1978 UK Athletics Championships
1978 UK Athletics Championships | |
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Host city | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Venue | Meadowbank Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
← 1977 1979 → |
The 1978 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 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 (NUTS). Many of the athletes below also competed at the .[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 | |||
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100 metres | Allan Wells | 10.15 | Drew McMaster | 10.55 | 10.57 | |
200 metres | Allan Wells | 20.70 | David Jenkins | 21.43 | Drew McMaster | 21.56 |
400 metres | 46.35 | 46.97 | Glen Cohen | 47.09 | ||
800 metres | Sebastian Coe | 1:47.14 | Peter Hoffmann | 1:48.30 | 1:49.09 | |
1500 metres | John Robson | 3:43.87 | Frank Clement | 3:44.38 | Graham Williamson | 3:44.88 |
5000 metres | Mike McLeod | 13:25.20 | Brendan Foster | 13:25.41 | 13:36.63 | |
10,000 metres | Dave Black | 28:34.77 | Geoff Smith | 28:37.31 | Bernie Ford | 28:40.45 |
110 m hurdles (wind: +4.1 m/s) |
Berwyn Price | 13.93w | Mark Holtom | 14.10w | David Wilson | 14.43w |
400 m hurdles | Bill Hartley | 51.03 | Gary Oakes | 51.09 | 51.83 | |
3000 metres steeplechase | Dennis Coates | 8:25.98 | 8:26.64 | 8:31.09 | ||
High jump | Mark Naylor | 2.15 m | Brian Burgess | 2.15 m | 2.10 m | |
Pole vault | Keith Stock | 5.25 m | Jeff Gutteridge | 5.20 m | 5.10 m | |
Long jump | 7.56 m | 7.47 m | 7.30 m | |||
Triple jump | Keith Connor | 16.66w m | Aston Moore | 16.48w m | 16.17w m | |
Shot put | Geoff Capes | 19.80 m | Mike Winch | 17.76 m | 16.93 m | |
Discus throw | 54.66 m | Richard Slaney | 54.24 m | Geoff Capes | 54.20 m | |
Hammer throw | Chris Black | 69.10 m | Paul Dickenson | 68.28 m | 65.30 m | |
Javelin throw | David Ottley | 76.62 m | 69.16 m | 66.66 m |
Women[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +4.3 m/s) |
Sonia Lannaman | 11.24w | Beverley Goddard | 11.30w | Wendy Clarke | 11.38w |
200 metres | Sonia Lannaman | 23.16 | Beverley Goddard | 23.27 | Kathy Smallwood | 23.36 |
400 metres | Jane Colebrook | 53.80 | Joslyn Hoyte | 54.03 | 54.10 | |
800 metres | Jane Colebrook | 2:03.31 | Janet Prictoe | 2:04.78 | 2:05.14 | |
1500 metres | 4:14.08 | Ruth Smeeth | 4:14.58 | 4:17.06 | ||
3000 metres | Paula Fudge | 8:53.63 | Glynis Penny | 9:06.39 | Kathryn Binns | 9:15.86 |
100 m hurdles | Sharon Colyear | 13.67 | Shirley Strong | 13.97 | 14.00 | |
400 m hurdles | 58.12 | 59.32 | 59.64 | |||
High jump | Gillian Hitchen | 1.85 m | 1.75 m | Val Rutter | 1.75 m | |
Long jump | Sue Reeve | 6.43w m | Sue Hearnshaw | 6.39 m | 6.22 m | |
Shot put | Judy Oakes | 15.96 m | Angela Littlewood | 15.71 m | 14.81 m | |
Discus throw | Meg Ritchie | 57.20 m | 52.38 m | Lesley Mallin | 50.28 m | |
Javelin throw | Tessa Sanderson | 59.52 m | Fatima Whitbread | 52.52 m | Anne Farquhar | 49.48 m |
References[]
- ^ a b UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ Commonwealth Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ Commonwealth Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- UK Athletics Championships
- 1978 in athletics (track and field)
- 1978 in British sport
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