1989 UK Athletics Championships

1989 UK Athletics Championships
Dates3 & 4 June 1989
Host cityJarrow, England
VenueMonkton Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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UK Athletics Championships

The 1989 UK Athletics Championships sponsored by HFC Bank, was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. It was the first time that the event was held in North East England.[1] It was the thirteenth edition of the competition limited to British athletes only, launched as an alternative to the AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors. However, because 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 1989 AAA Championships.[2][3]

Summary

The men's 10,000 metres was dropped from the programme and replaced by a 3000 metres event. Strong winds affected the jumps programme and several of the sprint races.

Shot putter Judy Oakes won a sixth straight title and women's 400 m hurdler Elaine McLaughlin made it three consecutive wins for her. Three other athletes defended their 1988 UK titles: Ian McCombie (racewalk), Steve Backley (javelin) and Linda Keough (400 m). Liz McColgan won the women's 3000 metres, having been 5000 metres champion the previous year. Marcus Adam was the only athlete to win multiple titles that year, taking a men's short sprint double.[2]

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1989 IAAF World Cup, where the men's team competed and women competed as part of the European team. Reflecting the secondary nature of the UK event, most of the individual British medallists at the World Cup did not compete here. Among those that did were Colin Jackson (hurdles runner-up), Stewart Faulkner (long jump bronze medallist), Jonathan Edwards (triple jump bronze medallist) and Steve Backley (javelin champion).[4]

Medals

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m Marcus Adam10.31 Scotland Elliot Bunney10.43 Scotland Jamie Henderson10.45
200m
(wind: +2.3 m/s)		 Marcus Adam20.37 w Ade Mafe20.65 w Todd Bennett20.99 w
400m Paul Sanders47.02 Phil Brown47.19 Mark Morris47.58
800m Scotland Nick Smith1:48.08 Martin Steele1:48.19 Nick Pearson1:48.47
1,500m Steve Crabb3:42.65 Kevin McKay3:42.94 Chris McGeorge3:43.48
3,000m David Moorcroft7:50.76 Adrian Passey7:52.07 Scotland Alistair Currie7:53.39
5,000m Steve Cram13:28.58 Eamonn Martin13:30.20 Craig Mochrie13:36.04
110m hurdles
(wind: +3.0 m/s)		 Wales Colin Jackson13.18 w Wales Nigel Walker13.49 w David Nelson13.63 w
400m hurdles Max Robertson50.50 Steve Hawkins50.71 Bob Brown51.33
3000m steeplechase Neil Smart8:41.13 Ken Penney8:41.87 Mick Hawkins8:47.35
10,000m walk Ian McCombie40:06.55 Steve Partington42:40.16 Sean Martindale43:26.63
high jump Steve Chapman2.20 m John Holman2.20 m Warren Caswell2.15 m
pole vault Mike Edwards5.10 m Andy Ashurst5.00 m Ian Tullett5.00 m
long jump Mark Forsythe8.05 m w Ian Simpson8.04 m w Stewart Faulkner8.01 m w
triple jump Jonathan Edwards16.45 m w Francis Agyepong16.24 m w Vernon Samuels16.06 m w
shot put Wales Paul Edwards17.89 m Matt Simson17.66 m Graham Savory17.46 m
discus throw Graham Savory55.90 m Steve Casey52.70 m Abi Ekoku52.52 m
hammer throw Paul Head70.28 m Shane Peacock69.08 m Stewart Rogerson68.98 m
javelin throw Steve Backley81.40 m Mick Hill80.64 m Nigel Bevan77.30 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m Stephi Douglas11.61 Simmone Jacobs11.64 Wales Sallyanne Short11.65
200m
(wind: +2.9 m/s)		 Jennifer Stoute23.32 w Louise Stuart23.32 w Wendy Addison23.56 w
400m Linda Keough52.37 Angela Piggford53.74 Scotland Dawn Kitchen54.70
800m Ann Williams2:02.06 Dawn Gandy2:03.98 Lorraine Baker2:04.43
1,500m Scotland Lynne MacIntyre4:11.31 Alison Wyeth4:13.33 Sonia McGeorge4:14.24
3,000m Scotland Liz McColgan8:51.55 Karen Hutcheson9:00.61 Scotland Laura Adam9:12.33
5,000m Wales Susan Tooby16:04.99 Scotland Sandra Branney16:08.15 Helen Titterington16:16.95
100m hurdles Wales Kay Morley13.15 Lesley-Ann Skeete13.42 Michelle Edwards13.48
400m hurdles Northern Ireland Elaine McLaughlin57.03 Lorraine Hanson57.94 Jennie Pearson58.93
5000m walk Lisa Langford22:39.43 Betty Sworowski23:17.92 Julie Drake23:32.21
high jump Northern Ireland Janet Boyle1.83 m Julia Bennett
Kerry Roberts		1.80 m Not awarded
long jump Fiona May6.98 m w Mary Berkeley6.65 m w Kim Hagger6.46 m w
shot put Judy Oakes18.59 m Myrtle Augee17.94 m Yvonne Hanson-Nortey16.74 m
discus throw Northern Ireland Jackie McKernan54.40 m Sharon Andrews50.28 m Jane Aucott47.94 m
javelin throw Sharon Gibson54.60 m Mandy Liverton54.10 m Shelley Holroyd47.18 m

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics". Birmingham Mail. 5 June 1989. Retrieved 29 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 1 2 UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. ↑ AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  4. ↑ IAAF World Cup In Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
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