood15.71 m Vanessa Redford14.81 m
Discus throw Meg Ritchie57.20 m Janet Thompson52.38 m Lesley Mallin50.28 m
Javelin throw Tessa Sanderson59.52 m Fatima Whitbread52.52 m Anne Farquhar49.48 m

References
  1. UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  4. European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  5. Commonwealth Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  6. Commonwealth Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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