1994 AAA Championships
1994 AAA Championships | |
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Dates | 11–12 June |
Host city | Sheffield, England |
Venue | Don Valley Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
← 1993 1995 → |
The 1994 AAA Championships sponsored by KP, was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 11 to 12 June at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, England. The event doubled as the qualifiers for the 1994 European Athletics Championships.
It was the first and only time that the AAA Championships was held at the Don Valley Stadiume. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4]
Many top British athletes were absent from the competition.[5]
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100m (wind: +3.9 m/s) |
Linford Christie | 9.91 w | Toby Box | 10.07 w | Michael Rosswess | 10.07 w |
200m (wind: +3.2 m/s) |
Solomon Wariso | 20.67 w | Phil Goedluck | 20.83 w | Dougie Walker | 20.85 w |
400m | Roger Black | 44.94 | Du'aine Ladejo | 45.36 | Brian Whittle | 45.46 |
800m | Craig Winrow | 1:48.45 | Vincent Malakwen | 1:48.65 | Martin Steele | 1:48.68 |
1,500m | Kevin McKay | 3:40.59 | David Maxwell Strang | 3:40.85 | Gary Lough | 3:41.71 |
3,000m | Bashir Hussain | 8:19.28 | David Tune | 8:30.17 | Mick Morris | 8:37.80 |
5,000m | Dermot Donnelly | 13:52.63 | Darren Mead | 13:54.08 | Richard Findlow | 13:55.75 |
10,000m | Rob Denmark | 28:03.34 | Martin Jones | 28:33.18 | Justin Hobbs | 28:45.86 |
110m hurdles | Andy Tulloch | 13.70 | Paul Gray | 13.76 | Lloyd Cowan | 14.09 |
400m hurdles | Peter Crampton | 49.82 | Steve Coupland | 50.19 | Noel Levy | 50.89 |
3000m steeplechase | Justin Chaston | 8:28.28 | Spencer Duval | 8:28.33 | Colin Walker | 8:29.65 |
10,000m walk | Darrell Stone | 43:09.28 | Mark Easton | 44:06.93 | Michael Casey | 45:24.83 |
high jump | Brendan Reilly | 2.24 m | Geoff Parsons | 2.20 m | Antoine Burke | 2.15 m |
pole vault | Andy Ashurst | 5.30 m | Mike Edwards Kevin Hughes |
5.20 m | Not awarded | |
long jump | Barrington Williams | 7.77 m | Fred Salle | 7.60 m | Michael Morgan | 7.59 m |
triple jump | Jonathan Edwards | 17.39 m | Julian Golley | 16.98 m | Francis Agyepong | 16.95 m |
shot put | Paul Edwards | 18.32 m | John McNamara | 17.16 m | Lee Newman | 17.02 m |
discus throw | Kevin Brown | 58.60 m | Robert Weir | 57.94 m | Glen Smith | 56.22 m |
hammer throw | Peter Vivian | 70.80 m | Paul Head | 69.08 m | Mick Jones | 67.42 m |
javelin throw | Mick Hill | 84.60 m | Steve Backley | 84.24 m | Colin Mackenzie | 79.16 m |
decathlon | Barry Thomas | 7458 pts | David Bigham | 7434 pts | Andy Lewis | 7221 pts |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100m (wind: +2.9 m/s) |
Katharine Merry | 11.27 w | Stephi Douglas | 11.35 w | Simmone Jacobs | 11.37 w |
200m | Katharine Merry | 22.85 | Stephi Douglas | 23.17 | Paula Thomas | 23.33 |
400m | Melanie Neef | 52.56 | Tracy Goddard | 53.59 | Sandra Douglas | 53.78 |
800m | Diane Modahl | 2:01.35 | Dawn Gandy | 2:03.75 | Sonya Bowyer | 2:03.79 |
1,500m | Kelly Holmes | 4:01.41 | Yvonne Murray | 4:01.44 | Ann Griffiths | 4:08.71 |
3,000m | Sonia McGeorge | 9:03.80 | Laura Adam | 9:12.16 | Wendy Ore | 9:14.72 |
5,000m | Shireen Barbour | 16:06.49 | Sarah Bentley | 16:16.86 | Amanda Wright | 16:22.95 |
10,000m | Zahara Hyde | 33:23.25 | Carol Greenwood | 33:34.96 | Suzanne Rigg | 33:42.80 |
100m hurdles | Clova Court | 13.06 | Sally Gunnell | 13.09 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | 13.43 |
400m hurdles | Gowry Retchakan | 57.08 | Jacqui Parker | 57.31 | Stephanie McCann | 58.09 |
5,000m walk | Verity Snook | 23:22.52 | Vicky Lupton | 23:34.50 | Jane Barbour | 23:43.23 |
10,000m walk | Verity Snook | 48:05 | Cal Partington | 48:20 | Melanie Wright | 49:16 |
high jump | Julia Bennett | 1.89 m | Debbie Marti | 1.86 m | Julie Major | 1.83 m |
pole vault | Kate Staples | 3.65 m | Paula Wilson | 3.40 m | Linda Stanton | 3.30 m |
long jump | Yinka Idowu | 6.58 m w | Denise Lewis | 6.56 m | Ann Brooks | 6.10 m |
triple jump | Michelle Griffith | 14.08 m | Ashia Hansen | 13.79 m | Rachel Kirby | 13.29 m |
shot put | Judy Oakes | 18.38 m | Myrtle Augee | 17.37 m | Maggie Lynes | 16.53 m |
discus throw | Jackie McKernan | 56.94 m | Sharon Andrews | 56.24 m | Debbie Callaway | 54.94 m |
hammer throw | Lorraine Shaw | 59.58 m | Diana Holden | 49.12 m | Sarah Moore | 48.46 m |
javelin throw | Shelley Holroyd | 57.08 m | Sharon Gibson | 56.90 m | Karen Costello | 54.50 m |
heptathlon | Vikki Schofield | 5587 pts | Pauline Richards | 5420 pts | Uju Efobi | 5409 pts |
Other AAA titles
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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men's marathon | Dionicio Cerón | 2:08:53 | Abebe Mekonnen | 2:09:17 | Germán Silva | 2:09:18 |
Women's marathon | Katrin Dörre | 2:32:34 | Lisa Ondieki | 2:33:17 | Janete Mayal | 2:34:21 |
- + AAA marathon title determined by 1994 London Marathon placings
References
- ^ AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ AAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ WAAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ "Classy Crampton hits the jackpot". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 June 1994. Retrieved 31 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Fox, Norman (1994-06-11). Athletics: Christie hot off blocks: Sprinter records fastest time in Britain as leading athletes opt to stay in cold storage. Independent. Retrieved 2018-04-04.