1984 UK Athletics Championships
# 1984 UK Athletics Championships

The 1984 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran. It was the third time the event was held in the Welsh town, following on from its hosting in 1977 and 1982. The competition was affected by heavy winds that year, particularly the jumps and sprints.

It was the eighth 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 1984 AAA Championships.

Fatima Whitbread won her fourth consecutive women's javelin throw UK title, while Aston Moore won his third straight men's triple jump title. Aside from Moore, four men successfully defended their 1983 titles and Peter Elliott (1500 metres), Keith Stock (pole vault), Derrick Brown (long jump) and Peter Yates (javelin). Venissa Head was the only woman to defend her title, doing so in the discus throw. Heather Oakes was the only athlete to win multiple UK titles, taking the women's 100 metres and 200 metres to repeat a feat she had achieved five years previously.

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1984 Olympic Games. Reflecting the secondary nature of the UK competition and the fact it was not used as the Olympic trial event, only one of the 14 British individual Olympic medallists took a UK title that year – Fatima Whitbread. British Olympic relay medallists Simmone Jacobs, Heather Oakes and Kriss Akabusi were present at the UK Championships, however.

## Medal summary

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres (wind: +4.5 m/s) | Mike McFarlane | 10.08 w | Buster Watson | 10.12 w | Donovan Reid | 10.17 w |
| 200 metres | Todd Bennett | 20.36 | Donovan Reid | 20.62 | Gus McCuaig | 20.86 |
| 400 metres | Kriss Akabusi | 46.10 | Roy Dickens | 46.19 | Alan Slack | 46.49 |
| 800 metres | Peter Elliott | 1:46.08 | Rob Harrison | 1:46.43 | Gareth Brown | 1:46.48 |
| 1500 metres | Alan Salter | 3:43.31 | Steve Martin | 3:43.42 | David Lewis | 3:43.58 |
| 5000 metres | Eamonn Martin | 13:32.11 | Geoff Turnbull | 13:33.86 | Steve Harris | 13:39.95 |
| 10,000 metres | Nick Rose | 28:00.70 | Steve Jones | 28:12.51 | Julian Goater | 28:13.02 |
| 110 m hurdles (wind: +2.7 m/s) | Hughie Teape | 13.98 w | Wilbert Greaves | 14.09 w | Paul Brice | 14.27 w |
| 400 m hurdles | Martin Briggs | 50.97 | Phil Beattie | 51.35 | Stan Devine | 51.67 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Paul Davies-Hale | 8:33.16 | Tony Blackwell | 8:40.58 | Ken Baker | 8:48.05 |
| 10,000 m walk | Phil Vesty | 40:53.60 | Martin Rush | 41:49.63 | Richard Dorman | 43:34.50 |
| High jump | Alex Kruger | 2.15 m | Rupert Charles | 2.15 m | David Abrahams | 2.10 m |
| Pole vault | Keith Stock | 5.35 m | Jeff Gutteridge | 5.30 m | Billy Davey | 5.00 m |
| Long jump | Derrick Brown | 7.71 m w | Trevor Hoyte | 7.69 m w | Fred Salle | 7.57 m w |
| Triple jump | Aston Moore | 16.80 m | Eric McCalla | 16.74 m | John Herbert | 16.53 m |
| Shot put | Billy Cole | 17.57 m | Mark Aldridge | 17.07 m | Nick Tabor | 16.95 m |
| Discus throw | Paul Mardle | 59.70 m | Peter Gordon | 58.10 m | Graham Savory | 56.90 m |
| Hammer throw | Dave Smith | 72.34 m | Paul Dickenson | 69.98 m | Paul Head | 63.46 m |
| Javelin throw | Peter Yates | 82.54 m | Marcus Humphries | 75.34 m | Simon Osborne | 75.34 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres (wind: +3.8 m/s) | Heather Oakes | 11.08 w | Shirley Thomas | 11.13 w | Simmone Jacobs | 11.26 w |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.1 m/s) | Heather Oakes | 23.00 w | Simmone Jacobs | 23.01 w | Shirley Thomas | 23.14 w |
| 400 metres | Jane Parry | 53.46 | Tracy Lawton | 53.73 | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | 53.76 |
| 800 metres | Christina Boxer | 2:01.64 | Jane Finch | 2:01.73 | Lorraine Baker | 2:02.11 |
| 1500 metres | Zola Budd | 4:04.39 | Lynne MacDougall | 4:10.80 | Suzanne Morley | 4:13.89 |
| 3000 metres | Christine Benning | 8:56.79 | Angela Tooby | 8:59.69 | Susan Tooby | 9:11.05 |
| 5000 metres | Angela Tooby | 15:27.56 | Susan Tooby | 15:35.40 | Yvonne Murray | 15:50.54 |
| 100 m hurdles (wind: +4.5 m/s) | Pat Rollo | 13.12 w | Heather Ross | 13.22 w | Wendy Jeal | 13.41 w |
| 400 m hurdles | Gladys Taylor | 58.2 | Wendy Griffiths | 58.2 | Simone Gandy | 58.76 |
| 5000 m walk | Jill Barrett | 23:53.13 | Nicky Jackson | 24:02.15 | Helen Elleker | 24:04.84 |
| High jump | Diana Elliott | 1.90 m | Judy Simpson | 1.84 m | Louise Manning | 1.84 m |
| Long jump | Sue Hearnshaw | 7.00 m w | Joyce Oladapo | 6.54 m w | Georgina Oladapo | 6.51 m w |
| Shot put | Judy Oakes | 17.94 m | Myrtle Augee | 16.68 m | Yvonne Hanson-Nortey | 14.48 m |
| Discus throw | Venissa Head | 57.44 m | Lynda Whiteley | 51.20 m | Karen Pugh | 49.56 m |
| Javelin throw | Fatima Whitbread | 65.44 m | Sharon Gibson | 58.78 m | Diane Royle | 58.42 m |
