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. 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.UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
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.
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).IAAF World Cup In Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
Medals Men 100mMarcus Adam 10.31 Elliot Bunney 10.43 Jamie Henderson 10.45200m(wind: +2.3 m/s)Marcus Adam 20.37 Ade Mafe 20.65 Todd Bennett 20.99 400mPaul Sanders 47.02Phil Brown 47.19Mark Morris 47.58800m Nick Smith 1:48.08Martin Steele 1:48.19Nick Pearson 1:48.471,500mSteve Crabb 3:42.65Kevin McKay 3:42.94Chris McGeorge 3:43.483,000mDavid Moorcroft 7:50.76Adrian Passey 7:52.07 Alistair Currie 7:53.395,000mSteve Cram 13:28.58Eamonn Martin 13:30.20Craig Mochrie 13:36.04110m hurdles(wind: +3.0 m/s) Colin Jackson 13.18 Nigel Walker 13.49 David Nelson 13.63 400m hurdlesMax Robertson 50.50Steve Hawkins 50.71Bob Brown 51.333000m steeplechaseNeil Smart 8:41.13Ken Penney 8:41.87Mick Hawkins 8:47.3510,000m walkIan McCombie 40:06.55Steve Partington 42:40.16Sean Martindale 43:26.63high jumpSteve Chapman 2.20 mJohn Holman 2.20 mWarren Caswell 2.15 mpole vaultMike Edwards 5.10 mAndy Ashurst 5.00 mIan Tullett 5.00 mlong jumpMark Forsythe 8.05 m Ian Simpson 8.04 m Stewart Faulkner 8.01 m triple jumpJonathan Edwards 16.45 m Francis Agyepong 16.24 m Vernon Samuels 16.06 m shot put Paul Edwards 17.89 mMatt Simson 17.66 mGraham Savory 17.46 mdiscus throwGraham Savory 55.90 mSteve Casey 52.70 mAbi Ekoku 52.52 mhammer throwPaul Head 70.28 mShane Peacock 69.08 mStewart Rogerson 68.98 mjavelin throwSteve Backley 81.40 mMick Hill 80.64 mNigel Bevan 77.30 m
Women 100mStephi Douglas 11.61Simmone Jacobs 11.64 Sallyanne Short 11.65200m(wind: +2.9 m/s)Jennifer Stoute 23.32 Louise Stuart 23.32 Wendy Addison 23.56 400mLinda Keough 52.37Angela Piggford 53.74 Dawn Kitchen 54.70800mAnn Williams 2:02.06Dawn Gandy 2:03.98Lorraine Baker 2:04.431,500m Lynne MacIntyre 4:11.31Alison Wyeth 4:13.33Sonia McGeorge 4:14.243,000m Liz McColgan 8:51.55Karen Hutcheson 9:00.61 Laura Adam 9:12.335,000m Susan Tooby 16:04.99 Sandra Branney 16:08.15Helen Titterington 16:16.95100m hurdles Kay Morley 13.15Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.42Michelle Edwards 13.48400m hurdles Elaine McLaughlin 57.03Lorraine Hanson 57.94Jennie Pearson 58.935000m walkLisa Langford 22:39.43Betty Sworowski 23:17.92Julie Drake 23:32.21high jump Janet Boyle 1.83 mJulia BennettKerry Roberts 1.80 mNot awardedlong jumpFiona May 6.98 m Mary Berkeley 6.65 m Kim Hagger 6.46 m shot putJudy Oakes 18.59 mMyrtle Augee 17.94 mYvonne Hanson-Nortey 16.74 mdiscus throw Jackie McKernan 54.40 mSharon Andrews 50.28 mJane Aucott 47.94 mjavelin throwSharon Gibson 54.60 mMandy Liverton 54.10 mShelley Holroyd 47.18 m
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