1993 UK Athletics Championships
# 1993 UK Athletics Championships

The 1993 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium, London. It was the second time that the British capital hosted the event, having previously done so in 1980. It would be the last outing of the series in its annual format.

The event programme was expanded to reincorporate men's and women's racewalking events (held separately at Bedford International Stadium), as well as the UK championship debut of both pole vault and hammer throw for women. The women's 3000 m race was dropped, however.

It was the seventeenth 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 1993 AAA Championships.

Hammer thrower Paul Head and discus thrower Jackie McKernan each won their fifth straight UK title. Linford Christie (100 m) and Paul Edwards (shot put) made it four consecutive wins in their events. Mick Hill repeated as javelin champion to win his fifth UK title overall. Myrtle Augee (shot put), Gowry Retchakan (400 m hurdles) and Debbie Marti (high jump) all defended their women's titles. Runners Curtis Robb and Phylis Smith returned as UK champions, but at longer distances than they won at in 1992.

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. Linford Christie added a world title to his UK and Olympic ones, while UK 100 m runner-up took gold in his hurdles speciality in Stuttgart. UK 200 m champion John Regis was runner-up at global level and Jonathan Edwards (triple jump) and Mick Hill (javelin throw) managed World Championships bronze.

## Medal summary

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Linford Christie | 10.26 | Colin Jackson | 10.41 | Darren Campbell | 10.44 |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.5 m/s) | John Regis | 20.21 w | Darren Campbell | 20.69 w | Jason John | 20.74 w |
| 400 metres | Du'aine Ladejo | 46.14 | Kriss Akabusi | 46.35 | David McKenzie | 46.62 |
| 800 metres | Martin Steele | 1:46.34 | David Sharpe | 1:47.12 | Paul Walker | 1:47.53 |
| 1500 metres | Curtis Robb | 3:39.58 | Simon Fairbrother | 3:39.64 | Gary Lough | 3:41.10 |
| 3000 metres | Spencer Barden | 8:01.86 | Richard Findlow | 8:03.38 | Andy Lyons | 8:05.77 |
| 5000 metres | Jon Brown | 13:39.68 | Steve Cram | 13:48.20 | Eamonn Martin | 13:50.90 |
| 110 m hurdles | Andy Tulloch | 13.70 | David Nelson | 13.72 | Neil Owen | 14.03 |
| 400 m hurdles | Gary Cadogan | 49.80 | Peter Crampton | 50.62 | Lawrence Lynch | 50.96 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Spencer Duval | 8:32.77 | Justin Chaston | 8:32.79 | Darren Mead | 8:39.79 |
| 10,000 m walk | Darrell Stone | 42:22.50 | Steve Partington | 42:43.99 | Mark Easton | 43:37.31 |
| High jump | Dalton Grant | 2.25 m | Brendan Reilly | 2.25 m | Geoff Parsons | 2.20 m |
| Pole vault | Neil Winter | 5.35 m | Mike Edwards | 5.30 m | Matt Belsham | 5.00 m |
| Long jump | Ian Simpson | 7.55 m | Fred Salle | 7.55 m | John Munroe | 7.47 m |
| Triple jump | Tosi Fasinro | 17.30 m w | Jonathan Edwards | 17.18 m w | Julian Golley | 16.64 m |
| Shot put | Paul Edwards | 19.06 m | Matt Simson | 17.93 m | David Callaway | 17.30 m |
| Discus throw | Darrin Morris | 57.70 m | Robert Weir | 56.60 m | Neville Thompson | 55.68 m |
| Hammer throw | Paul Head | 71.48 m | Jason Byrne | 67.82 m | Mick Jones | 65.98 m |
| Javelin throw | Mick Hill | 86.94 m | Colin Mackenzie | 76.86 m | Mark Roberson | 75.50 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Beverly Kinch | 11.37 | Marcia Richardson | 11.52 | Paula Thomas | 11.54 |
| 200 metres | Katharine Merry | 23.20 | Sally Gunnell | 23.30 | Stephi Douglas | 23.54 |
| 400 metres | Phylis Smith | 51.70 | Diane Modahl | 53.38 | Sandra Leigh | 53.84 |
| 800 metres | Kelly Holmes | 2:00.86 | Linda Keough | 2:02.32 | Jo Latimer | 2:03.65 |
| 1500 metres | Jayne Spark | 4:14.66 | Debbie Gunning | 4:15.29 | Michelle Faherty | 4:15.89 |
| 100 m hurdles | Jacqui Agyepong | 13.22 | Keri Maddox | 13.24 | Clova Court | 13.40 |
| 400 m hurdles | Gowry Retchakan | 56.62 | Jacqui Parker | 57.14 | Jane Low | 59.28 |
| 5000 m walk | Julie Drake | 23:07.61 | Vicky Lupton | 23:16.73 | Verity Larby | 23:48.66 |
| High jump | Debbie Marti | 1.90 m | Joanne Jennings | 1.85 m | Julia Bennett | 1.80 m |
| Pole vault | Kate Staples | 3.40 m | Rhian Clarke | 3.00 m | Linda Stanton | 2.90 m |
| Long jump | Fiona May | 6.67 m w | Oluyinka Idowu | 6.62 m | Jenny Kelly | 6.09 m |
| Triple jump | Michelle Griffith | 13.72 m | Rachel Kirby | 13.36 m | Evette Finikin | 13.31 m |
| Shot put | Myrtle Augee | 17.12 m | Maggie Lynes | 15.89 m | Sharon Andrews | 15.49 m |
| Discus throw | Jackie McKernan | 56.72 m | Debbie Callaway | 52.84 m | Sharon Andrews | 52.58 m |
| Hammer throw | Lorraine Shaw | 55.14 m | Fiona Whitehead | 49.96 m | Ann Gardner | 49.86 m |
| Javelin throw | Sharon Gibson | 56.90 m | Mandy Liverton | 56.48 m | Kirsty Morrison | 53.84 m |
