1994 AAA Championships

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.

1994 AAA Championships
Dates11–12 June
Host citySheffield, England
VenueDon Valley Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1993
1995


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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m
(wind: +3.9 m/s)
Linford Christie9.91 w Toby Box10.07 w Michael Rosswess10.07 w
200m
(wind: +3.2 m/s)
Solomon Wariso20.67 w Phil Goedluck20.83 w Scotland Dougie Walker20.85 w
400m Roger Black44.94 Du'aine Ladejo45.36 Scotland Brian Whittle45.46
800m Craig Winrow1:48.45 Kenya Vincent Malakwen1:48.65 Martin Steele1:48.68
1,500m Kevin McKay3:40.59 Scotland David Maxwell Strang3:40.85 Northern Ireland Gary Lough3:41.71
3,000m Bashir Hussain8:19.28 David Tune8:30.17 Mick Morris8:37.80
5,000m Northern Ireland Dermot Donnelly13:52.63 Darren Mead13:54.08 Richard Findlow13:55.75
10,000m Rob Denmark28:03.34 Martin Jones28:33.18 Justin Hobbs28:45.86
110m hurdles Andy Tulloch13.70 Wales Paul Gray13.76 Lloyd Cowan14.09
400m hurdles Peter Crampton49.82 Steve Coupland50.19 Noel Levy50.89
3000m steeplechase Wales Justin Chaston8:28.28 Spencer Duval8:28.33 Colin Walker8:29.65
10,000m walk Darrell Stone43:09.28 Mark Easton44:06.93 Republic of Ireland Michael Casey45:24.83
high jump Brendan Reilly2.24 m Scotland Geoff Parsons2.20 m Republic of Ireland Antoine Burke2.15 m
pole vault Andy Ashurst5.30 m Mike Edwards
Kevin Hughes
5.20 m Not awarded
long jump Barrington Williams7.77 m Fred Salle7.60 m Michael Morgan7.59 m
triple jump Jonathan Edwards17.39 m Julian Golley16.98 m Francis Agyepong16.95 m
shot put Wales Paul Edwards18.32 m Australia John McNamara17.16 m Wales Lee Newman17.02 m
discus throw Kevin Brown58.60 m Robert Weir57.94 m Glen Smith56.22 m
hammer throw Peter Vivian70.80 m Paul Head69.08 m Mick Jones67.42 m
javelin throw Mick Hill84.60 m Steve Backley84.24 m Colin Mackenzie79.16 m
decathlon Barry Thomas7458 pts David Bigham7434 pts Andy Lewis7221 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m
(wind: +2.9 m/s)
Katharine Merry11.27 w Stephi Douglas11.35 w Simmone Jacobs11.37 w
200m Katharine Merry22.85 Stephi Douglas23.17 Paula Thomas23.33
400m Scotland Melanie Neef52.56 Tracy Goddard53.59 Sandra Douglas53.78
800m Diane Modahl2:01.35 Dawn Gandy2:03.75 Sonya Bowyer2:03.79
1,500m Kelly Holmes4:01.41 Scotland Yvonne Murray4:01.44 Ann Griffiths4:08.71
3,000m Sonia McGeorge9:03.80 Scotland Laura Adam9:12.16 Wendy Ore9:14.72
5,000m Shireen Barbour16:06.49 Sarah Bentley16:16.86 Amanda Wright16:22.95
10,000m Zahara Hyde33:23.25 Carol Greenwood33:34.96 Suzanne Rigg33:42.80
100m hurdles Clova Court13.06 Sally Gunnell13.09 Lesley-Ann Skeete13.43
400m hurdles Gowry Retchakan57.08 Jacqui Parker57.31 Stephanie McCann58.09
5,000m walk Scotland Verity Snook23:22.52 Vicky Lupton23:34.50 Australia Jane Barbour23:43.23
10,000m walk Scotland Verity Snook48:05 Isle of Man Cal Partington48:20 Melanie Wright49:16
high jump Julia Bennett1.89 m Debbie Marti1.86 m Julie Major1.83 m
pole vault Kate Staples3.65 m Paula Wilson3.40 m Linda Stanton3.30 m
long jump Yinka Idowu6.58 m w Denise Lewis6.56 m Ann Brooks6.10 m
triple jump Michelle Griffith14.08 m Ashia Hansen13.79 m Rachel Kirby13.29 m
shot put Judy Oakes18.38 m Myrtle Augee17.37 m Maggie Lynes16.53 m
discus throw Northern Ireland Jackie McKernan56.94 m Sharon Andrews56.24 m Debbie Callaway54.94 m
hammer throw Lorraine Shaw59.58 m Diana Holden49.12 m Sarah Moore48.46 m
javelin throw Shelley Holroyd57.08 m Sharon Gibson56.90 m Scotland Karen Costello54.50 m
heptathlon Vikki Schofield5587 pts Pauline Richards5420 pts Uju Efobi5409 pts

Other AAA titles

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
men's marathon Mexico Dionicio Cerón2:08:53 Ethiopia Abebe Mekonnen2:09:17 Mexico Germán Silva2:09:18
Women's marathon Germany Katrin Dörre2:32:34 Australia Lisa Ondieki2:33:17 Brazil Janete Mayal2:34:21

References

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  1. AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. AAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  3. WAAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  4. "Classy Crampton hits the jackpot". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 June 1994. Retrieved 31 March 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 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.