The 2020 British Athletics Championships (known for sponsorship reasons as the Müller British Athletics Championships) was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom. The championship took place on 4–5 September 2020, having been postponed from June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

The championship was originally scheduled for 20–21 June 2020, but in April 2020 it was postponed until 8–9 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, the event was postponed again, to 4–5 September 2020. The championship was held at the Manchester Regional Arena, as part of a three-year agreement to hold the event in Manchester from 2020 to 2022; from 2008 to 2019, the championships had been held at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. The entire event was held behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The stadium contained cardboard cut outs of some fans. The event was originally intended as a qualifying event for the 2020 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics were postponed until 2021, the 2021 Championships were used as the Olympic qualifying event.

Almost 500 athletes competed at the championship. Notable athletes missing from the championship included Dina Asher-Smith, Mo Farah, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, and Laura Muir. Farah instead competed at the Diamond League event in Brussels, where he broke the one hour run world record. Muir instead competed in the World Athletics Continental Tour's Kamila Skolimowska Memorial event in Poland, where she won the 1500 metres race.

Highlights In the men's pole vault event, Harry Coppell broke the British national record by clearing a height of 5.85m. In the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase, Aimee Pratt set a record time at the British Athletics Championships. On 5 September, seven stadium records were set during the Championships. Hannah Taunton set the world record in the 5,000 metres T20 event, and Aimee Pratt set the year's fastest time in the 3000m steeplechase event.

The men's 800 metres event was won by Daniel Rowden in a sprint finish with Jake Wightman, who finished second. Holly Bradshaw won her eighth British pole vault title. In the absence of Dina Asher-Smith, 22-year old Imani-Lara Lansiquot won the women's 100 metres race, which was her first British title.

Results Men

100 metresHarry Aikines-AryeeteySutton & District 10.35 Ojie EdoburunShaftesbury 10.43 Tommy RamdhaniBexley 10.44 200 metresAndrew Morgan-HarrisonKingston upon Hull 20.69 James WilliamsLiverpool 21.01 Joe FergusonLeeds 21.16 400 metresAlex KnibbsAmber Valley 46.65 Niclas BakerCrawley 46.81 Toby HarriesBrighton 47.00800 metresDaniel RowdenWoodford 1:45.94 Jake WightmanEdinburgh 1:46.26 Yusuf BizimanaVictoria Park 1:47.94 1500 metresGeorge MillsBrighton 3:51.39 Neil GourleyGiffnock 3:51.54 Joshua LayRugby 3:51.60 5000 metresMarc ScottCambridge & C 13:32.98 Jack RoweAFD 13:37.85 Tom MortimerStroud 13:43.47 110 metres hurdlesDavid KingPlymouth 13.58 Cameron FilleryWoodford 13.83 Miguel PereraHarrow 14.68 400 metres hurdlesAlastair ChalmersGuernsey 49.66 Chris McAlisterThames Valley 50.54 Efe OkoroBirchfield 50.98 3000 metres steeplechasePhil NormanWoodford 8:32.51 Mark PearceShaftesbury 8:33.61 Daniel JarvisBedford 8:39.70 5000 metres walkCallum WilkinsonEnfield 19:25.94 Luc LegonBexley 22:20.12 No other finishersLong jumpReynold BanigoSale 7.81 Jack RoachNewham 7.60 Shandell TaylorHavering 7.45 High jumpJoel Clarke-KhanWorcester 2.18 William GrimseyWoodford 2.15 Sam BreretonBirchfield 2.15 Triple jumpNathan DouglasOxford 15.80 Sam Trigg-PetrovicErme Valley 15.59 Jonathan IloriBlackheath 15.17Pole vaultHarry CoppellWigan 5.85 Adam HagueSheffield 5.20 Ethan WalshShaftesbury 5.05 Shot putScott LincolnYork 19.65 Lewis ByngStratford-upon-Avon 16.66 George HydeWest Cheshire 16.55 Discus throwNicholas PercyShaftesbury 59.74 George ArmstrongNewham 58.48 Dan GreavesCharnwood 54.90Hammer throwCraig MurchBirchfield 73.24 Chris BennettShaftesbury 68.84 Chris ShorthouseBirchfield 67.26 Javelin throwJames WhiteakerBlackheath 75.99 Daniel BainbridgeShaftesbury 70.50 Tom HewsonAndover 68.49 10,000 metresPostponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

Women

100 metresImani LansiquotSutton & District 11.26 Kristal AwuahHerne Hill 11.34 Amy HuntCharnwood 11.35 200 metresHannah WilliamsHerts Phoenix 23.83 Georgina AdamLoughborough 24.06 Rebecca JeggoColchester 24.51 400 metresLaviai NielsenEnfield 51.72 Jessica TurnerAmber Valley 52.57 Yasmin LiverpoolCoventry 53.21800 metresKeely HodgkinsonLeigh Harriers 2:03.24 Isabelle BoffeyEnfield 2:04.73 Ellie BakerShaftesbury 2:04.80 1500 metresLaura WeightmanMorpeth 4:09.76 Jessica JuddBlackburn 4:12.35 Katie SnowdenHerne Hill 4:14.00 5000 metresJessica JuddBlackburn 15:37.52 Verity OckendenSwansea 15:41.19 Amelia QuirkBracknell 15:43.35 100 metres hurdlesCindy OfiliWoodford 13.16 Lucy-Jane MatthewsBirchfield 13.20 Heather PatonBirchfield 13.60400 metres hurdlesJessie KnightWSE&H 55.80 Lina NielsenShaftesbury 56.99 Hayley McLeanShaftesbury 57.79 3000 metres steeplechaseAimee PrattSale 9:30.73 Rosie ClarkeEpsom & Ewell 9:46.31 Hannah NuttallCharnwood 10:25.43 5000 metres walkGemma BridgeOxford 22:51.15 Bethan DaviesCardiff 23:46.04 Jasmine NichollsLeicester 24:52.89 Long jumpJazmin SawyersStoke 6.69 Abigail IrozuruSale 6.53 Rebecca ChapmanCardiff 6.14 High jumpMorgan LakeWSE&H 1.80 Jodie SmithWSE&H 1.80 Emily BorthwickWigan 1.77Triple jumpNaomi OgbetaTrafford 13.44 Shanara HibbertWoodford 12.86 Angela BarrettThames Valley 12.72 Pole vaultHolly BradshawBlackburn 4.35 Sophie CookBirchfield 4.25 Sophie AshurstSale 3.70 Shot putSophie McKinnaGreat Yarmouth 17.88 Amelia StricklerThames Valley 17.47 Serena VincentPortsmouth 15.60 Discus throwKirsty LawSale 57.95 Jade LallyShaftesbury 57.20 Shadine DuqueminShaftesbury 52.52 Hammer throwJessica MayhoBirchfield 65.47 Charlotte PayneReading 63.92 Alice BarnsdaleKingston upon Hull 62.05 Javelin throwFreya JonesSouthampton 53.12 Emma HamplettBirchfield 51.80 Bethany MouleNeath 51.27 10,000 metresPostponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

Parasports – Men 100 metres ambulantZac Shaw 11.31 Thomas Young 11.32Ola Abidogun 11.50 400 metres wheelchair race 50.22 Nathan Maguire 51.55 Dillion Labrooy 55.17

Parasports – Women 100 metres ambulantSophie Hahn 12.80s Simran Kaur 13.35s Ali Smith 13.52s 400 metres wheelchair raceHannah Cockroft 1:00.19Samantha Kinghorn 1:02.20Melanie Woods 1:02.90

References

External links British Athletics