The 1984 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran, Wales. It was the third time the event was held in the Welsh town, following on from its hosting in 1977 and 1982.
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, 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 1984 AAA Championships.UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
Summary The competition was affected by heavy winds that year, particularly the jumps and sprints.
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.Olympic Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.Olympic Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
Medals Men 100m(wind: +4.5 m/s)Mike McFarlane 10.08 Buster Watson 10.12 Donovan Reid 10.17 200mTodd Bennett 20.36Donovan Reid 20.62 Gus McCuaig 20.86400mKriss Akabusi 46.10Roy Dickens 46.19Alan Slack 46.49800mPeter Elliott 1:46.08Rob Harrison 1:46.43Gareth Brown 1:46.481,500mAlan Salter 3:43.31Steve Martin 3:43.42David Lewis 3:43.585,000mEamonn Martin 13:32.11Geoff Turnbull 13:33.86Steve Harris 13:39.9510,000mNick Rose 28:00.70 Steve Jones 28:12.51Julian Goater 28:13.02110m hurdles(wind: +2.7 m/s)Hughie Teape 13.98 Wilbert Greaves 14.09 Paul Brice 14.27 400m hurdlesMartin Briggs 50.97 Phil Beattie 51.35 Stan Devine 51.673000m steeplechasePaul Davies-Hale 8:33.16Tony Blackwell 8:40.58Ken Baker 8:48.0510,000m walkPhil Vesty 40:53.60Martin Rush 41:49.63Richard Dorman 43:34.50high jumpAlex Kruger 2.15 mRupert Charles 2.15 mDavid Abrahams 2.10 mpole vaultKeith Stock 5.35 mJeff Gutteridge 5.30 mBilly Davey 5.00 mlong jumpDerrick Brown 7.71 m Trevor Hoyte 7.69 m Fred Salle 7.57 m triple jumpAston Moore 16.80 mEric McCalla 16.74 mJohn Herbert 16.53 mshot putBilly Cole 17.57 mMark Aldridge 17.07 mNick Tabor 16.95 mdiscus throwPaul Mardle 59.70 mPeter Gordon 58.10 mGraham Savory 56.90 mhammer throwDave Smith 72.34 mPaul Dickenson 69.98 mPaul Head 63.46 mjavelin throwPeter Yates 82.54 mMarcus Humphries 75.34 mSimon Osborne 75.34 m
Women 100m(wind: +3.8 m/s)Heather Oakes 11.08 Shirley Thomas 11.13 Simmone Jacobs 11.26 200m(wind: +2.1 m/s)Heather Oakes 23.00 Simmone Jacobs 23.01 Shirley Thomas 23.14 400mJane Parry 53.46Tracy Lawton 53.73Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 53.76800mChristina Boxer 2:01.64Jane Finch 2:01.73Lorraine Baker 2:02.111,500mZola Budd 4:04.39 Lynne MacDougall 4:10.80Suzanne Morley 4:13.893,000mChristine Benning 8:56.79 Angela Tooby 8:59.69 Susan Tooby 9:11.055,000m Angela Tooby 15:27.56 Susan Tooby 15:35.40 Yvonne Murray 15:50.54100m hurdles(wind: +4.5 m/s) Pat Rollo 13.12 Heather Ross 13.22 Wendy Jeal 13.41 400m hurdlesGladys Taylor 58.2Wendy Griffiths 58.2Simone Gandy 58.765000m walkJill Barrett 23:53.13Nicky Jackson 24:02.15Helen Elleker 24:04.84high jumpDiana Elliott 1.90 mJudy Simpson 1.84 mLouise Manning 1.84 mlong jumpSue Hearnshaw 7.00 m Joyce Oladapo 6.54 m Georgina Oladapo 6.51 m shot putJudy Oakes 17.94 mMyrtle Augee 16.68 mYvonne Hanson-Nortey 14.48 mdiscus throw Venissa Head 57.44 mLynda Whiteley 51.20 mKaren Pugh 49.56 mjavelin throwFatima Whitbread 65.44 mSharon Gibson 58.78 m Diane Royle 58.42 m
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