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1978 UK Athletics Championships
Host cityEdinburgh, Scotland
VenueMeadowbank Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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UK Athletics Championships

The 1978 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh.

It was the second 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 1978 AAA Championships.[1][2]

Sonia Lannaman defended her 100 metres/200 metres sprint double from 1977. Allan Wells took his first sprint double on the men's side and Jane Colebrook managed a double in the 400 metres and 800 metres. Athletes to retain their titles from 1977 included Lannaman, sprint hurdlers Berwyn Price and Sharon Colyear, Geoff Capes (men's shot put), Meg Ritchie (women's discus) and Tessa Sanderson (women's javelin).[1]

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1978 European Athletics Championships. Two athletes at the UK event won individual medals at European level: the men's 800 m champion Sebastian Coe was a European bronze medallist and women's javelin throw champion Sanderson was European runner-up. The top three in the UK women's 200 m (Beverley Goddard, Kathy Smallwood, and Lannaman) plus hurdles champion Colyear teamed up to take a 4 × 100 metres relay European silver.[3][4]

The four countries of the United Kingdom competed separately at the Commonwealth Games that year as well, and UK champions who won there were Wells, Price, Lannaman, Capes, Sanderson, Paula Fudge (3000 m), Sue Reeve (long jump). The same relay quartet of the European Championships also took the Commonwealth Games title for England.[5][6]

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Scotland Allan Wells 10.15 Scotland Drew McMaster 10.55 Steve Green 10.57
200 metres Scotland Allan Wells 20.70 Scotland David Jenkins 21.43 Scotland Drew McMaster 21.56
400 metres Richard Ashton 46.35 Danny Laing 46.97 Glen Cohen 47.09
800 metres Sebastian Coe 1:47.14 Scotland Peter Hoffmann 1:48.30 Scotland Paul Forbes 1:49.09
1500 metres Scotland John Robson 3:43.87 Scotland Frank Clement 3:44.38 Scotland Graham Williamson 3:44.88
5000 metres Mike McLeod 13:25.20 Brendan Foster 13:25.41 Malcolm Prince 13:36.63
10,000 metres Dave Black 28:34.77 Geoff Smith 28:37.31 Bernie Ford 28:40.45
110 m hurdles
(wind: +4.1 m/s) 		Berwyn Price 13.93w Mark Holtom 14.10w Scotland David Wilson 14.43w
400 m hurdles Bill Hartley 51.03 Gary Oakes 51.09 Steve James 51.83
3000 metres steeplechase Dennis Coates 8:25.98 John Davies 8:26.64 Scotland Ian Gilmour 8:31.09
High jump Mark Naylor 2.15 m Scotland Brian Burgess 2.15 m Vincent Clemmens 2.10 m
Pole vault Keith Stock 5.25 m Jeff Gutteridge 5.20 m Allan Williams 5.10 m
Long jump Ken Cocks 7.56 m Tony Henry 7.47 m Colin Mitchell 7.30 m
Triple jump Keith Connor 16.66w m Aston Moore 16.48w m Chris Colman 16.17w m
Shot put Geoff Capes 19.80 m Mike Winch 17.76 m Bob Dale 16.93 m
Discus throw Peter Gordon 54.66 m Richard Slaney 54.24 m Geoff Capes 54.20 m
Hammer throw Scotland Chris Black 69.10 m Paul Dickenson 68.28 m Jim Whitehead 65.30 m
Javelin throw David Ottley 76.62 m John Trower 69.16 m Gareth Brooks 66.66 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +4.3 m/s) 		Sonia Lannaman 11.24w Beverley Goddard 11.30w Wendy Clarke 11.38w
200 metres Sonia Lannaman 23.16 Beverley Goddard 23.27 Kathy Smallwood 23.36
400 metres Jane Colebrook 53.80 Joslyn Hoyte 54.03 Liz Eddy 54.10
800 metres Jane Colebrook 2:03.31 Janet Prictoe 2:04.78 Lesley Kiernan 2:05.14
1500 metres Hilary Hollick 4:14.08 Ruth Smeeth 4:14.58 Sandra Arthurton 4:17.06
3000 metres Paula Fudge 8:53.63 Glynis Penny 9:06.39 Kathryn Binns 9:15.86
100 m hurdles Sharon Colyear 13.67 Shirley Strong 13.97 Blondelle Caines 14.00
400 m hurdles Liz Sutherland 58.12 Sue Smith 59.32 Diane Heath 59.64
High jump Gillian Hitchen 1.85 m Tonia Phillpots 1.75 m Val Rutter 1.75 m
Long jump Sue Reeve 6.43w m Sue Hearnshaw 6.39 m Barbara Clarke 6.22 m
Shot put Judy Oakes 15.96 m Angela Littlewood 15.71 m Vanessa Redford 14.81 m
Discus throw Meg Ritchie 57.20 m Janet Thompson 52.38 m Lesley Mallin 50.28 m
Javelin throw Tessa Sanderson 59.52 m Fatima Whitbread 52.52 m Anne Farquhar 49.48 m

References

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  1. ^ a b UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. ^ AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. ^ European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  4. ^ European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  5. ^ Commonwealth Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  6. ^ Commonwealth Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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