1982 UK Athletics Championships
Host cityCwmbran, Wales
VenueCwmbran Stadium
The host stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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UK Athletics Championships

The 1982 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran. It was the second time the event was held in the Welsh town, following on from the 1977 UK Athletics Championships. The women's 5000 metres race walk was dropped from the programme for this championship.

It was the sixth 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 1982 AAA Championships.[1][2]

David Ottley extended his unbeaten streak to five straight UK titles in the javelin throw. On the men's side, Steve Barry (racewalk), Graham Eggleton (pole vault), Peter Gordon (discus throw) and Martin Girvan (hammer throw) also defended their 1981 UK titles. Fatima Whitbread was the only woman to repeat her victory, doing so in the javelin. No athlete won multiple titles at this edition, though Mike McFarlane and Bev Callender both won the 200 metres title and were runners-up in the 100 metres.[1]

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1982 European Athletics Championships. Reflecting the secondary status of the UK event at national level, none of the British individual medallists there were present at UK Championships, though four relay medallists were on the UK podium: Bev Callender, Shirley Thomas, Todd Bennett, Phil Brown.[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 men's 200 m champion Mike McFarlane, men's racewalker Steve Barry and women's shot putter Judy Oakes.[5][6]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Earl Tulloch10.57 Mike McFarlane10.59 Donovan Reid10.71
200 metres Mike McFarlane21.07 Buster Watson21.17 Gus McCuaig21.44
400 metres Phil Brown46.20 Todd Bennett46.54 Terry Whitehead47.13
800 metres Paul Forbes1:46.53 Steve Caldwell1:46.65 Peter Elliott1:47.76
1500 metres Alan Mottershead3:44.88 Colin Reitz3:45.66 Alan Salter3:46.19
5000 metres Tim Hutchings13:40.66 Steve Harris13:42.24 Steve Jones13:43.21
10,000 metres Julian Goater28:33.32 Mark Scrutton29:01.58 Dave Long29:03.95
110 m hurdles Wilbert Greaves14.00 Berwyn Price14.15 Glenn MacDonald14.35
400 m hurdles Gary Oakes50.15 Mike Whittingham51.39 Stan Devine51.81
3000 metres steeplechase Roger Hackney8:31.52 Eddie Wedderburn8:33.02 David Lewis8:37.66
10,000 m walk Steve Barry42:30.72 Roger Mills43:42.57 Phil Vesty43:45.02
High jump Trevor Llewelyn2.16 m David Abrahams2.16 m Geoff Parsons2.13 m
Pole vault Graham Eggleton5.10 m Jeff Gutteridge5.00 m Brian Hooper4.90 m
Long jump John Herbert7.70 m Len Tyson7.47 m Tony Henry7.31 m
Triple jump Aston Moore16.06 m Eric McCalla16.03 m John Herbert15.83 m
Shot put Andy Vince17.83 m Antony Zaidman16.75 m Mark Aldridge16.68 m
Discus throw Peter Gordon55.32 m Neville Thompson52.26 m Graham Savory51.54 m
Hammer throw Martin Girvan74.18 m Dave Smith64.68 m Mick Jones58.76 m
Javelin throw David Ottley85.36 m Peter Yates75.92 m Dave Travis73.20 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Heather Oakes11.48 Bev Callender11.53 Shirley Thomas11.54
200 metres Bev Callender23.55 Shirley Thomas23.84 Helen Barnett24.03
400 metres Michelle Scutt50.63 Joslyn Hoyte-Smith50.76 Linsey MacDonald51.85
800 metres Anne Clarkson2:03.6 Lorraine Baker2:04.0 Cherry Hanson2:04.2
1500 metres Carole Bradford4:15.56 Hilary Hollick4:15.66 Gillian Dainty4:16.95
3000 metres Paula Fudge8:52.88 Ruth Smeeth8:53.91 Jane Furniss8:53.98
5000 metres Kathryn Binns16:33.49 Suzan Hassan16:45.96 Julie Asgill16:50.78
100 m hurdles Elaine McMaster13.71 Wendy McDonnell13.83 Ann Girvan13.89
400 m hurdles Susan Morley57.10 Wendy Griffiths58.08 Yvette Wray58.21
High jump Barbara Simmonds1.87 m Diana Elliott1.87 m Sarah Rowe1.84 m
Long jump Beverly Kinch6.50 m Gill Regan6.33 m Sue Hearnshaw6.29 m
Shot put Judy Oakes16.61 m Vanessa Redford15.22 m Caroline Savory15.12 m
Discus throw Lesley Bryant48.34 m Lynda Whiteley48.20 m Janette Picton48.02 m
Javelin throw Fatima Whitbread65.62 m Jeanette Rose58.60 m Sharon Gibson52.30 m

References

  1. 1 2 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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